The Latest Breaking News from Wayanad

M.S. Swaminathan's contributions to farming, esp. in Wayanad, are remarkable. He set up CAbC to conserve vanishing plant species & propel agri revolution. Now a 46-acre campus, it has state-of-the-art facilities & a team of 48 people to conserve biodiversity & promote sustainable dev. of farming community.

Maoists vandalised KFDC office in Kambamala, Wayanad, Kerala. Posters in Malayalam and Tamil on behalf of CPI(Maoist) Kabani area committee read: 'Distribute plantations to landless workers and tribal people, join armed rebellion.'

Congress, CPI clash over Wayanad seat for Rahul Gandhi; Congress defends prerogative of Central Election Committee to decide who contests from where. CPI's P. Sandosh Kumar suggests Gandhi should contest from Hindi belt to take on BJP, but Congress and Kerala State president K. Sudhakaran term it "unfair".

Perseverance and hard work are the key factors in the extraordinary triumph of Nibin Mathew, a visually challenged youth from a farming community in Wayanad. He won the bronze medal in blind tennis at the World Games of International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) that concluded in Birmingham in the United…

KIRTADS to set up tribal museum in Wayanad, Kerala. Minister K. Radhakrishnan to lay foundation stone. Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran to preside over function. Museum to be built at cost of ₹16.66 crore with aid from Central & State govts. Plan to develop museum into deemed university.

Rahul Gandhi urges Central Govt. to fill KV vacancies; 13,562 teaching posts, 1,772 non-teaching posts vacant. Wayanad KV has 12 vacancies; remote location hinders hiring on contractual basis, adversely affecting students.

Env. orgs. in Wayanad slam govt. for failing to take action against SEIAA for issuing env. clearance to granite quarries in ecologically fragile areas w/o impact assessment. NGT directed govt. to dismiss SEIAA for granting clearance to ₹350-crore project in Kozhikode flouting norms.

Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran urged Thondarnadu, Vellamunda and Edavaka panchayats to be vigilant against Nipah spread. Isolation wards, ICU readied at Mananthavady medical college hospital. Rapid response teams to remain prepared, identity cards issued to members. Action to be taken against those spreading false messages about Nipah on social media.

Health dept. in Kalpetta district intensifies efforts to monitor & keep Nipah virus at bay. 15 core committees formed to adopt steps to control, surveil & tackle spread if reported. No cases reported yet, those with contact to infected in neighbouring district should report. Control room opened, phone number 04935240390.