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Kerala CPM MLA calls woman IAS officer ‘without brains’; revenue minister lends his support to official
• 6 years agoCPI(M) MLA S Rajendran courted controversy after he publicly slandered a young woman IAS officer in Munnar, saying she lacked brains
Kerala, After The Flood: District economies brace for a hit as deluge paralyses tourism industry
Tkdevasia • 7 years agoAfter the floods, the Kerala government has yet to assess the extent of the loss and damage to the tourism industry.
Cold wave grips India as Kerala's Munnar battles frost blanket and Shimla residents bring out umbrellas to escape snowfall
Fp Staff • 6 years agoLess than a week after Bengaluru saw a minimum temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, Kerala's Munnar recorded sub-zero temperatures over the weekend, resulting in a blanket of frost across the popular hill-station on Saturday.
One shutter of Cheruthoni dam in Idukki to open at 4 pm today; Kerala bans tourism, night travel in district
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Idukki district has banned tourism and late night travel in the district starting Friday in view an IMD forecast of heavy to very heavy rains in Kerala and Lakshadweep in the next two-three days
Kerala bans tourism, night travel in Idukki after IMD issues 'very heavy rainfall' warning: Govt likely to open dam shutters
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Idukki district administration in Kerala has banned tourism and night travels in the district including to Neelakurinji gardens in Munnar starting Friday in view of the heavy to very heavy rain forecast in Kerala and Lakshadweep in the next two-three days
Kerala govt sounds red alert in Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad; four shutters of Malampuzha dam opened by 9 cms each
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Indian Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rain in the next three or four days in Kerala and Lakshsadweep. Lower riparian states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are also likely to receive heavy to moderate rainfall over the same span.
Kerala After Floods: Tourism hit with animal carcasses on backwaters, hill stations cut off; Rs 25,165 cr needed for rebuilding
• 7 years agoThe stain of death and devastation wrought by Kerala’s worst flood in a century will take longer than a season to wash away.
Toll in Kerala rises to 40 as torrential rains continue; Munnar cut off after shutters of Mattupetti dam opened
• 7 years agoAn alert has been sounded, asking people to remain cautious, they said. A series of landslides were reported in Kurichya and Makki hills and the Thamarassery ghat road in Wayanad.
Kerala floods: Environmentalists blame destruction of eco-sensitive zones, want controversial amendment to wetland Act scrapped
Tkdevasia • 7 years agoIn recent years, landslides have been occurring in Kerala frequently during the monsoon
Theni forest fire nothing short of man-made disaster; multitude of human errors likely behind tragedy that killed nine trekkers
Naveennair • 7 years agoThough the unsuspecting trekkers were left to the fury of nature, it is now beyond doubt that it was a number of human errors that led to the Theni tragedy.