THODUPUZHA: Five youths, who went for bathing at the Kundala Dam in Munnar, drowned after they failed to judge the water levels.

Those died are Sreejith (25), Ratheesh (24), Lalu (21), Manu (18) and Bharat (24), all natives of Sreekariyam in Thiruvananthapuram.

The bodies which were recovered

ALAPPUZHA: Steps will be taken to appoint guards at 45 level crosses in the state where there are no guards, said Minister of State for Railways E Ahamed. Talking to reporters after visiting the train accident spot at Mararikkulam, he termed it as 'unfortunate'.

He said the state as well as the

ALAPPUZHA: Four persons including two foreign tourists were killed when an express train rammed into the car in which they were travelling at an unmanned level crossing at S L Puram between Alapuzha and Cherthala today.

The foreigners killed have been identified as Catherine and Manfred, natives

KOZHIKODE: Truck carrying fish collided with a car killing two and injuring one near Silk bazar in koyilandi.

The accident occurred around six in the morning. The deceased are Dinesh Kumar (40) and car driver Gireesh Kumar (30).

The car was heading towards Kozhikode airport. Damodaran (69), wh

KOTTAYAM: Four persons have been killed and three injured in two separate accidents at Kanakkari near Ettumanoor and Manganam near Puthupally. The accident at Kanakkari happened early this morning at 4.30 am and the other one at 3.45 am.

After hitting a pedestrian, the car struck a lorry parked

PUTHUKKAD: A 33-year-old woman unhappy over continuous torture of her husband allegedly jumped into an open well along with her six-year-old daughter.

The victims were identified as Lissy, wife of Jose of Anandapuram, and Tessy. The police have taken her husband Jose into custody in connection wi