Shaju Philip covers Kerala for The Indian Express

June 23, 2025 10:10 IST
Kerala Nilambur By Election Results 2025 | Nilambur Assembly Bypolls Results Update: Kerala’s Nilambur Assembly constituency voted on June 19 after CPI(M)-backed two-time Independent legislator P V Anvar quit last year.
Mon, Jun 23, 2025
June 23, 2025 07:25 IST
The CBFC has reportedly sought a change in the name of the titular character, Janaki, and for the name to be removed from the film’s title, as Janaki is also a name for Goddess Sita.
Mon, Jun 23, 2025
June 22, 2025 06:45 IST
Raseena was found dead two days after members of the Social Democratic Party of India allegedly conducted the “mob trial”. The SDPI is the political wing of banned Muslim outfit Popular Front of India
Sun, Jun 22, 2025
June 21, 2025 06:45 IST
University authorities have received 2,620 applications from 81 countries in 2025-26, up from 1,100 students in 2021-22. The number of foreign students has been steadily rising for the last four years, with the university receiving 1,400 in 2022-23 and 2,600 in 2024-25.
Sat, Jun 21, 2025
June 20, 2025 17:31 IST
Comes a day after Kerala’s Education Minister Sivankutty walked out of an official event at Raj Bhavan after questioning the propriety of using a portrait of Bharat Mata with a saffron flag. This is the second time that the CPI(M)-led Left front government in the state is locking horns with Raj Bhavan over the use of a Bharat Mata portrait at functions.
Fri, Jun 20, 2025
June 19, 2025 21:12 IST
On his relationship with the Congress leadership, Tharoor said, “I have differences of opinion with some in the Congress leadership. You know what I am talking about, as some of those issues are there in the public domain and have been reported by you (the media).”
Fri, Jun 20, 2025
June 19, 2025 17:37 IST
This is the second time that the CPI(M)-led Left front government in the state is locking horns with Raj Bhavan over the use of a Bharat Mata portrait at functions
Fri, Jun 20, 2025
June 19, 2025 14:30 IST
Three workers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political wing of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), have been arrested in connection with the case on Thursday.
Fri, Jun 20, 2025
June 18, 2025 23:15 IST
In a TV interview Tuesday, Govindan said: “RSS is communal…during the Emergency we had joined hands with them. It is a reality. We are not afraid of telling the truth”.
Thu, Jun 19, 2025
June 18, 2025 06:30 IST
Sheela owned a beauty parlour at Chalakudy in Kerala’s Thrissur district when she was arrested by the Excise Department on February 27, 2023, following the recovery of what was suspected to be LSD stamps from her scooter.
Thu, Jun 19, 2025
June 17, 2025 13:10 IST
Israel Iran conflict update: The Dubai-based men were in the Iranian capital for a work trip when the Israeli attacks began. They have fled to Yazd, 600 km away, and are seeking guidance from the Indian embassy
Wed, Jun 18, 2025
June 15, 2025 12:43 IST
The Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force said the fighter jet was an F-35B operating from the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.
Mon, Jun 16, 2025
June 14, 2025 06:45 IST
Over 15 years ago, Air India Express flight IX 812, which had taken off from Dubai, overshot the Mangalore International Airport runway, fell off the cliff and burst into flames. Of the 166 people onboard that day, 158, including six crew members, died. D’Souza, a resident of Mangalore, was among the eight survivors.
Fri, Jun 20, 2025
June 13, 2025 13:01 IST
Ranjitha, a nurse who was originally from Pathanamthitta district, was returning to the UK where she had been working for around a year, when the plane she was travelling in met with the accident.
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
June 13, 2025 11:00 IST
A native of Kurichi in Kerala’s Kottayam district, Premkumar had been arrested in 2019 for allegedly murdering his first wife, Vidya (48), after purportedly rekindling his relationship with a woman he was close to during their time in college.
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
June 12, 2025 18:15 IST
Ranjitha, 42, is survived by her husband, Vineesh, two school-going children, Rithika and Induchoodan, and her mother, Thulasi
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
June 12, 2025 06:40 IST
All five of the deceased had been residing in Qatar. The 23 injured people are currently being treated at a hospital in Nairobi.
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
June 11, 2025 19:16 IST
Jamaat’s Welfare Party of India backs Congress in Nilambur Assembly seat, while CPM has People’s Democratic Party Kerala supporting it. With Hindu vote crucial, the two parties trade charges over which is more communal
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
June 11, 2025 15:19 IST
This comes nearly three weeks after the Liberia-flagged MSC ELSA 3, a 28-year-old vessel, capsized around 25 km southwest of Alappuzha
Wed, Jun 11, 2025
June 11, 2025 06:55 IST
The new language policy was set to be implemented at schools on the islands from July 1
Wed, Jun 11, 2025
June 10, 2025 12:07 IST
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has alerted that some of the containers would wash up along the Kerala coast.
Tue, Jun 10, 2025
June 09, 2025 14:44 IST
Singapore-flagged ship M V Wan Hai 503 caught fire 78 nautical miles away from the Beypore coast in Kerala.
Mon, Jun 09, 2025
June 09, 2025 06:00 IST
The incident occurred at a cardamom plantation at Myladumpara, in Idukki’s Vandanmedu, close to Kerala's border with Tamil Nadu.
Mon, Jun 09, 2025
June 08, 2025 22:08 IST
Kerala wants the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 amended so it can be allowed to kill wild animals that foray into human habitats. Here's why.
Mon, Jun 09, 2025
June 07, 2025 06:50 IST
In 2023, Ziya and Zahaad, her 25-year-old partner and a trans man, moved the Kerala High Court after the birth of their daughter seeking a direction to the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation to mark them as “parents” in her birth certificate.
Mon, Jun 09, 2025





