Kerala News Headlines

Jayaram and Tamil actress Jothika starrer Seetha Kalyanam will release today. The film has been in the making for the last six years. Jothika has even given up acting as she got married. The movie's story is about a Brahmin marriage.

Director Satheesh Kandanchira's film, Text Book, has a fresh new team. From the leads Ganesh, Sony and Deckey to the director to even the music director, Aniraj. The shooting of the film began recently at Pala. More details about the film are yet to be revealed.

Rajasthan's ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) face each other in two assembly by-elections in Todabhim and Salumber Saturday.

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are doing a last round of checks of the computer-based system they will use for the first time this year for their common admission test (CAT). There are fewer aspirants this year, though.

A case has been filed against a joint secretary of the University Grants Commission for cheating and corruption while posted as regional director of the panel overseeing technical education in Bangalore, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials said Thursday.

Suresh Gopi will be doing a different role altogether in his next film, Sadgamaya. His role will be that of a man named Ravivarma who looks into patients with whom he gets along. While doing so, he gets into a relationship with a patient named Yamuna, played by Navya Nair. This role will be very opposed to the roles he usually plays.

Eminent public health expert C.R. Soman passed away at a hospital here Friday. He was 71.

Acclaimed film personality Santosh Sivan will make his first appearance as an actor when he plays the role of Raja Ravi Varma, the famous painter, in Lenin Rajendran's Malayalam film titled "Makara Manju".

Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has never lost a by-election while in power and the Congress is defending its long-held seats - the results of the three assembly by-polls this Saturday may not alter the state's power structure but there is plenty of pride at stake.

Campaigning for Saturday's by-elections in 31 assembly constituencies across seven states and a solitary Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh ended Thursday evening.