The Death toll in the hooch tragedy in Malappuram district of Kerala has gone up to 24 with seven more people succumbing to their illness in hospitals here and Kozhikode since last night.

AIADMK workers in the district on Wednesday threatened to form suicide squads to protect party chief Jayalalithaa if police failed to nab those who reportedly issued a threat to her life.

UDF convener P.P. Thankachan has said that the UDF will not nominate any candidate who was in any way associated with outfits accused of having terrorist links.

As it unfolds, we are introduced to characters we have either read about or imagined in the continuing story of Kashmir.

The International Cricket Council has sent an official notice to Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal telling him that he is under investigation for allegedly fixing the Sydney Test.

Malayalam film actor and television artiste Subair passed away at a private hospital here following a cardiac arrest. He was 48 and is survived by his wife and two kids �a son aged six and a 10 days old girl kid.

Thaanthonni-Film Gallery

Nadakkavu police on Wednesday held IUML leader P K Kunhalikutty's relative and industrialist KM Abdul Rauf in a fake currency case. Police earlier arrested two persons in connection with the case. Police conducted raids at Rauf's office and home.

The halcyon days are over, but, Thazhathangadi, once one of the booming trade centres in Central Kerala when the waterways were the sole means of transportation, still keeps its splendour.

A collective to promote Ayurveda is being organised at the Moosakutty Memorial Town Hall, Perinthalmanna, on Friday.

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Governor R S Gavai had cancelled the decision of Calicut university syndicate to dismiss three teachers. Three teachers of Zoology department Dr K V Laser, Shibu Vardhan and V M Kannan had approached the Governor, who is also the vice chancellor, challenging the syndicate decision. The Governor in his order termed the syndicate decision as denial of common justice.

 Although pop-ups on a computer screen may only last a few seconds, they tend to set back our performance, say researchers.