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Mother, son die as wall collapses due to heavy rain in Palakkad
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mother, son die as wall collapses due to heavy rain in Palakkad

New Indian Express  

PALAKKAD: Motherher and her son died after the wall of their house fell down in Kannambra, near Vadakkenchery in Palakkad. Kottekkad Veettil Sulochana and Ranjith died at their house when the back wall of the one-room house they lived in fell down due to the heavy rain on Monday late at night. “As it had rained heavily in the area …

Palakkad Ranjith
Leopard dies after getting trapped in barbed wire fence in Palakkad
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Leopard dies after getting trapped in barbed wire fence in Palakkad

The Hindu  

A four-year-old female leopard died after it got trapped in barbed wire fence at Vazhappuzha, Kollengode, near here on Wednesday. Forest officials were called in when local people found the leopard entangled in the metal fence erected at private property owned by Unnikrishnan Vazhappuzha. The CCF formed a committee of five members as per the standard operating procedure stipulated by …

Forest Leopard
Palakkad division urges people not to trespass rail tracks citing 541 deaths in 2023
11 months, 1 week ago

Palakkad division urges people not to trespass rail tracks citing 541 deaths in 2023

The Hindu  

With the number of deaths on railway tracks constantly on the rise, from 292 in 2021 to 541 in 2023, the Palakkad division of Southern Railway has urged people not to trespass railway property, particularly tracks, to avoid being run over by trains. Deaths on railway tracks in Palakkad division 2021 292 2022 494 2023 541 2024 28 The division …

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Electric trap laid for wild boars kills death of two Palakkad youths
1 year, 3 months ago

Electric trap laid for wild boars kills death of two Palakkad youths

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The bodies found buried in a paddy field in Palakkad district of Kerala are of the two youths who had gone missing from the area the other day. The owner of the land, Amabalaparambu Veetil Ananthan, 52, who is in police custody, has confessed to burying the two youths in the paddy field near Palneeri colony in Amabalaparambu at …

Youths Shijith Satheesh Trap Laid
Elephants meet with a gory end on rail tracks in Kerala
2 years, 2 months ago

Elephants meet with a gory end on rail tracks in Kerala

The Hindu  

Last Friday, Vivek Express, the country’s longest running train from Kanyakumari to Dibrugarh in Assam, hit a herd of elephants at Kottamutti between the Walayar and Kanjikode stations on Railways’ B-line. It was the first elephant death on the tracks in the Walayar forest range within Kerala borders in the last three years. The Kerala Forest Department maintains that it …

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Three elephants die after being hit by train
3 years, 1 month ago

Three elephants die after being hit by train

The Hindu  

Three elephants died after being hit by a train near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district on Friday evening. According to officials from the Forest Department, the three female elephants – an adult, a sub-adult and a juvenile – were crossing the railway track near Navakkarai within the Madukkarai forest range around 9 p.m. on Friday. 12602 Chennai Mail, operated from Mangaluru …

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Elephant death case: Police say accused Abdul and Riyaz are absconding
4 years, 7 months ago

Elephant death case: Police say accused Abdul and Riyaz are absconding

Op India  

The investigation into the pregnant elephant death case in Kerala has been moving at a fast pace. The Kerala police investigating the death of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala has informed that the other two accused in the case are still absconding. One person named P Wilson arrested in connection with the case Earlier in the day, Kerala police …

Kerala Case Report Elephant Fir Wilson Palakkad
Kerala: One P Wilson arrested in connection with Elephant death case
4 years, 7 months ago

Kerala: One P Wilson arrested in connection with Elephant death case

Op India  

The Kerala police have arrested one person identified as P Wilson in connection with the death of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala, reports Hindustan Times. According to the report, Kerala forest minister K Raju said that P Wilson, who is an employee of an estate that cultivates cash crops and spices, was arrested on Friday. The 15-year-old Elephant had …

Kerala Report Elephant Palakkad P Wilson
Kerala elephant’s death: Lawyer files complaint against Maneka Gandhi, others for hate campaign
4 years, 7 months ago

Kerala elephant’s death: Lawyer files complaint against Maneka Gandhi, others for hate campaign

Hindustan Times  

A lawyer from Kerala’s Malappuram has filed a police complaint against BJP leader Maneka Gandhi and others for allegedly indulging in a hate campaign against the district and its residents over the death of the pregnant elephant, news agency ANI reported on Friday. ANI reported that Subhash Chandran, an advocate from Malappuram, filed the complaint with the district’s superintendent of …

Kerala Gandhi Elephant Fir Malappuram District Palakkad
KSRTC helpline numbers for Tirupur bus accident: Check passenger details here
4 years, 10 months ago

KSRTC helpline numbers for Tirupur bus accident: Check passenger details here

Deccan Chronicle  

19 Keralites died in a road accident involving a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus and a truck. The KSRTC has launched helpline number 94950 99910 to provide details of bus passengers. Kerala police chief Lokanath Behera has asked the relatives of bus passengers to contact Palakkad SP to identify the bodies and to get details of those admitted in …

Kerala Bus Palakkad Thrissur Passenger