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Man steals state transport bus, causes damage in Kerala’s Palakkad

Man steals state transport bus, causes damage in Kerala’s Palakkad

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An unidentified man allegedly stole a parked Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus from near the Palakkad depot and damaged a house compound wall and a shop before abandoning the vehicle, police said on Sunday.  According to police, the incident occurred at around 2.50 am when the man drove away a KSRTC bus that had been parked outside the depot. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Kerala reels under intense heat; Palakkad crosses 40°C

Kerala reels under intense heat; Palakkad crosses 40°C

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An IMD official said though weather indicators for rain continue to develop, Kerala will have to wait a couple more days to get relief from the sweltering heat. | Photo Credit: K. K. Mustafah Large parts of Kerala continues to experience hot and humid weather, with several districts recording high temperatures and no significant rainfall. According to 24-hour data released by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) at 8.30 am on Monday (April 27, 2026), northern Palakkad was the hottest in the State, with the maximum temperature touching just over 40 degrees Celsius. Published – April 27, 2026 12:34 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Cash-for-votes case: Palakkad NDA candidate Sobha Surendran appears before Collector

Cash-for-votes case: Palakkad NDA candidate Sobha Surendran appears before Collector

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Sobha Surendran | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate in Palakkad, Sobha Surendran, appeared before District Collector M.S. Madhavikutty on Friday in connection with a cash-for-votes case registered against her. The Congress had lodged a complaint against Ms. Surendran, submitting a video as evidence, alleging that ₹5,000 was distributed to an elderly woman at Kannadi panchayat on the eve of the Assembly election. Published – April 17, 2026 06:31 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Poll heat rises in Palakkad as BJP trains guns on UDF MLA scandal

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Poll heat rises in Palakkad as BJP trains guns on UDF MLA scandal

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graffiti mural created by students of Atoms College of Fine Arts was seen on a wall at the Civil Station in Palakkad on Monday as part of the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme. | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah Palakkad is set to feel the heat twice over—from the blazing summer and an intensifying Assembly election battle. With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) marshalling its resources in a determined push to capture Palakkad, the constituency is likely to be in sharp focus as Kerala goes to the polls on April 9, 2026. Sobha Surendran, who has been named the BJP candidate, has kicked off her campaign in Palakkad. The party sees Ms. Surendran as one of its strongest contenders in the constituency, where it has finished second to the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the three Assembly elections held since 2016, including the 2024 byelection. It was Ms. Surendran who helped the BJP leap to the second position in 2016 by securing 29.08% of the votes and pushing the Communist Party of …

Explosives hidden in watermelon lorry seized in Palakkad

Explosives hidden in watermelon lorry seized in Palakkad

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The police on Wednesday night seized a large cache of explosives from a lorry on National Highway 544 near the Government Medical College here. Around 4,000 gelatin sticks and 17 detonators were recovered from the vehicle, which was intercepted on the service road at 10 p.m. following a tip-off. The explosives were found concealed in cardboard boxes hidden beneath a large consignment of watermelons loaded in the lorry. The driver, Senthil Kumar, 47, a native of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu, was taken into custody. According to the police, the driver initially claimed that the vehicle was transporting watermelons to Thrissur. However, a detailed inspection of the lorry led to the discovery of the explosives stashed under the watermelon cargo. Preliminary investigations revealed that the consignment was being brought from Salem in Tamil Nadu to Thrissur. Police officers said the seized explosives, estimated to be worth several lakhs of rupees, were being transported illegally, allegedly for use in quarrying activities. Suspecting the involvement of quarry mafia operating in Thrissur and neighbouring districts, the police have …

Kerala: Elderly couple stabbed to death, grandson injured in Palakkad

Kerala: Elderly couple stabbed to death, grandson injured in Palakkad

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An elderly couple was allegedly stabbed to death and their three-year-old grandson seriously injured by their son-in-law at Ottapalam here, police said on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Nazir (78) and his wife Suhara (70), residents of Thottakara in Ottapalam. Police said the injured child, Muhammad Ishan, is undergoing treatment at a hospital. The accused, Muhammad Rafi of Ponnani, the couple`s son-in-law and the child`s father, is absconding and police have launched a search to nab him. According to the FIR, Nazir`s daughter Sulfi and her son Ishan had been living separately from Rafi for the past few months. Police said Rafi, who was desperate to take custody of the child, reached Nazir`s house late on Sunday night. The incident occurred around 11 pm when he allegedly forced his way into the house and stabbed the elderly couple, besides attacking the child, the FIR said. The incident came to light when neighbours noticed Sulfi rushing the injured child to a hospital. Police were informed soon after and reached the spot to find the …

Explosives hidden in watermelon lorry seized in Palakkad

Several trains delayed as goods train derails at Pallippuram in Palakkad

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Several trains on the Mangaluru-Shoranur route were delayed for hours after a goods train derailed at Pallippuram, near Pattambi, on Sunday. The goods train on its way from Mangaluru to Palakkad derailed around 11.30 a.m. An engineering team from Shoranur shifted the train to another track and restored traffic by 2 p.m. Shoranur-bound trains such as Eranad Express (16605), Parasuram Express (16649), Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Kochuveli Superfast Express (22113), Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Express (22634), Kozhikode-Thiruvananthapuram Janshatabdi Express (12075), and Kozhikode-Palakkad Passenger (06071) were delayed. The Kozhikode-Palakkad passenger train short-terminated at Shoranur. Railway officials said trains towards Mangaluru were not affected. Published – January 18, 2026 08:03 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

V.D. Satheesan links attack on Palakkad carolers to ‘north India anti-Christian wave’, warns of communal push in Kerala

V.D. Satheesan links attack on Palakkad carolers to ‘north India anti-Christian wave’, warns of communal push in Kerala

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Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan on Wednesday said the alleged Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) attack on a group of Christmas carolers consisting of schoolchildren at Puthussery in Palakkad on Sunday was “the backwash of a wave of attacks against Christians in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled north Indian States” during the festival season.  Mr Satheesan joined a chorus of Left Democratic Front (LDF) leaders, including General Education Minister V. Sivankutty and Excise Minister M.B. Rajesh, who condemned the Sangh Parivar for “othering” Christians in Kerala, including threatening school managements to call off Christmas celebrations.  Both the ruling front and the Opposition have flagged an alleged attempt by Hindu far-right forces to gain a toehold in Kerala’s mindset by stoking religious schism ahead of the Assembly polls in 2026, and called for a mustering of secular democratic forces to counter the Sangh Parivar gambit.  ‘Dichotomy’ in approach He underscored the “dichotomy” between the BJP’s outreach towards the Church in Kerala and its storming of Christian religious groupings, vandalising of Christmas decorations, and assaulting of …

Rape case: Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil expelled from Kerala Congress

Rape case: Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil expelled from Kerala Congress

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The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Friday expelled suspended Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Rahul Mamkootathil after multiple serious allegations were levelled against him and cases were formally registered in connection with them, news agency ANI reported. KPCC President Sunny Joseph, confirming the expulsion, said that the party had taken the step after reviewing the gravity of the charges. The Thiruvananthapuram Principal Sessions Court has rejected Mamkootathil’s plea for anticipatory bail in the alleged rape case. Police have registered a case against the Palakkad MLA based on a complaint filed by a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, rape on the pretext of marriage, and forced abortion, ANI reported. The first information report (FIR), which was initially lodged at the Nedumangad Valiyamala Police Station in Thiruvananthapuram, was later transferred to the Nemom Police Station in the same district as the alleged incidents fell within its jurisdiction. The case has been registered under eight non-bailable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, including Section 64 for rape, Section 64(2) for repeated rape …

Explosives hidden in watermelon lorry seized in Palakkad

HC imposes ₹10,000 fine on former Palakkad RDO

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The Kerala High Court has imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on a former Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) of Palakkad for allegedly making a land owner re-approach the court a second time for reclassification of his land that had been recorded in Revenue records as nilam (paddy land). In his petition, the landowner, C. Vinumon of Kannadi, Palakkad, challenged the RDO’s order dismissing his application to change the nature of his property in the records, without passing a speaking order. This was allegedly done despite the High Court directing him to reconsider the matter. He contended that the property had already been converted in 2008 and mentioned in the records as fallow land, before the enactment of the relevant law. The former RDO contended that he had signed the order that was prepared by a junior superintendent in his office since he was busy with post-election duties. Stating that authorised officers are not laymen, and that they are senior officers of the State service, the court said that the present case was an apt example of …