2018 in Kerala
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Events in the year 2018 in Kerala
Incumbents
Governors of Kerala - P. Sathasivam
Chief ministers of Kerala - Pinarayi Vijayan
Events
January - March
- January 12 - First edition of Loka Kerala Sabha held at Thiruvananthapuram.
- January 13 - Jayamol a lady from Kollam Killed her son by strangling
- January 31 - Sreejith a youth from Parassala ends his 782 days long solitary protest in front of Kerala Government Secretariat following Central Bureau of Investigation probe in his brother Sreejev's custodial death in 2014.[1]
- February 22 - Madhu, a 30 year old mob lynching at Palakkad district.[2]
- March 8 - Supreme Court of India set asides Kerala High Court verdict in Hadiya case.
- March 22 - A college student from Erumely named Jesna Maria James goes missing.[3]
April - June
- April 1 -
- May 2 -
- May 27 - Kevin, a 23 year old Dalit Christian from Kottayam district was abducted and murdered in an act of Honor killing for marrying a girl named Neenu Chacko from an affluent Christian family.[6]
- May 29 - Kerala Governor of Mizoram.
- June 27 - Several key members of Women in Cinema Collective resigned from Association of Malayalam Movie Artists following their decision to bring back rape accused Dileep back to the association.[7]
July - September
- July 2 - A student of Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and Students' Federation of India activist Abhimanyu stabbed to death by Campus Front of India activists inside college campus.[8]
- August 16 - 2018 Kerala floods the largest flood after Great flood of 99 occurred.
- September 8 - A group of Nun protests at Kochi against attempt by Kerala Police and Catholic Church to protect rape accused bishop Franco Mulakkal.[9]
- September 28 - Sabarimala verdict by Supreme Court of India allows entry of women to the temple.[10]
October - December
- October 31 - Massive fire
- November 1 - Save Alappad protests against mining of rare earths and ensuing coastal degradation of Alappad started.[11]
- November 5 - Sanalkumar, a 32 year old electrician from Neyyattinkara was killed after being pushed by Deputy superintendent of police Neyyattinkara in front of a moving vehicle following an altercation.[12]
- November 8 - Protests in Kayamkulam by Jacobite Church members following denial of burial of a 95 year old man at a church controlled by Malankara Orthodox faction.[13]
- November 13 - Deputy superintendent of police Neyyattinkara, Harikumar the key accused in Sanalkumar murder case committed suicide in his house at Kallambalam.[14]
- November 15 - Kerala State Road Transport Corporation launched 10 Electric buses and becomes the first South Indian state to roll out Electric vehicles for Road Transport Corporations.[15]
Deaths
- May 2 - Kottayam Pushpanath, 80, writer.
- May 13 - E. C. George Sudarshan, 86, theoretical physicist.
- July 8 - M. M. Jacob, 91, Former governor of Meghalaya.
- October 2 - Balabhaskar, 40, violinist.[16]
- December 19 - Athippatta Moideen Kutty Musliyar Islamic scholar.[17] [18]
- December 31 - Simon Britto Rodrigues, 64, politician.
See also
References
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "Adivasi man beaten by mob, dies in Kerala: Selfie taken moments before he died angers public". The News Minute. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ Staff, T. N. M. (2024-01-04). "No trace of Kerala student Jesna: CBI closes case 5 yrs after she went missing". The News Minute. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ Naik, Abhishek. "Santosh Trophy 2018 Final: Kerala triumph over West Bengal in penalty shootout to lift 6th title". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala". www.who.int. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "'This is a fight for Kevin': Neenu bares her heart about their love and his murder". The News Minute. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "Malayalam film industry women revolt: Rima, Geetu, Remya, survivor resign from AMMA". The News Minute. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "Islamic students group fatally attacks SFI leader at popular Kochi college". The Week. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "In a first, Catholic nuns protest 'sexploitation'". The Times of India. September 9, 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "Sabarimala Temple Case: What you might want to know about Sabarimala". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "'Save Alappad', protest strengthens across state". English Archives. 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "Sanal Kumar murder: Police's forged story unfolds". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "As Kerala church factions get into ugly spat, 95-yr-old's funeral left in limbo". The News Minute. 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "Sanal Kumar case accused DySP Harikumar's suicide note retrieved". The News Minute. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Balabhaskar's death: A disapproved marriage, fateful accident and confusing witness statements". OnManorama. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ https://malayalam.news18.com/news/nattu-varthamanam/funeral-of-athippatta-usthad-68773.html
- ^ https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/athippatta-moideenkutty-musliyar-passed-away-1.3408583
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