2025 in Kerala

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Events in the year 2025 in Kerala.

Incumbents

State government

Photo	Post	Name
	Governor of Kerala	Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
	Chief minister Of Kerala	Pinarayi Vijayan
	Chief Justice of Kerala High Court	Nitin Madhukar Jamdar

Events

January

• 3 January - CBI Special Court Kochi awards Life imprisonment to Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers involved in Periya twin murder of Youth Congress workers. ^{[1] [2]}
• 8 January - Controversial business man Boby Chemmannur arrested by Kerala Police following Sexual harassment complaint of Honey Rose. ^[3]
• 10 January - A self proclaimed saint named Gopan Swamy undergone premature burial in Neyyattinkara. Controversy erupted after his family who claimed that he has attained Samadhi resisted exhumation. ^[4]
• 15 January - A 15-year-old boy from Thrippunithura, Ernakulam died by suicide after enduring severe bullying and abuse related to his skin color ^{[5] [6] [7]}
• 16 January - A youth attacked and massacred his three neighbours in Chendamangalam. ^[8]
• 20 January - The Additional District Sessions Court in Neyyattinkara has sentenced his girlfriend Greeshma to death in the 2022 Sharon Raj murder case. ^[9]
• 27 January - Kerala man (Chenthamara) kills first victim’s (2019 Sajitha murder case) Meenakshi Lakshmi (76) and her son Sudhakaran (58), in Nenmara Palakkad district. ^[10]

February

• 10 February - ASHA workers strike begins in Thiruvananthapuram. ^[11]
• 11 February - A junior student of Kottayam Nursing College was brutally attacked by senior students and subjected to ragging. ^{[12] [13]}
• 13 February - Three people were killed in an elephant attack during the annual festival at the Manakulangara temple in Kuruvangad near Koyilandy
• 15 February - First in Kerala, a Catholic nun is appointed as medical officer in government hospital. ^[14]
• 21–22 February – Invest Kerala Global Summit, Grand Hyatt, Kochi ^[15]
• 24 February – An elderly couple died in a wild elephant attack in Kannur ^[16]
• 25 February - a native of Venjaramoodu kills 5, including 13-year-old brother ^[17]
• 28 February -A 15-year-old class 10th student Muhammed Shahabaz, in Kozhikode district died after suffering serious head injuries in a brutal attack by his classmates following an argument during a farewell party. ^{[18] [19]}

April

• 21 April – The State Government declares a three-day state mourning period over the death of Pope Francis. ^[20]
• 23 April - A dalit woman faced custodial harassment by Kerala Police in Peroorkada over False accusation. ^[21]
• 26 April - Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine represented Kerala at Pope Francis's funeral on April 26, 2025. ^[22]

May

• 2 May - Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially commissioned the Vizhinjam International Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram
• 19 May - NH-66 collapse collapse in Kooriyad, Malappuram. ^[23]
• 25 May - A Liberian registered ship MSC Elsa 3 having hazardous cargo sinks off the coast of Kochi triggering concerns of Marine pollution. ^[24]

June

• 9 June -
  • A Singaporean Cargo ship MV Wan Hai 503 catches fire 44 nautical miles off the coast of Kannur. ^[25]
  • World's largest container ship MSC Irina docks at Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram. ^[26]
• 11 June -
  • University of Calicut includes Vedan's song into the BA (Malayalam) syllabus. ^[27]
  • The employees of Diya Krishna who raised False accusation found embezzling 69 lakhs from her firm. ^[28]
• 14 June - An Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II belonging to Royal Air Force makes emergency landing in Thiruvananthapuram International Airport and gets stranded. ^[29]
• 17 June - A forty year old women committed suicide in Pinarayi following Moral policing by Social Democratic Party of India workers. ^[30]
• 23 June - United Democratic Front wins in the by poll to Nilambur Assembly constituency. ^[31]
• 25 June - Controversy erupts following Governor of Kerala Rajendra Arlekar using Bharat Mata symbols and RSS motifs in official functions. One such incident in University of Kerala leads to suspension of Registrar. ^{[32] [33] [34]}
• 27 June -
  • Controversy surrounding Central Board of Film Certification objection to the title of the movie JSK: Janaki V v/s State of Kerala reaches Kerala High Court. ^[35]
  • Dr. Haris Chirakkal, Urology department head from Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram alleges that critical surgeries are getting postponed due to lack of equipment and apathy from the part of Veena George in Social media. ^{[36] [37]}
  • Samastha objects Government decision to introduce Zumba in schools as part of antidrug campaign. ^[38]

July

• 3 July - Building collapse in Government Medical College, Kottayam claims life of a bystander. ^[39]
• 9 July - Kerala High Court cancels the KEAM rank list citing illegality in new standardization method. ^[40]
• 11 July - Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama and affliates protests against Government of Kerala decision to extend school hours citing that it will affect Madrasa classes. ^{[41] [42]}
• 15 July - Yemen postpones capital punishment of Nimisha Priya following pursuit of Islamic cleric Kanthapuram Aboobacker Musliyar. ^{[43] [44]}
• 17 July - A thirteen year boy dies after being Electrocuted from a 400kv electricity supply line of Kerala State Electricity Board that passed dangerously close to a school building in Thevalakkara, Kollam district. ^[45]
• 21 July - Former Chief Minister of Kerala and communist leader V. S. Achuthanandan passes away (aged 101) ^[46]
• 25 July - Govindachami, a convicted rapist in Soumya murder case escape prison from Kannur Central Prison and gets caught from a well in city. ^[47]
• 26 July - Two Nuns from state arrested in Durg Junction railway station on charges of Forced conversion and Human trafficking following complaint by Bajrang Dal. ^[48]
• 30 July - Vedan (rapper) arrested by Kerala Police on charges of rape and sexual abuse. ^[49]

August

• 3 August Adoor Gopalakrishnan makes controversial remarks against state funding for film directors from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes during Kerala Film Policy Conclave. ^[50]
• 12 August - Allegations of Electoral fraud in form of addition of ghost voters into electoral rolls in Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in 2024 Indian general election. ^{[51] [52] [53] [54]}
• 21 August -
  • Rahul Mamkootathil resigns from Indian Youth Congress following allegations of profanity, misconduct and inappropriate behavior from him. ^[55]
  • Kerala becomes the first fully Digital literate state in India. ^[56]
• 22 August - B. Gopalakrishnan Bharatiya Janata Party's state vice president claims that they have relocated voters from other state to the electoral rolls in Thrissur for ensuring victory. ^[57]
• 27 August - Dr. Biju Damodaran's movie Papa Buka becomes Papua New Guinea's first ever Oscar Academy Award entry. ^[58]

Deaths

January - May

• January 1 – K. S. Manilal, botanist ^[59]
• January 9 - P. Jayachandran, Indian playback singer ^[60]
• January 26 - Shafi (director), Indian film director ^[61]
• April 26 - M. G. S. Narayanan, historian ^[62]

June - August

• June 6 - Thennala Balakrishna Pillai, politician (b.1930).
• July 16 - C. V. Padmarajan, politician (b.1931)
• July 21 - V. S. Achuthanandan Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala and communist leader (aged 101)
• August 1 - Kalabhavan Navas, Indian actor, comedian and mimic. (b. 1974)

See also

• 2025 in India
• Vaikom Satyagraha
• History of Kerala

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