The Latest Breaking News from Kozhikode

Private bus operators in Kozhikode are illegally using graphics and stickers on their vehicles, violating the colour code rules set by the State Transport Authority. Passengers can report such violations to the police or MVD officials for prompt action.

Heavy goods carriers diverted Thuravoor-Kundannoor from Thurs. Containers >4.5m from Palakkad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrissur to Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram via MC Road from Angamaly. Ernakulam-Alappuzha via Aroor Temple Junction, Poochakkal, Thaikkattussery, Thuravoor. <4.5m height, <5.5m breadth can use Aroor-Thuravoor. >4.5m height from Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha via Thuravoor, Ezhupunna, Kumbalanghi, Perumpadappu, Palluruthy,…

After a five-hour surgery, a team of neurosurgeons from the Government Medical College, Kozhikode, successfully removed an airgun bullet from the head of a 38-year old man, Shamsudheen, who was found in a critical state inside a lodge room in Kozhikode city on October 31. He was an accused in…

MCC & RAI host 1st Kerala Retail Summit 2023 in Kozhikode to discuss reinventing retail biz. Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO, RAI, spoke of bridging digital-physical divide. M.A. Mehaboob, president of MCC, committed to nurturing prosperous & sustainable retail environment. T. Koshy, CEO - ONDC, spoke of transforming India's retail landscape. K.…

KLF 2024, held on Kozhikode beach, will feature Nobel laureates, Booker Prize winners, literary luminaries, media personalities, and celebrities. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the event, with Turkey as guest country of honour. Speakers include Arundhati Roy, Mallika Sarabhai, Shashi Tharoor, Piyush Pandey, and more. Concerts by T.M. Krishna,…

Kozhikode & Gwalior join Unesco Creative Cities Network. Kozhikode is City of Literature, Gwalior City of Music. 350 creative cities in network, representing 7 creative fields. Kozhikode got tag based on proposal by Kerala Institute of Local Administration. Prague helped with preparations. City fulfilled criteria for tag. Invited to participate…

.Body of man with gunshot wound on head found in Kozhikode tourist home. Police identify deceased as Shamsudeen, 38, from Kavuntara. Injury was self-inflicted. Body taken to private hospital, then Kozhikode Govt. Medical College Hospital. Mental health support available from Thanal, Kozhikode. Contact 0495-2760000 or WhatsApp 7902281306.

A Special Court for cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Nadapuram in Kozhikode district sentenced the four accused in the gang rape of a minor girl at the Janakikkad ecotourism spot in 2021.

Kozhikode court acquits all accused in 2017 murder of Meethal Sreedharan. Suspicion arose after hasty burial of body, but post-mortem revealed poisoning and strangulation. Judge S.R. Syamlal cleared them of charges of Section 302 of IPC, leading to death sentence or life imprisonment.

Commuters in northern districts of Kerala affected by private bus operators' token strike on Oct. 31. Schools, offices with skeletal staff; KSRTC deployed additional buses, but not enough. Remote destinations worst affected. Strike total in Kannur; flash strike on Oct. 30 in protest against conductor's arrest. Upland areas in Kannur,…

Chief Executive Officer of Baby Memorial Hospital in Kozhikode, Gracy Mathew, has received the Chairman’s Award for outstanding leadership in healthcare at the 15th FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards from noted actor Sharmila Tagore in New Delhi recently.