Govt staff need to undergo training and clear exam for promotions

Thiruvananthapuram: With the approval of recommendations from the Administrative ..

2nd day: KSRTC struggles to operate buses on main routes leaving commuters in disarray

DD, AIR employees in Kerala protest against shutting down of terrestrial services

Despite easing of Covid-19 curbs, hoteliers concerned about getting business back

KSRTC's new duty system irks trade unions

Thiruvananthapuram: The new 12-hour shift system introduced by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) by replacing the ..

Four workers die of asphyxiation while cleaning well in Kollam

Kollam: Four workers died of asphyxiation when they entered a well to clean it at Kundara in Kollam district. A fireforce officer has ..

Kerala moves SC against HC order deferring regularisation of temporary staff

New Delhi: Kerala government has approached the Supreme Court against the High Court order which deferred all actions to regularise ..

Kerala to issue updated vaccination certificate for those going abroad

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government will issue an updated vaccination certificate to those who are going abroad. Batch number of ..

UAE healthcare groups takes efforts to help Indian nurses including Keralites duped by job scams

Dubai: Some prominent UAE healthcare organisations have come forward to offer employment to nurses from India who were duped by recruitment ..

HC nullifies 58 appointments in Kerala University

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court has nullified the appointment of 58 teachers at University of Kerala. Issuing the order, ..

KAS double reservation: SC grants Kerala 3-weeks to file affidavit

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Kerala government to inform their stance on the petition against the double reservation ..

NCP still with LDF, confirms AK Saseendran

Kozhikode: Transport minister AK Saseendran has confirmed that NCP has not walked out of LDF so far. The NCP leader declared that a ..

Over 1000 vacancies in Higher Secondary, nearly 100 candidates get appointment

Malappuram: Over 1000 vacancies are unfilled in Higher Secondary teachers posts when 12,000 candidates are listed in the rank list ..

Regularisation: Cabinet receives huge number of recommendations

Thiruvananthapuram: When the state is witnessing protest over regularization of temporary staff, a huge number of recommendations are ..

Govt declares dies non to counter employees’ strike today

Thiruvananthapuram: A group of government employees and teachers belonging to unions under the opposition parties will observe a one-day ..

Statement against CM: Chennithala says he didn’t disown K Sudhakaran

Kozhikode: Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala has extended support to Congress leader K Sudhakaran who faced criticism over making ..

Now, expats to get loan upto Rs 30 lakh under rehabilitation project

Thiruvananthapuram: With an aim to rehabilitate expatriates who returned to the state, NORKA-Roots in association with Canara Bank ..

Election Duty: KAP commandant complains about facilities

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Armed Police Commandant J Jayanath has complained about the facilities provided to the police officials ..

Delhi AIIMS strike: Malayali nurses injured as police use force to disperse protesters

New Delhi: Many nurses including Malayalis were injured during the strike by the nurses of AIIMS here on Tuesday. Violence erupted ..

Kuwait to allow return of foreign domestic workers from December 7

Kuwait City: The Kuwait authority has announced that domestic workers from other countries will be allowed to enter the country from ..

Centre extends service of CBI official Nandakumar Nair

Kochi: The central government has extended the service of Malayali CBI officer Nandakumar Nair. The official, who is the CBI superintendent, ..

KSRTC MD Biju Prabhakar takes up role of bus driver

Thiruvananthapuram: Biju Prabhakar, the new Managing Director of KSRTC, has taken up the role of a bus driver here on Sunday. Though ..

Govt to deploy 50 percent employees for COVID duty

Thiruvananthapuram: The state government is examining the possibility of deploying 50 percent government employees and teachers who ..

Insurance for KSRTC staff: Mass errors in names of nominees

Kochi: Huge errors has been reported in the group personal accident insurance scheme for KSRTC employees. It is learned that names ..

No sanitizer and mask: KSRTC staff stage protest in Pappanamcode

Thiruvananthapuram: KSRTC employees in Pappanamcode depot here staged a protest over not supplying enough sanitizers and masks for ..

Film theaters remain closed for 100 days in state

Kozhikode: The film theatres which was closed due to the restrictions over coronavirus outbreak remains to be closed for the last 100 ..

Excess staff in secretariat: Expert panel recommends redeployment

Thiruvananthapuram: An expert committee appointed to study on expenditure cut recommended the government to redeploy the excess employees ..

Kerala to introduce 'Work Near Home'; Houseboats to turn offices

Thiruvananthapuram: The state government is all set to introduce the new scheme of ‘Work Near Home’ which assures proper ..

Biju Prabhakar is new KSRTC MD

Thiruvananthapuram: The state cabinet meet has decided to appoint Biju Prabhakar IAS as the managing director of KSRTC. The additional ..

Govt offices in Kerala to be completely operational from Monday

Thiruvananthapuram: Following the relaxation in the lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak, the state government has issued an order ..

No more arrests for bailable offences; Kerala Police to have new work criteria

Thiruvananthapuram: In view of the continuing COVID-19 scare, Kerala police have come up with new criteria for work. As per the new ..

COVID-19 fallout: Kerala beauty parlours in dire straits

Thiruvananthapuram: Even though the Kerala government has issued a direction to all beauty parlours in the state that they can now ..

KSRTC starts service for govt staff from Friday

Kottayam: Kerala State Road Transport Corporation has started operating special bus services for employees in collectorate and other ..

International Nurses Day 2020: Nurses narrate experiences at COVID isolation ward

Kanhangad: ‘We won’t forget you. I will keep each name and phone number on my mobile phone. How could I forget the love ..

24,088 migrant workers from Kerala returned to native: CM

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak, 24,088 migrant workers in Kerala were safely taken to their native ..

Migrant workers to return home in 2 trains from Kozhikode on Wednesday

Kozhikode: Two special trains will take migrant workers from Kozhikode railway station to their native states on Wednesday. The trains ..

Only 2,250 expats will be flown to Kerala in first phase: CM

Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has informed that only 2,250 expats stranded in various foreign countries will ..

Collector deputes teachers for supervision at ration shops in Kannur

Kannur: District Collector TV Subhash has issued an order deputing teachers for supervision at ration shops. The action was taken as ..

After 45-days of struggle during lockdown, fishermen return with good catch

Chavakkad: Fishermen who ventured into the sea after a 45 days long break amid the lockdown returned with a good catch of prawns on ..

Migrant workers reach Odisha safe and sound, express gratitude to police

Aluva: “We reached safely and are placed in quarantine here,” Veerendra Malik called the COVID control centre at Ernakulam ..

Migrant workers paid full train fare to travel by special trains

Kozhikode: Railway authority informed that no relaxation was given in the train ticket of migrant workers who were taken in the special ..

Special train takes migrant workers home; two services from Kerala on Saturday

Aluva: Giving relief to thousands of migrant workers who got stranded in Kerala amid the lockdown, the first non-stop train to Bhubaneswar ..

HC appeals govt to avoid judges from salary cut, reveals official letter

Kochi: The Kerala High Court has forwarded a letter to the state government seeking to exclude judges from salary cut amid the coronavirus ..

Now, guest lecturers to get salary on time

Malappuram: Giving relief to the guest lecturers in aided colleges, the government has introduced a new mechanism to give salary on ..

Govt sanctions Rs 41 cr for Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme

Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed that the state government has sanctioned Rs 41 crore for implementing ..

COVID-19 relief fund: Ministers, MLAs to face salary cut in state

Thiruvananthapuram: The cabinet meeting held on Wednesday recommended cutting salary of ministers and MLAs in the state for COVID-19 ..

Repatriating expats without quarantine centres will create trouble, warns Minister Muraleedharan

Thiruvananthapuram: Union minister of state for external affairs, V Muraleedharan stated that repatriation of expatriates without arranging ..

COVID-19: Abu Dhabi begins survey on foreign citizens above 50 yrs for repatriation

Abu Dhabi: Firms in Abu Dhabi have started a survey to identify employees from other countries who are above 50 years and who wish ..

Migrant worker flees to Kolkata on borrowed cycle

Cherppu: Amid the lockdown restrictions, a migrant worker travelled to Kolkata on a borrowed bicycle from here in Thrissur. According ..

FIR against Kannan Gopinathan for misinterpreting govt order

Gandhi Nagar: An FIR was registered against Malayali IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan over alleged misinterpretation of government order ..