2018 in Kerala
Events in the year 2018 in Kerala
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Events
January - March
- January 12 - First edition of Loka Kerala Sabha held at Thiruvananthapuram.
- 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 Adivasi man from Attappadi died following mob lynching at Palakkad district.[2]
- March 8 - Supreme Court of India set asides Kerala High Court verdict in Hadiya case.
April - June
- April 1 - Kerala football team defeats West Bengal in Santosh Trophy Final held at Salt Lake Stadium through Penalty shootout.[3]
- May 2 - Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala at Perambra.[4]
- 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.[5]
- May 29 - Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kummanam Rajasekharan becomes 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.[6]
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.[7]
- 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.[8]
- September 28 - Sabarimala verdict by Supreme Court of India allows entry of women to the temple.[9]
October - December
- 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.[10]
- 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.[11]
- November 13 - Deputy superintendent of police Neyyattinkara, Harikumar the key accused in Sanalkumar murder case committed suicide in his house at Kallambalam.[12]
- 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.[13]
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.[14]
- December 31 - Simon Britto Rodrigues, 64, politician.
References
- "After 782 days, Sreejith calls off his agitation". The Hindu. 2018-01-31. 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- "KSRTC launches electric vehicles". The Hindu. 2018-11-16. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- "Balabhaskar's death: A disapproved marriage, fateful accident and confusing witness statements". OnManorama. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
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