Land, hill crack up near Kerala border
The earth has cracked open at a depth of three feet at Nadumala estate near Valparai, which is in the Coimbatore...
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Palakkad plans flood sculpture, plaques for posterity
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Rain leaves irreparable scars on plot, house
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New island formed in Kunthipuzha after floods is a tourist spot
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Relief camp turns into wedding venue
Anila and Chandramohan became man and wife at the relief camp and others who shared the flood misery there attended...
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Seven killed in Palakkad landslide amid rains
The rescue operations are under way under the supervision of the Nelliyampathy forest officers.
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Man loses home to rain ahead of wedding day
Radhakrishnan lost his house at Shankhuvarathode Colony at Chunnambuthara just 10 days short of his wedding.
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Two-storey building completed... without staircase
The authorities eased themselves out of the imbroglio by ordering an investigation.
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Fire force personnel caught in current, rescued
The officers, Ajith and Rakesh, were grievously injured after being hit by logs of wood.
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Youth falls to death while trekking in Palakkad
The seven-member team was returning after the trek when Krishnadas slipped and hit his head on the rocks.
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Prospective residents trickle into Apna Ghar that opens on August 12
Bookings are through for four-fifth of the housing units with bunker bed facilities that can accommodate 640 people...
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Man escapes death from elephant attack by a whisker
The incident took place at Neelakuzhi, near Agali in Palakkad district, when a team from the Forest Department was...
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Elephant menace: nun ambushes minister's car with complaints
Sister Rinsy stood on the road to complain directly to forest minister K Raju.
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Woman, teenage son found dead in Shoranur
It is suspected that the teenager committed suicide after his love interest returned to her family.
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Dial and register your complaints regarding PDS
Ration card holders in Palakkad district can now lodge complaints related to weights and measures, pricing and other...
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Ill tribal dies without care as colony gets marooned in flood
Ramu's house was flooded on all four sides and an effort to raise the land with mud and bury him there did not work.
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Dead tribal carried on foot from roadless tribal colony
Officials say hurdles to land acquisition hinders road projects in the area.
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Rusting vehicles breed reptiles, raise a stink
Police personnel said more poisonous snakes are still slithering freely in the area.
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Youth runs from pillar to post with worm-infested fish, then 'buries' complaint
Sumesh bought a tuna from an Old Lakkidi native for Rs 100 but while cutting it, he saw that it was full of worms.
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Bike riders with fake helmets under radar
Two-wheeler drivers need to wear helmets as mandated, preferably those with glasses in front.
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Tribal forced to walk 45 km to convey news of relative’s death
The tirbal was forced to walk from Coimbatore to his village in Palakkad as he did not have money and no one at the...
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Discarded beer bottles to fetch revenue for local bodies
The habit of tipplers to carelessly cast aside liquor bottles in public places has been troubling local bodies no...
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School rejuvenates hill; shows a new path in saving the earth
The institution has taken up the task of protection of an entire hill as part of its initiative to conserve the...
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Teen drowns in Walayar dam
Arunkumar, hailing Coimbatore, went missing in the waters even as two of his friends swam to safety.
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KSRTC bus gives lifeline to accident victims
Though the people in the area had gathered around the victims they could not arrange for a vehicle to take the...
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Stowaway dog holds up train for half an hour
The dog probably got on top of the train from Hyderabad itself. The train was held up at Palakkad by half an hour on...
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Pregnant tribal lugged in a sling for want of ambulance
Attapadi village is the biggest tribal settlement in the state, but yet to have proper roads.
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Palakkad boy overcomes frail health to top class 12 among disabled
Vijay Ganesh scored an impressive 492 marks out of 500.
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Dispute over gawking charges norms stalls civic work
The workers argued that since the load tray of the truck has to be raised in order to unload the contents, the fee...
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3 people killed as car rams lorry in Palakkad
Ajmal, 21; his mother Suhara, 46; and car driver Salman Jaseel, 21, were the deceased. Ajmal was said to be a local...
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Manju's encounter with a star striker in Attappadi
The actor reached the hamlet around noon on Monday and chatted with Madhu's mother Malli.
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Mahout killed as elephant runs amok in Palakkad
The deceased mahout has been identified as Kannan, a native of Thrissur. Kannan was gored when he was trying to deck...
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Goons attack, rob two medical students chatting near Meenkara dam
The police said three people, who came on a motorbike, attacked the boy and the girl without any provocation as they...
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Two wild tuskers stranded in Bharatapuzha keep govt personnel on their toes
The wildlife officials camping at Meetna have warned that the elephants are showing signs of aggression.
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Audio books: A visually challenged couple’s far-sighted initiative
They have converted several classic literary works in Malayalam into audiobooks.
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Tribeswoman denied housing grant for her lowly temp job with govt
Insensitive bureaucrats have dealt a similar blow to about 30 families in Attappadi.
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British woman writes to her tormentor to educate him on gender equality
The woman was travelling to Ernakulam along with her friends on the Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Super Fast when a man...
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Call to help people who collapse under blazing sun
Several deaths due to heat stroke had been reported from Palakkad in the past. Many people had died unattended on the...
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Elephant, calf stray into human habitations; people hit panic button
The elephants were staying put in populated areas even as the forest department and the police were trying to send...
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Nowhere to go, 2 women brave marauding elephants & malaria in a forest
They have been living inside the forest near Malampuzha ever since the Kerala Forest Department took over their land.
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Feasting tigers to charging elephants, everyone finds a place in this lens
Mahesh, hailing from Palakkad, got hooked to wildlife photography when he was a tenth-standard student.
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How a class X boy's FB post changed the lives of 2 hapless kids
The moving post came to the notice of several good-hearted individuals, who responded with significant contributions
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Up, up and away: passenger drones soon to be a reality
With a patent from the ISRO and a Rs 8.8 lakh funding from the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and...
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Panchayat president doubles up as toddy tapper to make up for meager salary
Marimuthu did not let that success get to his head.
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Thachampara apiculturists' honey-sweet success story
There are around a hundred farmers under the Amritham Dwarf Honey Bee Farmers Society which is guided by the...
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Wild elephants on an outing; people spend scary nights at Palakkad-Thrissur border
Though the local people, police and forest officials tried all possible means to drive the elephants back into the...
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Garbage out, now this will be Palakkad's own music park
The park that was lying unattended with bushes and garbage was cleared by NSS members of PGM Higher Secondary School...
