Youth Congress and SFI workers clashed for nearly three hours near the University Men's Hostel in Thiruvananthapuram, with stones and flaming torches hurled from both sides. Police used tear gas and batons and later entered the hostel. The clash followed a Youth Congress march demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
The results give the Opposition grounds to question the UDF's early performance, although voting in 38 local wards cannot by itself establish why support changed or predict a statewide result.
Minister KM Shaji said the Muslim community lacked adequate organisations or movements to engage with young Muslim women, understand their concerns and guide them.
The claim comes amid a row over reported objections by two Election Commissioners to decisions concerning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Malayalam actor and theatre artiste Savithri Sreedharan died at her residence in Kozhikode at the age of 78. Kerala minister T Siddique condoled the death of the National Award-winning actor in a Facebook post.
The temple opened on September 16 for the monthly pooja and will close on Monday. Outside the main pilgrimage season, it usually opens for five days at the beginning of every Malayalam month.
Five people have died after being swept away by strong water currents in Kerala's Malappuram district, following heavy rain in the state.
A landslide in Vattavada in Keralam's Idukki district killed siblings Balakrishna and Chinnu and injured Mariamma. The state has promised full treatment support for the injured woman and aid for the bereaved families.
The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has said boys and children who do not identify with a particular gender can grow their hair as they wish. It directed schools not to harass, exclude or discriminate against students over hair length and called for urgent guidelines.
Kerala Police registered an FIR against news channel MD Anto Augustine and two others over alleged fabricated documents linked to Chief Minister VD Satheesan's purported second marriage.
IUML leaders met Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliar amid the row over his women's remarks, as recent League support added political weight to the outreach.
Prolonged power cuts across Kerala have sparked public complaints, memes and political attacks. The row has deepened as residents seek advance outage alerts and the government cites surging demand.
Pinarayi Vijayan snapped at reporters at the Chengannur rest house when they asked about the ED's move for an FIR in the CMRL case. The confrontation came as the Kerala government kept the agency's request for legal scrutiny and Vijayan called the action political vendetta.
Aparna Kurup, a Kerala television journalist, is facing a police case over remarks made during a debate on cleric Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar's misogynistic comments about women.
Kanthapuram made the remarks while defending a directive issued by a prominent council of Sunni-Shafi scholars that said women should not share stages with men or appear alongside them in public spaces.
CPIM general secretary MA Baby said Rahul Gandhi, as Leader of Opposition, can stake a claim to the Prime Minister's post if the opposition wins. He said the decision should come only after the election, while ruling out pre-poll speculation over leadership.
The controversy erupted after Kanthapuram told an Islamic conference in Kochi that bringing women onto public platforms would lead to "great destruction", adding that Islam prescribed purdah to prevent such a situation.
Meta restored two posts from Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan's official Facebook page, one announcing Onam festival allowance for ASHA workers and another offering Nabi Day greetings, after the CMO intervened over their removal.
Eight students from Tamil Nadu died after their car hit a parked lorry on a highway in Kerala's Thrissur district, police said. CCTV footage captured the incident, and the bodies were sent to the mortuary at Thrissur Medical College.
Amid controversy, Kanthapuram Aboobacker Musaliyar cited women-only educational institutions run by his faction and rejected claims that Islamic teachings deny women dignity, rights or opportunities.
