Hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 18

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• Eight persons have died in another hooch tragedy in Vandoor in Malappuram district today. The deceased have been identified as Sethu Madhavan, Shiju, Velayudhan, Kumaran, Meenakshi, Rajeev, Chinnaswamy, Prakash and Balan. [..]

Liquor tragedy: Shop licensees taken into custody

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• The police has arrested the two liquor shop licensees following the hooch tragedy that led to the loss of nine lives in Kuttippuram in Malappuram district today. [..]

Bank fraud: Azeez remanded to custody till Sept 16

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• A CBI court here has remanded a close relative of arrested PDP leader Abdul Nazer Maudani to custody till September 16 in a bank fraud case. [..]

Dalai Lama arrives in Kochi on Saturday

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• Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will inaugurate the World Congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) at the Renewal Centre here on Saturday. [..]

‘KTDC formulating medical tourism package’

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• The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation is working out a medical tourism package seeking to cash in on growing worldwide interest in the state as an ideal destination to combine treatment with holidaying. [..]

Tearful adieu to Kundala tragedy victims

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• Thousands paid homage on Friday to five youths who had lost their lives in Kundal dam near Munnar on Thursday. [..]

12 drama chosen for KCBC All Kerala Professional fest

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• Twelve dramas have been selected for the 23rd Kerala Catholic Bishop's Council (KCBC) All Kerala Professional Drama festival, to be held from September 19 at Palarivattom POC. [..]

Mother, son found dead in T’puram

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• A 64-year old woman and her son aged 27, have been found dead inside their residence this morning at Amba Nagar of Palkulangara, in the city. The deceased have been identified as Padmavathiyamma and her son Shivaprasad of ‘Prasadam’, here. [..]

High-level committee to inspect Mullapperiyar dam

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• The five member high-level empowered committee constituted by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court to examine the safety aspects of the Mullaperiyar dam has decided to visit the dam. [..]

Mangrove theme park to reopen today

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• The mangrove theme park run by the Pappinissery Eco-Tourism Society (PETS) will be reopened today in the wake of the Kerala High Court Division Bench's order keeping in abeyance the direction of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) that the park be closed down on the ground that it has violated the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules. [..]