The Latest Breaking News from Ernakulam

Low pressure area to form over Arabian Sea Wed, triggering widespread rain in Kerala. Trough from SE Arabian Sea to W Bay of Bengal to cause widespread rain for 5 days. Thunderstorm with lightning & gusty winds likely in Kerala till Thurs. Yellow alert issued for Pathnamthitta, Ernakulam & Idukki…

The districts of Alappuzha and Ernakulam in Kerala received excess rainfall, while Thiruvananthapuram and Pathanamthitta got “large excess rainfall”, according to data on the IMD website.

“After the noon prayers, I was resting at home, when they rang the bell. There were many policemen outside waiting for me,” recounts Nizamuddin Panayikulam. He didn’t ask them why they were at his doorstep. He had seen the media reports of the bomb blasts at a convention centre at…

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,…

Train services in Palakkad delayed for over an hour due to uprooted trees on tracks b/w Vallathol Nagar & Wadakkanchery. Pune-Ernakulam Superfast, New Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani & Mangaluru-Thiruvananthapuram Express held up. Efforts to clear blocks; Madurai-Thiruvananthapuram Amritha delayed. Four injured in lightning, dozens of trees uprooted in strong winds.

An all-party meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan adopted a unanimous resolution to insulate Kerala’s secular democratic polity from “devious attempts to cause dangerous societal disunity”. The twin blasts that claimed three lives and injured 41 people at a Jehovah’s Witness prayer convention at Kalamassery in Ernakulam district on…

SIT probing blasts at Kalamassery puts up surveillance outside building owned by prime suspect Dominic Martin. Building rented out to three persons, one room for football training equipment. Martin not seen frequently, last seen Fri. for maintenance. Tenants asked to cooperate with police, verify if building used for IEDs.

At a crowded Jehovah’s Witnesses prayer convention at Kalamassery in Kochi, Kerala, 3 people died and 12 were admitted to ICU with burns. Of the 12, 4 remain in critical condition, including the mother and brother of a 12-year-old girl who died. Post-mortem and DNA profiling are being arranged to…

Kerala DGP Shaik Darvesh Sahib has confirmed that the blasts this morning in Ernakulam were caused by an improvised explosive device, or IED.