Kerala: Rain lashes parts of Kozhikode

Speaking at the inauguration of the Majlis Park-Maujpur Babarpur Corridor, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said the government is taking concrete measures with the support of the Centre to address challenges faced by the city, particularly during the monsoon season when several areas experience severe waterlogging.

"In Mayurbhanj, around four lakh hectares constitute cultivable land, and out of that, 64% has an assured irrigation facility. During Kharif, with rain-fed irrigation, we cover 100% of the cultivable area, but during Rabi, irrigation drops to about one lakh hectares," he told ANI.

Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader K.P. Unnikrishnan passed away at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Monday. He was a prominent political figure who served as the Union Minister for Transport and for Information and Communications in the V. P. Singh cabinet. Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, has expressed deep condolences on the demise of Former Union Minister K.P. Unnikrishnan.

In Thiruvananthapuram, three people were killed after a motorcycle rammed into a footpath at Karamana around 1.30 AM. The deceased have been identified as Pranav and Sajin, both natives of Neyyattinkara, and Ritik, a migrant worker. All three were employees of a local hotel.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated that Kerala remains the only state to have effectively implemented the decentralisation of power, with local bodies successfully delivering doorstep services and setting an exemplary standard in waste disposal.