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An accident in Kerala’s Palakkad district claimed the lives of four students after a cement lorry overturned and ran over them. The incident occurred at Kalladikode when the lorry, carrying cement towards Mannarkkad, lost control and toppled. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed grief over the incident, describing it as both shocking and tragic. The accident has sparked protests by …

Seven persons have been arrested in Coimbatore for peddling prescription drugs sourced from Kerala. The arrested have been identified as J. Newton, 27, of Devarayapuram, K. Ramesh, 25, P. Soundarraj, 26, and K. Ragul, 24, of Chettipalayam near Perur, Mohammed Anas, 30, of Vincent Road at Ukkadam, G. Ramprasath, 36, of Chokkampudur and B. Sudarsanan of Mannarkkad in Palakkad district, …

Around 1.30 a.m. on March 10, T.M. The conservation volunteer group functioning under the supervision of Mannarkkad Range Forest Officer N. Subair was the latest in a series of successful experiments in fighting forest fires in Kerala that records relatively fewer fires compared to several States, including Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Maharashtra, as per the Forest Survey of …

The recent roadkill of a spotted deer by a speeding car on Anaikatti ghat section on the Coimbatore – Mannarkkad Road is reaffirming the need to impose speed restrictions to save the wildlife, according to nature enthusiasts. N. Sadiq Ali of the Wildlife and Nature Conservation Trust also wanted authorities to install adequate numbers of speed breakers on the ghat …

The recent roadkill of a gaur on the busy Coimbatore – Mannarkkad Road via Anaikatti has forced the Forest Department to ask the Highways Department to take measures to protect wild animals from getting knocked down by speeding vehicles along the interstate route. District Forest Officer N. Jayaraj told The Hindu the Department would write to the Highways, requesting to …

A special court in Mannarkkad in Palakkad district, where tribal youth Madhu’s lynching case trial is progressing, on Wednesday witnessed interesting scenes after the court ordered to check the eyesight of a witnesses who turned hostile. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, who spent his Onam in a tribal settlement in Palakkad last week, had met his mother and sister in their …

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the Special Court for SC/ST Act, Mannarkkad, cancelling the bail granted to 12 of the 16 accused in the lynching case of tribal youth, Madhu, accused of stealing food in Attappady in February 2018.Justice Kauser Edappagath stayed the lower court's order till 29th August, 2022 on an appeal filed by. …

The authorities warned those living along the banks of the Bharathapuzha at Chittur and nearby places on Wednesday to remain vigilant following the opening of the shutters of the Aliyar dam in Tami Nadu. Although rain clouds stayed away largely in Palakkad district, three relief camps were opened in Chittur, Alathur and Mannarkkad taluks. As many as 25 people from …

One of the accused in the death of a pregnant elephant in 2020 — which caused nationwide outrage — has surrendered before the Munsiff Magistrate Court in Mannarkkad of Palakkad district on Saturday. According to a report on The New Indian Express, the person who has surrendered — Riyazudheen — is the second accused in the case. According to a …