KERALA

Kochi airport shut for four hours following heavy rains

11:14 pm August 8, 2019

Kochi: Flight operations at the international airport here were suspended on Thursday for four hours till midnight as a precautionary measure in view of heavy rains lashing the region, an official said. Flights coming to the airport have been diverted, a spokesman of the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) said without elaborating. Airport Operations suspended […]

Heavy rains batter Kerala, rivers in spate, 8 killed

10:18 pm August 8, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: A year after the devastating deluge, Kerala is once again being battered by heavy rains with landslips and floods wreaking havoc claiming eight lives Thursday, while over 9,500 people have been shifted to relief camps. A massive landslip has been reported from Meppadi in the hilly Wayanad district where, according to a legislator, a […]

Kerala hit by floods again, 4 dead

8:08 pm August 8, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: A year after the devastating deluge, northern Kerala is flooded again as heavy rains and widespread landslides wreacked havoc in several parts claiming four lives, while over 2,000 people have been shifted to relief campson Thursday. As ‘red alert’ has been sounded in four districts and torrential rains submerged low-lying areas leaving people stranded […]

Rains likely in TN, Kerala, coastal AP; low pressure to become depression soon

Heavy rains lash Kerala; alert sounded in four districts

4:39 pm August 8, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: A ‘red alert’ has been sounded in four districts of Kerala where heavy rains, gusty winds and widespread landslips have wreaked havoc in several areas after the second spell of the south-west monsoon intensified. The alert has been sounded in four districts of Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad, IMD sources said. Water level is […]

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Nepal nationals to learn Malayalam in Kerala

8:07 pm August 3, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Not just local people but even Nepal nationals will also start talking Malayalam, the mother tongue of Keralites, soon, thanks to a state-sponsored literacy drive. Amidst criticism that youngsters were not keen to learn local languages, as many as 26 migrant workers from Nepal, who came to the southern state in search of greener […]