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In TN’s fishing hamlets, Vijay’s rise meets both support and scepticism

Around 1.30 pm, under a punishing sun in Tamil Nadu’s Nagercoil town, families hurried along the highway towards Kanniyakumari. On two-wheelers, with infants as young as six months held close, many wore red and gold-yellow mufflers draped around their necks — a visible sign of allegiance.

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Wayanad United and Kovalam shift focus to youth development

Super League Kerala's tie-up with Kerala Premier League teams like Wayanad United FC, Kovalam FC, and Tirur's SAT raises questions.

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In Cong-BJP fight in Kanniyakumari, religion trumps other issues

As we stroll through the Vavathurai and Kovalam coasts of Kanniyakumari, speaking to the fisherfolk as they prepare to set out to the sea, an anti-BJP sentiment seems palpable. “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shouldn’t come to power again,” an elderly fisherman named Mariasusai tells us. “Many of us in…

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In Kerala, foreign tourists’ prime choice remains beaches

Kerala's top destinations for foreign tourists in 2023 include beaches, hill stations, and backwaters, with Kovalam and Fort Kochi beaches leading.

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Kerala Assembly | Second phase of 616-km Kovalam-Bekal waterway project to be completed by 2025: CM

The second phase of works on the 616-km Kovalam-Bekal West Coast Canal is expected to be completed by 2025, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the Kerala Assembly

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Samudra Kovalam all set to reopen with more features

The current round of renovation at the Samudra Kovalam has added another 40 rooms, completed on a budget of ₹12.68 crore provided by the State government

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City rings in new year on a festive note

Large crowds turned out to ring in the new year in the State capital, and the tourist destinations of Varkala and Kovalam on Sunday.

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Underwater launch planned for book on coral reefs on Wednesday at Kovalam

The book will be released underwater by Aneesha Benedict, marine biologist and coordinator, Friends of Marine Life, at 8 a.m. by handing over a copy to scuba diving students Rizwana Rafeeq, Gayatri Gopan and Avani Balu

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International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium to begin in Kovalam on Tuesday

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Indie Music fest opens

Curtains went up on the second edition of the International Independent Music Festival (IIMF) at the Kerala Arts and Crafts Village in Kovalam on Saturday

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Capital to host second edition of the International Indie Music Festival in November

It is organised by the Kerala Arts and Crafts Village, Kovalam, in collaboration with the Lazie Indie music magazine. It will provide a platform for local indie bands as well as bring independent bands from as far as Papua New Guinea and Armenia. The festival will feature 15 bands representing…

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CM, Ministers, officials to attend review meeting in Kozhikode on Thursday

CM Pinarayi Vijayan & Cabinet to review development works in Kozhikode, Kannur, Kasaragod & Wayanad. Top State officials to attend meeting at Cheruvannur. Issues such as fast-tracking & timely completion of projects, national highways, hill highway, coastal highway, tunnel road to Wayanad, Kovalam-Bekal inland navigation project & LIFE Mission schemes…

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Take steps to protect Akshaya centres: Pannian

CPI leader Pannian Ravindran called on State govt. to protect Akshaya e-centres, which provide vital public services. Forum of Akshaya Centre Entrepreneurs (FACE) organised a Secretariat march demanding revised service charges, solutions for Aadhaar-related issues, and more. Kovalam MLA M.Vincent, FACE State president Stephen John, and others participated. Akshaya centres…

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Six arrested on charge of attacking resort owner at Kovalam

Six persons arrested for trespassing and assaulting resort owner in Kovalam. Accused identified as Vipin, Venu, Bipin, Malik, Viji and Manoj. Attack occurred after owner scolded them for loitering. Accused remanded to judicial custody.

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One held for manhandling woman

Accused Tiju arrested for manhandling woman after barging into her house. He assaulted her and family members after brother scolded him for eve-teasing. Has other cases pending in Fort, Kovalam and Vizhinjam police stations. Remanded to judicial custody.

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Beach quarry that supplied stones to build 18th century fort near Kanniyakumari, discovered

Ancient beach rock quarry in Kovalam, near Kanniyakumari, discovered recently. Team led by V. Selvakumar studied the quarry; samples sent to local lab. Quarry exposed when sea receded; believed to have supplied rocks for local use & fort construction. Rocks calcareous sandstone with inclusions of shells & sand particles. Cut…

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Transport Minister urges Centre not to raise toll at Thiruvallam

Kerala Transport Minister urges Union Minister to avoid toll hike at Thiruvallam plaza. Request to shift toll plaza south of Kovalam to avoid increase in fares & threat to tourism. Letter notes increase in toll is disregard for capital & Kerala. Requesting favourable decision.

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Two held on charge of slashing at youth

The Kovalam police have arrested two men on the charge of slashing at a man and injuring him at Vandithadam a couple of days ago.

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Policeman succumbs to injuries

A policeman on Sunday succumbed to injuries that he had sustained during a freak accident that occurred during a cycling expedition in Kovalam a few days ago.

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Bio Connect Kerala to promote life sciences sector

A two-day international industrial conclave titled ‘Bio Connect Kerala 2023’ beginning at Kovalam on Thursday will seek to attract top investors to the State

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Irish partner of woman brutally murdered in India says real culprits have escaped justice

Liga Skromane's decapitated body was found by two fishermen in an isolated mangrove forest in Kovalam

Irish Mirror

Tour guide and drug peddler in India given life sentences for murder of Latvian woman who lived in Ireland

Liga Skromane went missing from a resort near the coastal town of Kovalam in India on 14 March 2018

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These musicians return to native city in Kerala after three decades to organise international music festival

Two independent rock musicians who were part of the fledgling rock music scene in Thiruvananthapuram in the early 1990s return to the city to organise the International Indie Music Festival, a five-day, multi-genre festival at Kovalam from November 9 to 13

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Riding the high wave: Why Chennai surfers are making their own surfboards

The demand for surfboards is picking up as the sport gains popularity along the coast. Chennai’s surfers explain how they became, self-taught, accidental shapers

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