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Kannur gangrape case turns murkier, eight more arrested - Times of India

06-12-2018 19:23

Kannur gangrape case turns murkier, eight more arrested
Times of India
Kannur: Eight more people were arrested in connection with the alleged gangrape of a 16-year-old girl at a lodge in Parassinikkadavu in the district, police said on Thursday. Those arrested on Thursday included the student's father and a DYFI leader ...and more »

Kerala: Self-financing teachers pledge support to 'Women's Wall' - Times of India

06-12-2018 18:12

Kerala: Self-financing teachers pledge support to 'Women's Wall'
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: The Self- Financing College Teachers and Staff Association (SFCTSA) has said that the around 25,000 women teachers who are part of the association will take part in the 'Women's Wall' event to be organised by Kerala government on January ...

Suspected Congo fever patient tests negative - Times of India

06-12-2018 07:45

Times of India
Suspected Congo fever patient tests negative
Times of India
THRISSUR: A patient admitted to a hospital here with suspected symptoms of Congo Fever has since tested negative. According to district medical officer Dr K J Reena, the tests on the blood samples of the patient at the Manipal Institute of Virology ...

Collector bats for cleaner public places in Kozhikode city - Deccan Chronicle

05-12-2018 20:43

Deccan Chronicle
Collector bats for cleaner public places in Kozhikode city
Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: Though the city has many achievements to its credit, public spaces are to be cleaner, feels district collector Seeram Sambasiva Rao. The new collector dreams to make the public spots including the city beach to be more people friendly and ...

Kozhikode: Thefts force pumps to shut at 6 pm - Deccan Chronicle

05-12-2018 20:39

Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: Thefts force pumps to shut at 6 pm
Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: The petroleum dealers in the district are on their toes following two theft incidents reported this year. On May 9 midnight, a masked man robbed Rs 1,08,000 at gunpoint from A.E.K fuel station near NIT when the proprietor closed the outlet ...

A requiem for Ibn Battuta in Kozhikode? - The Hindu

04-12-2018 20:49

The Hindu
A requiem for Ibn Battuta in Kozhikode?
The Hindu
A proposal to build a memorial for 14th century Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta in Kozhikode, where he stopped over during his 24-year travel around the world, was made here on Tuesday. Ibn Battuta wrote about this port city, then known as Calicut, much ...and more »

Kerala CPM acts against leader facing abetment of suicide charges - Times of India

04-12-2018 18:43

Kerala CPM acts against leader facing abetment of suicide charges
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: The Communist Party of India (M) has removed party Mananthavady area committee member and Thavinjal Service Cooperative Bank president, P Vasu, who is facing allegations in connection with the suicide of a bank employee, from all party ...

Larger aircraft set to return to Kozhikode airport - The Hindu BusinessLine

04-12-2018 17:21

The Hindu BusinessLine
Larger aircraft set to return to Kozhikode airport
The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, December 4. The Kozhikode airport will resume operations of wide-body aircraft from Wednesday, almost seven months after such aircraft were prohibited from landing for runway renovation in May this year, the Airports Authority of India ...
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Former Kozhikode DM's FB disappearance 'worries' people - Times of India

04-12-2018 10:47

Times of India
Former Kozhikode DM's FB disappearance 'worries' people
Times of India
KOCHI: Former Kozhikode district collector Prashant Nair, whom people affectionately called "Colllector Bro" was missing from Facebook for some days. His fans were wondering about his disappearance from the social media website. Social media activist ...

Missing bike rider from Kozhikode yet to be traced - The Hindu

03-12-2018 19:44

Missing bike rider from Kozhikode yet to be traced
The Hindu
The police are yet to trace the city youth who went missing in Karnataka during his solo motorbike ride a week ago. Two policemen from Nallalam station who joined the Karnataka Police for search operations at suspected locations returned on Monday.

High vigilance in 2 Kozhikode villages after sighting of tiger - Times of India

03-12-2018 19:30

Times of India
High vigilance in 2 Kozhikode villages after sighting of tiger
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: Forest department is maintaining high vigil in the Chembanoda and Maruthonkara areas of the district after the straying of a tiger into human habitations in the area on Sunday. This has led to panic among the residents. Forest officials said ...

Kozhikode School Withdraws Play Calling out Gender Disparity After Muslim Groups Protest - The Wire

03-12-2018 08:33

The Wire
Kozhikode School Withdraws Play Calling out Gender Disparity After Muslim Groups Protest
The Wire
The protestors alleged that the play, titled 'Kithab', denigrates Islam and misrepresents the religion's views on gender. Kozhikode School Withdraws Play Calling out Gender Disparity After Muslim Groups Protest. The Wire Staff · Culture · Religion. 03 ...

Kerala: Ensnared leopard dies in Wayanad - Times of India

02-12-2018 18:17

Times of India
Kerala: Ensnared leopard dies in Wayanad
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: A female leopard was killed after it got trapped in a wire snare suspected to have been laid to capture wild boars in a rubber plantation at Nellimalam under the Meppadi forest range in South Wayanad forest division. Meppadi forest range ...

Following protests by Muslim groups, Kozhikode school withdraws students play - The News Minute

02-12-2018 06:01

The News Minute
Following protests by Muslim groups, Kozhikode school withdraws students play
The News Minute
Kithab, which tells the story of a young girl who wishes to call out the azaan like her father, landed in trouble after Muslim groups decided that it hurt their religious sentiments. Sreedevi Jayarajan ...

Sabarimala row: BJP to continue protests, sends notice to Chandra - Times of India

02-12-2018 04:32

Times of India
Sabarimala row: BJP to continue protests, sends notice to Chandra
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: As part of intensifying the agitation on Sabarimala issue and the 'police harassment' against K Surendran, BJP will waylay chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other ministers and organize protests at their function venues. Addressing a news ...and more »

State's first bus port to come up in Kozhikode - The Hindu

01-12-2018 19:47

The Hindu
State's first bus port to come up in Kozhikode
The Hindu
The mobility hub, a ₹122-crore plan earlier submitted by the Kozhikode Regional Transport Office to the government for setting up modern passenger amenities in the city, is likely to be considered for the proposed bus port project offered by the Centre ...

Nipah outbreak: Kerala minister urges people to follow health department's guidelines - Times of India

01-12-2018 15:55

Times of India
Nipah outbreak: Kerala minister urges people to follow health department's guidelines
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: Kerala's labour and excise minister TP Ramakrishnan urged the public to keep a vigil in the wake of nipah virus alert issued by the state health department. The health department has issued an alert directing the public not to eat fruits ...and more »

Various programmes held in Kozhikode to mark World AIDS Day - Times of India

01-12-2018 14:25

Times of India
Various programmes held in Kozhikode to mark World AIDS Day
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: District health department and Kozhikode District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit jointly organised various programmes across the district on Saturday to mark the observance of World AIDS Day. Recommended By Colombia. Kozhikode North ...and more »

National Beard Championship: It's bouquets for bristles in Kozhikode - The Hindu

30-11-2018 17:52

The Hindu
National Beard Championship: It's bouquets for bristles in Kozhikode
The Hindu
What's in a beard, you may ask? Everything, if you are at the first National Beard Championship held at Kozhikode on Friday. Beards of all manner were the cynosure, watched for length, style and thickness. 'Thaadi Mamankam' — the first season of the ...

Kozhikode civic body removes more than 10000 illegal hoardings - Times of India

30-11-2018 15:15

Times of India
Kozhikode civic body removes more than 10000 illegal hoardings
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: Special squads headed by two nodal officers in Kozhikode corporation limit have removed more than ten thousand illegal hoardings, banners, flex boards and advertisements on either sides of the roads creating inconveniences to the public.

'No Shave November' campaign closing session held at Kozhikode - Times of India

30-11-2018 05:38

Times of India
'No Shave November' campaign closing session held at Kozhikode
Times of India
Kerala Beard Society, a one-year-old organisation that has almost 600 bearded men as members, organised the closing ceremony of their No Shave November campaign in Kozhikode. It was after a month-long programme consisting of charity events, ...
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Missing rider: Kozhikode police reaches Karnataka - Times of India

28-11-2018 18:27

Times of India
Missing rider: Kozhikode police reaches Karnataka
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: A police team from Kozhikode have left to Karnataka's Koppa to probe the missing of Sandeep S, a 34-year-old rider, who went missing from Sunday. The team left for Karnataka, as the state police located the black UM Renegade Bike (KL 18 V ...

Forest department to conduct captive jumbo census in Kozhikode - Times of India

28-11-2018 18:20

Forest department to conduct captive jumbo census in Kozhikode
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: The day-long census of captive elephants in the district as part of the statewide census will be held on Thursday. The social forestry department officials have formed special squads to simultaneously conduct the census of elephants ...

Kozhikode: Liquor supply agents arrested - Deccan Chronicle

25-11-2018 02:22

Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: Liquor supply agents arrested
Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: Two persons who supply liquor extensively in and around Kaiveli have been held. Nadapuram excise team has arrested Suresh, of Naripatta, Thinoor and M.P Gireeshan. The scooter in which the duo delivers liquor has also been taken into ...

Kozhikode: SDPI, MSF up in arms against Kithab - Deccan Chronicle

25-11-2018 01:49

Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: SDPI, MSF up in arms against Kithab
Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: Kithab, the school-fest drama presented by Memunda Higher secondary school, has invited the wrath of SDPI and MSF. The drama, which deals with gender justice in a Muslim background, was adjudged as the best and had won the best actress ...and more »

Lightning kills school student in Kerala - Times of India

24-11-2018 18:54

Times of India
Lightning kills school student in Kerala
Times of India
MALAPPURAM: A high school student was killed by lightning at Kottukkara near Kondotty in the district on Saturday evening. The deceased has been identified as Fathima Farsana (15), a class ten student of PPTMHSS Kottukkara near Kondotty. She was a ...

19 students file sexual abuse complaint against teacher - Times of India

24-11-2018 18:21

Times of India
19 students file sexual abuse complaint against teacher
Times of India
MALAPPURAM: A high school teacher near Vengara in the district was suspended from service after 19 students lodged complaint of sexual abuse against him. Afsal Rahman, Urdu teacher of PMSA Higher Secondary School in Chemmankadavu was ...

This Kozhikode house is a fine example of low-cost renovation - Onmanorama

24-11-2018 13:44

Onmanorama
This Kozhikode house is a fine example of low-cost renovation
Onmanorama
There are several old houses which are structurally strong but have lost their 'modern' charm. For the owners of such buildings who wish to give their house a trendy appearance without spending much money, here is a solution that avoids pulling down ...

Salary challenge: CM praises Kozhikode medical college - Mathrubhumi English

24-11-2018 12:27

Mathrubhumi English
Salary challenge: CM praises Kozhikode medical college
Mathrubhumi English
Kozhikode: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that Kozhikode medical college was a role model for other college lecturers in its support for the salary challenge. Addressing the audience after inaugurating the three-tier cancer centre and lecture ...

Corporation collects water samples for testing - Times of India

24-11-2018 07:25

Times of India
Corporation collects water samples for testing
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: Corporation authorities, with the help of Kozhikode based Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), have commenced collection of water samples to carry out periodical quality test of water in the limits of its 75 ...

P Viji from Kozhikode, who came on BBC's 100 Women list, tells her story - The News Minute

24-11-2018 06:07

The News Minute
P Viji from Kozhikode, who came on BBC's 100 Women list, tells her story
The News Minute
P Viji cuts the call twice and asks for time - that's how busy she was on the day BBC put her name on its list of 100 Women of 2018. She finally returns the call after 10 in the night. As she shushes her teen children to be quiet when she speaks, Viji ...and more »

Kozhikode: Curtains down on revenue fest - Deccan Chronicle

23-11-2018 21:05

Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: Curtains down on revenue fest
Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: As the curtains fell on the district revenue kalolsavam at Vadakara, the stage items on Friday put forward a notable effort towards environmental concerns and societal awareness. Students, teachers and authorities involved made a strong ...and more »

Kozhikode: 10 per cent discount on taxi fares - Deccan Chronicle

23-11-2018 20:56

Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: 10 per cent discount on taxi fares
Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: The Kerala Taxi Drivers Organisation will observe its foundation day on Saturday, November 24. As a part of it, taxi services all over state will provide a 10% reduction in the fares. Sweets will be distributed and flags hoisted in all ...

Kozhikode: Mahila Mall opens to shoppers today - Deccan Chronicle

23-11-2018 20:51

Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: Mahila Mall opens to shoppers today
Deccan Chronicle
Kozhikode: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the Mahila Mall, owned and operated entirely by women, at Wayanad Road here on Saturday. The mall, a Kudum-basree venture, is cla-imed to be the first of its kind in the country and is owned by ...

39-year-old supporter of Sabarimala verdict's house attacked in Kerala's Kozhikode city - Times Now

23-11-2018 11:05

Times Now
39-year-old supporter of Sabarimala verdict's house attacked in Kerala's Kozhikode city
Times Now
Kozhikode (Kerala): The house of a 39-year-old teacher Aparna, who advocated the entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala Temple, was attacked by some unidentified persons on Wednesday late night in Kerala's Kozhikode city. Aparna, a cancer ...
House of 39-year-old teacher supporting Sabarimala verdict ...Daily News & Analysisall 175 news articles »

House of women entry supporter attacked - Times of India

23-11-2018 04:15

Times of India
House of women entry supporter attacked
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: The house of Aparna Shivakami, who supported the three women who have expressed their wish to go to Sabarimala, was attacked in the early hours of Thursday. The window panes of two rooms of the house at Kakkancheri near Calicut ...

Muslim Youth League raises fresh allegation in nepotism row ... - Times of India

23-11-2018 03:21

Muslim Youth League raises fresh allegation in nepotism row ...
Times of India
Muslim Youth League (MYL) state general secretary P K Firos has come up with fresh charges on the nepotism row involving minority welfare minister K T.and more »

Kozhikode: Over 3000 English teachers to be taught better English under Education Protection Mission - The New Indian Express

21-11-2018 16:55

The New Indian Express
Kozhikode: Over 3000 English teachers to be taught better English under Education Protection Mission
The New Indian Express
The District Centre for English, with an updated computer network and software for online teaching, has a language lab where around 30-35 teachers can work at the same time. Share Via Email. Published: 21st November 2018 09:18 PM | Last Updated: 21st ...

Kozhikode civic body issues notices to six hotels - Times of India

21-11-2018 15:16

Kozhikode civic body issues notices to six hotels
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: Kozhikode Corporation on Wednesday served notices to six hotels for polluting the Conolly canal by draining waste water illegally. The notice was issued to hotel Sagar , Indian Coffee house, Major hotel Jafarkhan colony, Alakapuri hotel M M ...

Over 3000 Kozhikode English teachers to be taught better English under Education Protection Mission - EdexLive

21-11-2018 07:58

EdexLive
Over 3000 Kozhikode English teachers to be taught better English under Education Protection Mission
EdexLive
Over 3,000 English teachers of schools across Kozhikode will receive training to improve their English. It might seem self-contradictory but the district education authorities under the General Education Protection Mission have set up a centre at the ...

Saudi Air begins ticket booking for Jeddah, Riyadh from Kozhikode - Mathrubhumi English

21-11-2018 06:18

Mathrubhumi English
Saudi Air begins ticket booking for Jeddah, Riyadh from Kozhikode
Mathrubhumi English
Karipur: The ticket booking for Saudi Airlines Jeddah, Riyadh services from Kozhikode International Airport have started. The tickets for journey from December 5 are available. Presently, the tickets to Jeddah in the first week of January are not ...

Kozhikode bypass six-laning project hits a roadblock - The Hindu

20-11-2018 20:55

The Hindu
Kozhikode bypass six-laning project hits a roadblock
The Hindu
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is seeking ways and means to resolve a predicament over the proposed construction of the six-lane Kozhikode bypass after a Hyderabad-based company, which secured the ₹1,710-crore contract, failed to get ...

Bomb hurled at house of RSS man accused of hartal violence - Times of India

20-11-2018 19:47

Times of India
Bomb hurled at house of RSS man accused of hartal violence
Times of India
Kozhikode: The house of an RSS activist, who is accused in the case relating to the attack on son and daughter- in- law of CPM district secretary P Mohanan, was attacked in the wee hours of Tuesday. Police said a country-made steel bomb was hurled at ...

Those arrested, troublemakers: CM - Times of India

20-11-2018 06:28

Times of India
Those arrested, troublemakers: CM
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that those who were arrested by the police at Sabarimala on Sunday night were not ordinary devotees but troublemakers who were part of a deliberate plan. Inaugurating the state conference of the ...and more »

Activist P Viji on BBC's '100 women' list - Times of India

20-11-2018 06:26

Times of India
Activist P Viji on BBC's '100 women' list
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: Fifty-year-old activist P Viji of Penkoottu hailing from Kozhikode has found a place in the list of 'BBC 100 Women-2018', the annual list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world. Viji is among the three women from the ...

Sabarimala row: CPM leader's son attacked by hartal supporters - Times of India

17-11-2018 12:12

Times of India
Sabarimala row: CPM leader's son attacked by hartal supporters
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: The dawn to dusk hartal declared by the Hindu Aikya Vedi, following the preventive detention of their leader K P Sasikala from Marakkoottam on her way to Sabarimala, turned violet at different places in the district. CPM district secretary P ...and more »

For Sangh, a chance to destroy state's secular tradition: CM ... - Times of India

14-11-2018 19:12

Times of India
For Sangh, a chance to destroy state's secular tradition: CM ...
Times of India
Kozhikode: The Sangh Parivar intervened in the Sabarimala issue not because they saw any danger to the shrine, but because they realized that it was a.and more »

Launch of Kerala Bank will strengthen coop sector: CM - Times of India

14-11-2018 19:11

Times of India
Launch of Kerala Bank will strengthen coop sector: CM
Times of India
Kannur: The cooperative sector in the state would be strengthened once the Kerala Bank becomes a reality, said chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday. The proposed Kerala Bank is formed by merging State Cooperative Bank, 14 district cooperative ...and more »

DYFI state unit gets new prez - Times of India

14-11-2018 19:08

Times of India
DYFI state unit gets new prez
Times of India
Kozhikode: S Sathish has been unanimously elected the new president and A A Rahim the secretary of the state committee of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) at the 14th state conference of the organisation which concluded here on ...

Class 9 student attempts suicide; Jumps off school building in Kozhikode - Mathrubhumi English

14-11-2018 12:23

Mathrubhumi English
Class 9 student attempts suicide; Jumps off school building in Kozhikode
Mathrubhumi English
Kozhikode: A class 9 girl student tried to commit suicide by jumping off her school building here on Wednesday. The incident took place at Meppayur government high school around noon. The girl jumped off the second floor of the school building.