The Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court to postpone the ECI’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The State argues that conducting the revision alongside the upcoming December local body elections will cause severe administrative chaos and staff shortages.
National media focused solely on the SIR workload claim, but officials denied any such distress and Congress released audio alleging CPM pressure, revealing how selective reporting shaped a misleading narrative around the Kerala BLO’s suicide.
Ten deer were found dead at Kerala’s new Puthur Zoological Park after a suspected stray dog attack. Wildlife experts have demanded a safety audit and investigation into the park’s security lapses before further animal relocations.
Investigators said N Vasu, a CPM leader and former TDB president, authorised the movement of gold-plated sheets for electroplating and failed to act when informed about leftover temple gold being diverted for personal use.
Striking down the Commission's order, the High Court called it out for acting without jurisdiction due to misplaced empathy towards quarry owner, who belonged to a minority community
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who had termed NEP as "a danger to the nation", and the state Education Minister V Sivankutty, who claimed that NEP could lead to "central interference" in syllabus design, signed the scheme without the approval of the state cabinet.