Kottayam: Landslides in Kottayam as heavy rain continues in the state.  It is reported that seven houses were damaged.  The landslide occurred in Edamurak Chokkall area of ​​Bharanganam village.  There has been widespread damage in the area.  No casualties have been reported at this time.

 A red alert was announced in Ernakulam and Kottayam districts today due to heavy rains.  Heavy rain is predicted at isolated places.  Orange alert has also been declared in Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Idukki districts.  Yellow alert has been announced in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram and Kozhikode districts.

Thiruvananthapuram: Rains have again intensified in the state. Red alert has been declared in two districts today. Red alert in Ernakulam and Kottayam districts. Orange alert has been announced in 3 districts and yellow alert in 6 districts. The reason for the rains in the state is the strengthening of monsoon winds and the cyclonic circulation over southern Tamil Nadu.  Meanwhile, monsoon will arrive in the state by Friday. The state received heavy rain today.  A red alert has been announced in 2 districts of the state.

 The alert remains in Ernakulam and Kottayam districts. Orange alert has been issued for heavy rain in three districts of Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Idukki. The Central Meteorological Department has issued a severe rain warning in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram and Kozhikode districts. Rains continue in the state due to the strengthening of Monsoon winds and the influence of cyclonic circulation over South Tamil Nadu. The Central Meteorological Department has also warned that rain will continue in the state for a week. The Disaster Management Authority has warned that there is a possibility of strong winds and lightning in the state.

 Fishing has been banned in South Kerala coast and Lakshadweep coast in view of high wave warning and risk of sea attack. The Central Meteorological Department has predicted that monsoon will arrive in the state by Friday. The Central Meteorological Center has warned that there is a favorable situation for this and that there is a possibility of heavy rains.

 Cusat officials say that cloudburst is behind the heavy rain in Kalamasery.  100 mm of rain fell in an hour and a half.

 The Cusat campus received 98 mm of rain in an hour.  But there is no official explanation from the meteorological department in this regard.

 The heavy rain that started in Kochi in the morning is still continuing.  Water pond formed at Kakkanad Info Park.  Vehicles are stuck.  There is severe waterlogging on the Aluva Inter-Kali Road.

Thiruvananthapuram: Election dates for 3 Rajya Sabha seats in Kerala have been announced.  The election is on June 25.  The seats of MPs Binoy Viswam (CPI), Elamaram Karim (CPM) and Jose K Mani (Kerala Congress M) are vacant.  The term of all three will expire on July 1.  The CPI and the Kerala Congress (M) have also staked claim to the Rajya Sabha seat, which would go to a constituent party of the LDF.  Kerala Congress has decided to compromise on Rajya Sabha seats.  State Secretary Binoy Vishwam also took a stand that the CPI’s seat belongs to the CPI itself.  When Binoy Vishwam and Kerala Congress (M) chairman Jose K Mani vacate at the same time, only one party will get a seat out of the two.

 Of the 3 vacancies, one of the two that the LDF gets naturally belongs to the CPM.

 The strength of MLAs for Rajya Sabha seats is usually the criterion.  In that case, the CPI with 17 MLAs will have to give the upper hand.  They can claim the strength to get 2 Rajya Sabha members.  Kerala Congress (M) has 5 MLAs.  But CPI also has P Santosh Kumar as Rajya Sabha member.

Thiruvananthapuram: The trial allotment for Plus One admission in the state will be held on Wednesday.  The first allotment will be made on June 5.  The deadline for submission of online application was closed on Saturday.  So far 4,65,960 students have applied.  Malappuram district has the highest number of applicants – 82,434.

 Among the applicants are 4.32 lakh SSLC passers, 23699 CBSE passers, 2461 ICSE passers and 7372 students from other categories.  After publication of the trial allotment, if there is any mistake in the application, the candidate will have the opportunity to correct it through login.

Kozhikode: Frequent cancellation of flights by Air India Express is causing misery to the passengers again.  Air India Express has canceled four flights from Kozhikode on Sunday.  Two flights departing from Karipur and two flights departing from Riyadh and Muscat were cancelled.  8.25 pm Karipur-Riyadh flight, 11.30 pm Karipur-Muscat flight, 11.55 pm Riyadh-Karipur flight and 2.15 pm Muscat-Karipur flight have been cancelled.  Air India Express officials informed that the flights were canceled due to shortage of cabin crew.

 The Air India Express flight from Kochi to Hyderabad was also canceled on Sunday morning.  Last day three services at Karipur airport were canceled due to bad weather.  An Air India Express flight departing from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi on Saturday was turned back due to a technical problem and the flight was canceled.

 Passengers are notified of flight cancellations only hours in advance.  Those who had already booked their tickets and prepared for the journey are suffering due to this.  Air India Express has announced that they will provide replacement flight tickets within a week for those whose journeys have been cancelled.

 However, those who have to go to work on the exact day and have to reach for urgent needs have to book other flights for more than double the amount.  Air India Express refunds to ticket holders only after seven days.  This also worries the passengers.