It has been hardly two weeks since the latest rage in town, the KC outlet on bank road, opened and it had to be closed down on Wednesday after protests from various groups over its management of waste disposal. Activists from various corners got together in front of the outlet along with a collection of all the wastes allegedly dumped by KFC all over the city. Not the ideal start after whooping business in the first two weeks. Lets hope [...]

Private bus services to different destinations from Kozhikode was interrupted yesterday following a flash strike by crew in protest against confiscation of some vehicles here yesterday. It started with the crew of private buses in Kozhikode-Thrissur who started a lightning strike demanding release of eight buses seized by the traffic police on a complaint by a passenger that he was denied entry into a bus proceeding to Thrissur yesterday. The situation was aggravated with more crew of buses plying to [...]

After some defeats last time around UDF recaptured Malappuram winning 14 of the 16 seats. Sl No Constitueny Margin Winner 1 Kondotty 28148 K Mohammadunni Haji (UDF) 2 Eranad 11246 P K Basheer (UDF) 3 Nilambur 5598 Aryadan Mohammad (UDF) 4 Wandoor (SC) 28919 A P Anil Kumar (UDF) 5 Manjeri 29079 M Ummer (UDF) 6 Perinthalmanna 7919 Manjalamkuzhi Ali (UDF) 7 Mankada 22379 T A Ahmad Kabir (UDF) 8 Malappuram 44508 P Ubeydulla (UDF) 9 Vengara 38237 P K Kunjalikutty (UDF) [...]

The tight battle witnessed through out the state was not witnessed in Kozhikode though. LDF continues its strong hold in the region winning 11 of the 13 seats. Below is the list of the victors along with the margin of victory Sl No. Constituency Margin LDF UDF 1 Vadakara 847 C. K Nanoo (JDS) 2 Kuttiadi 6972 K. K. Lathika (CPM) 3 Nadapuram 7546 E K Vijayan (CPI) 4 Quilandy 4139 K Dasan (CPM) 5 Perambra 15269 K Kunjumohammad Master [...]