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After two decades in a Saudi prison, Feroke native Abdul Rahim returned home on Eid Al Adha, a moment of immense joy for his family and the Malayali community. A massive crowdfunding effort raised Rs 47 crore, including Rs 34 crore in blood money, to secure his release from a death sentence and subsequent 20-year imprisonment.

He was one among thousands who left Kerala for Saudi Arabia. Then came an accident, a death sentence and a Rs 34-crore campaign to set him free and bring him back home

A 15-year-old boy was found dead in a river at kuttampuzha on Sunday. The boy was from a scheduled tribe family at Pinavoorkudi tribal settlement. According to police, the teenager was reported missing on Saturday and an investigation was on to find him when he was found dead on Sunday.

People living in the tribal belt of kuttampuzha panchayat are finding it difficult to exchange old currencies.

With the monsoon strengthening across the state, the tribal hamlets of kuttampuzha in Ernakulam are hit severely by the heavy rainfall as they get isolated from the mainland due to rising water level in Pooyamkutty river.

A 20-year-old tusker was electrocuted after it came in contact with an electricity line while uprooting a coconut tree at kuttampuzha.

Forest officials found the carcass of a 30-year-old tusker inside Pooyamkutty forest in kuttampuzha range on Monday.

Inclement weather and the delay in providing medical care resulted in the death of a man on Monday.

kuttampuzha residents near Kothamangalam joined hands with forest officials to rescue a wild elephant calf from a well in a rubber plantation on Monday.

Though the state government has been taking several measures to ensure access to online education for all students, digital divide is still an issue for many students in tribal settlements in the eastern sides of Ernakulam.

For the first time, kuttampuzha, a local body in Ernakulam with predominant tribal population, would have a tribeswoman as president.

Pits, once dug up for trapping wild elephants in forest area under kuttampuzha forest range in Kothamangalam, are posing serious threats to pachyderms even today.

Police on Monday arrested two people for allegedly molestating a 21-year old tribal woman and her minor sister on a moving truck at kuttampuzha near Kotha mangalam. The arrested are Kothamangalam natives.