Events in the year 2024 in Kerala.
Incumbents State government +PhotoPostName Governor of KeralaArif Mohammad KhanChief minister Of KeralaPinarayi VijayanChief Justice of Kerala High CourtNitin Madhukar Jamdar
Events
January 3 January - Narendra Modi conducts roadshow in Thrissur, attended by more than two lakh women. 6 January - Enforcement Directorate issues summons to T. M. Thomas Isaac over investigation of Foreign Exchange Management Act violations in Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board. 8 January - Kerala School Kalolsavam concludes its 62nd edition in Kollam with Kannur district emerging top in the tally. 9 January - Indian Youth Congress's state head Rahul Mamkoottathil arrested and jailed by Kerala Police for alleged violent protest against Nava Kerala Sadas and Second Vijayan ministry. 10 January - National Investigation Agency arrests the absconding first accused of Prof. T. J. Joseph hand chopping case named Savad after 13 years from Mattanur. Chief minister of Kerala inaugurates Phase 1 of Taurus Downtown Project in Thiruvananthapuram. 11 January - Jnanpith Award winner M. T. Vasudevan Nair criticizes 'ritualistic worship of political executive' in his keynote address of Kerala Literature Festival while Pinarayi Vijayan was on the dais. 20 January - Communist Party of India (Marxist) holds a 651 km long human chain in Kerala. 27 January - Arif Mohammad Khan, Governor of Kerala conducts way side dharna at Nilamel in protest of security breach and protest of Students' Federation of India on him. 30 January - Sessions Court Mavelikkara awards death sentence to 14 of the 15 convicted Popular Front of India activists who murdered Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in Alappuzha. 31 January - Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) headed by P. C. George merges with Bharatiya Janata Party.
February 7 February - Kerala High Court did not allow a stay against the Serious Fraud Investigation Office investigation of Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation and Veena Vijayan. 8 February - Kerala cabinet stages protest against Government of India in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi over anti federal stand of central government in allocation of fiscal resources. 10 February - Elephant attack in Manathavadi residence area caused death of 42 year old man. 12 February - An explosion in an illicit stockpile of Firecracker in Thrippunithura damages 270 houses and kills two people. 18 February - A student named Sidharthan is found hanging in his hostel room of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and is alleged that he was killed and hanged by member of the Students Federation of India. 19 February - A pedophile from Varkala attempts to kidnap a two year old kid from Thiruvananthapuram in broad day light. 23 February - Communal tensions in Poonjar following alleged hooliganism by a group of Muslim students in a church premise. 27 February - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India visits Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and announces names of four pilots who are undergoing Astronaut training for Gaganyaan.
March 1 March - For the first time in history of Kerala, nearly five lakh Government of Kerala employees did not receive their salary at the start of the month. 4 March - Non - Resident Keralite killed in Israel following a missile attack by Hezbollah. 19 March - Manjummel Boys becomes the first Malayalam cinema to cross Rs. 200 crore collection. 30 March - Sessions Court, Kasaragod acquits all suspects of 2017 Riyas Moulavi murder.
April 1 April - Supreme Court of India refers Government of Kerala vs Government of India case over borrowing limits to Constitutional bench to test whether Federalism is contravened. A senior nursing assistant who gave Testimony in favour of the survivor of ICU sexual assault case starts protest in Government Medical College, Kozhikode for unfair disciplinary proceedings against her. 2 April - Three tourists from Kerala found dead in a hotel in Ziro. The trio allegedly committed suicide in pursuit of Afterlife. 5 April - One person killed in a blast that occurred in an illegal country bomb manufacturing facility allegedly run by Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers in Panoor. 11 April - Kerala High Court dismissed the plea by M. Swaraj to invalidate K. Babu's election from Tripunithura in 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. 12 April - Blood money of Rs. 34 crores raised through Crowdfunding from Malayalis for release of a Kozhikode native pravasi from death row in Saudi Arabia. 16 April - An SIT headed by Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Vigilance) recommends action against 18 forest officials for illegal felling of 126 trees in Sugandhagiri, Wayanad district. 19 April - Controversies erupts over excessive police high handedness and Ram Lalla motifs during Thrissur Pooram. 26 April - Loksabha elections held in Kerala with 71.27% votes polled. LDF convener E. P. Jayarajan makes revelation about meeting BJP leader Prakash Javadekar at Thrissur amidst public outcry over LDF-BJP deal. 27 April - Mayor Arya Rajendran and K. M. Sachin Dev MLA engage in Road rage with a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus driver and questions him for alleged unruly behaviour on the road.
May 21 May - A massive Fish kill happened along Periyar River in outskirts of Kochi allegedly caused by Pollution. 23 May - Bribery allegation arises against an alleged new Liquor Policy of Pinarayi Vijayan ministry that aims to relax existing prohibition norms.
June 4 June - 2024 general election results announced. United Democratic Front won 18 seats and Left Democratic Front and Bharatiya Janata Party won one seat each. 12 June - 24 Migrant workers from Kerala died due to building fire in Kuwait.
July 9 July - Allegations against a CPIM member in Kozhikode district for taking 22 lakhs as bribe offering Kerala Public Service Commission membership. 12 July - The first Mother ship docks at Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram. 13 July - Christopher Joy, a 47-year-old temporary cleaning worker, had gone missing on Saturday while cleaning a waste-filled part of the Amayizhanchan stream under a 200-metre-long canal tunnel which runs under the tracks at the railway station in Thampanoor near the Central Railway Station. Navy, Fire force personnel, scuba teams of Kerala Fire and Rescue Services, police, civic workers and National Disaster Response Force men worked on the rescue operation and after nearly 48 hours his dead body was found on 15 July 2024. 16 July Reports emerged in Friday that a Malayali lorry driver from Kozhikode named Arjun went missing. It is said that he and his lorry got trapped under a 2024 Ankola (Karnataka) landslide occurred at Ankola in Uttara Kannada District on Tuesday. Delay in rescue operation conducted by Karnataka garnered significant media attention in Kerala and the family of Arjun later alleged the same, which led to Ministerial intervention from the side of Kerala Government and other elected representatives. Nearly a month after a building fire claimed the lives of 24 Malayalis in Kuwait a Malayali family of four killed in Kuwait City following suffocation due to the fire, which broke out in apartment after they had returned from a vacation in Kerala earlier that day. The family hailed from Neerattupuram in Kerala's Alappuzha district. 20 July - A case of Nipah virus was reported in Malappuram. The confirmed case of Nipah virus infection, a 14 year old teenager boy died due to heart attack on 21 July 2024. In the years 2018, 2021 and 2023, Nipah outbreak was reported in Kozhikode district and in 2019 in Ernakulam district. 23 July - Students at Government Girls Vocational Higher Secondary School in BP Angadi, Malappuram district, staged a protest on the street by blocking road at BP Angadi to highlight the school's dire condition in what they called the "perennial neglect of the authorities". Girls said they endured unsafe classrooms, dirty bathrooms, and the added ordeal of worms falling from the ceiling. Education Minister intervened, promising for infrastructure improvement and immediate action to address hygiene issues. 28 July - Female students at Muvattupuzha Nirmala College were questioned for conducting Friday prayers(Jumah) in the girls' resting room. College Principal Fr. Justine Kannadan, citing its secular policy, denied the request, offering instead to allow students to visit a nearby Mosque by providing relaxation on attendance. The issue prompted a protest in front of principal's office from various student organizations demanding a dedicated space to perform Namaz everyday afternoon within the campus, and according to the student's faction an amicable resolution reached allowing students to visit the Mosque for Friday prayers. 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides – At least 231 people are killed, 397 injured and 118 missing following landslides in Wayanad district, Kerala. It is considered as one of the worst natural disaster in Kerala after 2018 floods. 2024 Vilangad (Kozhikode) landslide occurred in Vilangad village of Kozhikode district. A total of 200 people of 13 families miraculously escaped as they heard boulders rolling in early Tuesday. Along with the collapse of Malayangad bridge in the process, it altogether displaced some 800 plus people to nearby Parish hall, St. George HSS and Paloor LP school. The only casualty, Mathew, a retired teacher, went missing as he was in the work of alerting and ushering locals to safety whose body was recovered on August 1. Multiple landslips in Vilangad and nearby villages have completely destroyed 18 houses and damaged over 60 more, excluding the shops in the town which were shattered.
August 1 August - Due to the landslides in Wayanad, organizers have postponed the 70th Nehru Trophy boat race, originally scheduled for August 10 on Punnamada Lake. The event is now set for September 7. 4 August - Supreme Court has decided to revisit a 2014 case concerning the Mullaperiyar dam. The court will determine on Kerala's argument, though previously dismissed can be re-examined under exceptions to res judicata. Additionally, it will consider whether the Government of India, rather than Tamil Nadu, is the rightful successor to the lease, and if the 1886 agreement is protected by the Section 108 of the State Reorganisation Act. The court will also assess Kerala's alleged interference with Tamil Nadu's rights under the lease and a 1970 supplementary agreement. 6 August - University Appellate Tribunal court has ordered the arrest of Vellapalli Natesan, the manager of Kollam Nedunganda SN Training College, and to produce him before the court, in the case of violating the court order. The court also ordered him to pay compensation of five lakh rupees within four weeks for the mental difficulties caused by him to the petitioner. 19 August - Justice Hema Committee report, commissioned by the government in 2019 to investigate the challenges faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, was released after a prolonged legal struggle. The report, which had been withheld by the state government for four and a half years, was eventually made public under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. It provides a detailed account of the pervasive sexual harassment and exploitation experienced by women in the industry. Report have raised significant concerns about the safety and well-being of female professionals in Malayalam cinema. 25 August - In the light of releasing Hema committee report, allegations of sexual assault by actor Siddique on female junior artist, and allegations of misbehaviour by director Ranjith on Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra followed, both Siddique and Ranjith quit their posts, general secretaryship of AMMA and headship of Kerala Chalachitra academy, respectively.
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