The amount will be paid from the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF).
The Accredited Social Social Activists (ASHA) on Tuesday intensified their protest here demanding higher wages even as the Kerala government continued to ignore their one-month long strike.
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Ernakulam Bench, on Friday ordered IAS officer B Ashok to continue as principal secretary to the Government (Agriculture) and as Agricultural Production Commissioner in Kerala government.
The Kerala government has extended the suspension period of IAS officer Prasanth N by 120 days, effective from 10 January, following recommendations from the suspension review committee
The Central Government on Monday declared the Wayanad landslide a disaster of "severe nature," five months after the calamity claimed 254 lives and left 128 people missing.
The government also decided to give Rs 25 lakh to the family of fire rescue officer J S Ranjith who died while fighting a blaze at a warehouse of the Kerala State Medical Corporation Ltd (KSMCL) last week.
A decision to this effect has been taken by the state cabinet on Wednesday.
nitiating suo motu proceedings in the case, the court asked why the authorities allowed the vessel to operate by allegedly flouting rules.
The confiscated assets, belonging to the violent PFI leaders and workers, would be handed over to the Land Revenue Department to compensate for the loss of public properties damaged during the statewide hartal call that turned violent on 23 September last.
The Kerala Higher Education Department has issued orders allowing menstruation leave for all female students in all the universities under the state government.
