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Veteran Malayalam actor had courted controversy with his statement on October 12 claiming that women who entered Sabarimala temple going by the Supreme Court verdict should be 'ripped in half'
 

On January 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited Kerala's Kollam to inaugurate a bypass, and to speak at a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

Devotees will participate in the ‘Nama Japa Yatra’ as part of the Ayyappa Bhakta Sangamam programme. As per reports, devotees from Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram will come for the programme, which will conclude at East Fort in Kerala. 
 

Prime Minister Modi was in Kerala to inaugurate the Kollam bypass. He slammed the state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan by saying that CPI(M) government's behaviour will go down as the most shameful as they don't respect India and its culture. 

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor P Sathasivam, ministers G Sudhakaran, Mercykutty Amma, P Raju, MLA Mukesh, MPs Suresh Gopi, NK Premachandran, V Muraleedharan and O Rajagopal MLA attended the inauguration.

 

Residents claim hamlet after hamlet kept 'disappearing' from the map due to mining activities by the Indian Rare Earth (IRE) and state government-owned Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML).

The Alappad natives don't even have sufficient pure water to drink as the sea has started to engulf the village. It is also reported that the seashore, which was spread over three to five kilometres earlier, has reduced to 20 to 30 metres at present. 
 

Malayalam actor Kollam Thulasi had made a controversial statement on October 12, claiming that women who enter Sabarimala temple going by the Supreme Court verdict, should be 'ripped in half'. Thulasi made this statement while speaking during an NDA rally in Kollam, Kerala.
 

Widespread protests have broken out in Kochi, Kottarakara, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. BJP Mahila Morcha members are protesting at the secretariat in the state capital against the entry of Kanakadurga and Bindu into Sannidhanam on Wednesday. 
 

A mass protest was held in front of Fatima Mata College in Kerala alleging that harassment by faculty members after she was caught for malpractice played a vital role in her death

Witnesses have testified that Balabhaskar himself was driving the car at the time of the accident. A person from Chavara approached the Kollam police with a new revelation claiming that Balabhaskar was in the back seat when the driver got juice for him.

Malayalam actor Sunny Wayne unveiled the huge cut-out by The Kollam Nanbans Fan Club ahead of Sarkar's November 6 release

Sujith, a civil police officer of the AR camp, had served as Kerala minister Mathew T Thomas's gunman for over two years.