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Elderly woman patient dies after ambulance overturns in Kozhikode | Kerala News in English | ACTPnews
Kozhikode: An 82-year-old woman died after the ambulance carrying her to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital overturned near Kottaparamba in the early hours of Friday. The woman, Janaki, was a native of Peringolam near Kunnamangalam. According to police, the accident occurred around 1.20 am within the limits of Kozhikode Medical College Police Station when the…
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Kerala High Court dismisses CMRL’s plea against ED probe | Kerala News in English | Onmanorama | CMRL | ACTPnews
The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) against the Directorate of Enforcement’s probe under the money laundering act. The HC division bench stated that the summons issued by the ED under Section 50 of the PMLA to the CMRL office bearers is maintainable and declined…
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White paper moots privatisation, merger and shut down to reduce PSU burden on Kerala | Kerala news in English | ACTPnews
The ‘white paper’ – Kerala’s Fiscal Health: A Status Report’ – recommends disinvestment, privatisation, or closure of public sector units in non-strategic areas. However, the strategy to transform PSUs with social and welfare obligations, such as KSRTC, KSEB, and Kerala Water Authority, into commercially viable organisations has not been clearly spelt out. Some superficial mission…
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Kerala High Court extends eviction deadline for Malayidom Thuruthu Dalit families | Onmanorama | Kerala News in English | ACTPnews
Kochi: In a temporary relief for seven Dalit families facing eviction from Paryathukavu settlement in Malayidom Thuruthu in Ernakulam’s Kizhakambalam, the Kerala High Court on Thursday extended the deadline for eviction-related proceedings until June 16. The single bench chaired by Justice TR Ravi granted the extension after considering an urgent petition filed by the state…
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Southwest monsoon reaches Kerala, three days later than usual | Kerala News in English | ACTPnews
Thiruvananthapuram: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday officially declared the onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala, marking the beginning of the country’s four-month rainy season. The monsoon arrived in the state on June 4, three days later than its normal onset date of June 1. According to the IMD, the southwest monsoon has…
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LDF govt handed down liabilities worth ₹49,000 crore, says UDF’s white paper | Kerala News in English | ACTPnews
Thiruvananthapuram: The white paper on Kerala’s fiscal health, tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, states that the newly elected UDF government inherited accumulated liabilities of ₹48,733 crore from the previous LDF administration. According to the paper, the pending obligations include ₹21,670 crore in Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears owed to government employees and ₹14,387 crore…
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Merge Bevco and Supplyco to cut losses, improve finances: White Paper | Kerala news in English | ACTPnews
Thiruvananthapuram: The committee that prepared the white paper on Kerala’s fiscal status has recommended merging the Kerala State Beverages (Manufacturing and Marketing) Corporation (Bevco) and the Kerala Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) as part of measures to improve the state’s fiscal efficiency. The recommendation comes in the white paper tabled in the Assembly by Chief Minister…
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Bold innovation, but KIIFB has lost value, politicised, says UDF white paper | White Paper Updates | Kerala news in English | ACTPnews
Thiruvananthapuram: Even while describing the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) as “a bold institutional innovation”, the white paper on Kerala’s fiscal health tabled in the Assembly on Thursday argues that the institution’s original purpose has been fundamentally undermined. “The question is no longer whether KIIFB should continue in its current form,” the report says.…
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Daytime ban on multi-axle trucks introduced on Thamarassery Ghat Road | Wayanad News in English | ACTPnews
Kalpetta: In response to worsening traffic congestion and safety concerns during the monsoon season, the Kerala government has imposed restrictions on the movement of multi-axle heavy vehicles along the Thamarassery Ghat section of the Kozhikode-Kollegal National Highway (NH 766). The order, issued by the Kozhikode district administration on Monday, came into effect on Wednesday. The…
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Minister Sunny Joseph faces nepotism charge after brother-in-law appointed as secretary; writer mounts defence | Kerala News in English | ACTPnews
Kannur: The decision of Electricity Minister and KPCC president Sunny Joseph to appoint his brother-in-law, Benny Thomas, as his Additional Private Secretary has reignited the nepotism debate in Kerala and on social media, a charge that the previous LDF government grappled with repeatedly during its decade in power. In social media, critics have drawn parallels…
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