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‘Kerala’s average rainfall during the southwest (June-September) and northeast (October-December) monsoons, the State’s primary sources of precipitation, decreased by 12.5% and 6.1% of the long-period average (LPA, 1971–2020) per 100 years, respectively, between 1901 and 2025’

Supreme Court decision to hear petitions challenging the 2018 judgment allowing women of all ages to enter the temple appears to give new political currency to the religiously emotive controversy

Ten-month-old Alin Sherin Abraham, Kerala’s youngest organ donor, was laid to rest with State and police honours on February 15 after an emotional funeral in Pathanamthitta. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a Facebook post, and Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar hailed her parents’ decision as a noble act beyond words.

Govindan describes audit report on global Ayyappa meet as flawed and incomplete

India achieved a record T20 World Cup score against Pakistan, posting 175 for seven. Ishan Kishan's explosive 77 off 40 balls anchored the innings on a tricky Colombo pitch. Despite a mid-innings wobble triggered by Saim Ayub, Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube provided crucial support, ensuring India set a new high in this intense rivalry.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the JEE Main 2026 Session 1 results on its official portals, jeemain.nta.ac.in and ntaresults.nic.in. Candidates can download their scorecards using their application number and date of birth. The results include percentile scores, All India Rank, category-wise rank, and subject-wise performance. Over 13 lakh students appeared, with the top 2.5 lakh eligible for JEE Advanced 2026. Session 2 is scheduled from April 2 to 9, 2026.

There is a group in our State that is roaming around — itonly makes noise, no ambition or ideology, nothing, says Deputy Chief Minister

Karnataka is a strong destination, and the airport plays a very important role in promoting it, says Girish Nair, chief operating officer, BIAL

He asks the LDF government to ‘pick up the baton that the Congress has dropped’ and shoulder the responsibility of taking Panchayati Raj forward in the country. While addressing an international conference organised by the State Planning Board, he criticised the absence of his party colleagues at the meet

Saim Ayub's crucial bowling spell shifted momentum in Pakistan's favor during their T20 World Cup match against India. He dismissed key Indian batsmen Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma, followed by a golden duck for Hardik Pandya. Ayub's impressive figures of three wickets for 25 runs in four overs significantly impacted the game's progression.

Collector K. Vetri Selvi directs Police, Medical and Health departments to deploy decoy parties and register cases against scanning centres violating the PCPNDT Act

The VACB team is collecting details regarding the quantity of gold donated by each sponsor for the flag mast project in 2017, officials said.