George Poikayil
'Nanma Maram': Nurturing tree of goodness in this Kerala village
The good souls of Kanhangad have come together under ‘Nanma Maram’ to help the less-privileged in the town, reports George Poikayil
11 Sep 2022
Win land, cow or goat: Kerala Theatre group’s plot to fund charity
Cars, scooters and home appliances are passe. Land and cattle are the in-thing for winners of a raffle – at least for Kannamkai Nadaka Vedi, a theatre group in Kasaragod.
05 Sep 2022
Man booked under POCSO Act after police find estranged wife was minor at wedding
Police came to know of her husband when they were investigating her boyfriend for ditching her after promising to marry her.
01 Sep 2022
Kasaragod seethes as state appoints non-Kannada speaking teacher in Kannada medium school, again
Parents, students to block teacher from joining duty. He had refused to learn the language and appealed to administrative tribunal.
29 Aug 2022
Kerala mosque decides to expel drug peddlers, block their marriage, abstain from their post-burial rituals
Padannakkad mosque ousts 10 persons so far, 'middle-class youths selling drugs for quick money'
26 Aug 2022
CRZ rules leave tourism investors gasping in Kasaragod's Valiyaparamba panchayat
Projects worth crores of rupees hang in limbo as rules do not allow the panchayat to be recognised as an island.
26 Aug 2022
Valiyaparamba: Sandwiched between backwaters & sea, and hammered by CRZ rules
The 24-km-long sliver of land is denied island status as its narrow southern tip touches Ezhimala. It has an average width of 400m but under CRZ III-B category, 300m is labelled as no development zone
25 Aug 2022
Techie plays doctor on matrimonial site, cheats woman of Rs 8 lakh, arrested
Binoy Shetty took the identity of a doctor working for a medical college in Mangaluru and cheated on a 26-year-old woman by giving fake marriage promises.
19 Aug 2022
Care for endosulfan victims: Supreme Court declines to buy govt affidavit, seeks independent report
The Supreme Court directed all authorities of the state government to cooperate with the secretary of DLSA by providing necessary information and logistical support to facilitate site visits.
18 Aug 2022
India@75: Of Irish oak, warships and mighty protest in Kerala's Kadakam
In the summer of 1932, Kadakam, a sparsely populated village on the fringes of a thin forest in Kasaragod burst into revolt against the British.
16 Aug 2022
Endosulfan victims' kin: Uncared by government, they seek daycare for dear ones
With no rehab or daycare centres in Kasaragod, caregivers who have jobs say they are on the brink of a breakdown.
15 Aug 2022
'Endosulfan pension for my four brothers with disabilities hasn't come in four months'
Beefathima shelved her life to take care of her four brothers with disabilities while Maimoona who was married when she was 13, now has five children, three of whom are endosulfan victims.
09 Aug 2022
Dragged down by ‘lack of’ system
Caregivers of endosulphan victims say they are on brink of breakdown because district does not have centres for persons with disabilities
08 Aug 2022
Tata hospital cannot be palliative care centre for endosulfan patients now: Kerala govt tells SC
Govt tells SC that the 550-bed hospital is being used as an isolation centre for monkeypox and Covid patients, where no monkeypox cases are reported and it has only 4 covid patients.
07 Aug 2022
Endosulfan compensation to be disbursed by October: Kasaragod District Collector
Dist admn to set up portal to transfer money to victims’ accounts
07 Aug 2022
Facebook Anigra fraud: Kerala police pick up Nigerian from Bengaluru for duping ex-banker
A retired bank employee lost Rs 42.2 lakh after being lured to become a global distributor for a non-existent herbal product
03 Aug 2022
Facebook fraudsters lure retired banker with 'herbal Viagra', dupe him of Rs 42 lakh
Fraudsters lured him by encouraging him to become a distributor for a non-existent herbal product that rhymes with Viagra.
27 Jul 2022
Debt-ridden Kerala family wins Rs 1 crore lottery two hours before selling house
Amina had taken a bank loan of Rs 10 lakh while the couple borrowed another Rs 20 lakh from their relatives to build the house.
26 Jul 2022
Election bribery case: Kasaragod sessions judge denies pre-arrest bail to senior BJP leader
BJP state committee member and senior lawyer Balakrishna Shetty is the fifth accused and BJP state president K Surendran is the first accused in the case.
22 Jul 2022
Kasaragod by-election: BJP loses seat in Badiadka, face in Kumbla as party's votes drop
In four of the five wards, BJP's votes declined. In the fifth ward, it contested for the first time and got 12 votes. UDF wins big in Badiadka
22 Jul 2022
