2018 in Kerala

January 12 - First edition of Loka Kerala Sabha held at Thiruvananthapuram.
January 13 - Jayamol a lady from Kollam Killed her son by strangling
January 31 - Sreejith a youth from Parassala ends his 782 days long solitary protest in front of Kerala Government Secretariat following Central Bureau of Investigation probe in his brother Sreejev's custodial death in 2014.^[1]
February 22 - Madhu, a 30 year old Adivasi man from Attappadi died following mob lynching at Palakkad district.^[2]
March 8 - Supreme Court of India set asides Kerala High Court verdict in Hadiya case.
March 22 - A college student from Erumely named Jesna Maria James goes missing.^[3]

April 1 - Kerala football team defeats West Bengal in Santosh Trophy Final held at Salt Lake Stadium through Penalty shootout.^[4]
May 2 - Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala at Perambra.^[5]
May 27 - Kevin, a 23 year old Dalit Christian from Kottayam district was abducted and murdered in an act of Honor killing for marrying a girl named Neenu Chacko from an affluent Christian family.^[6]
May 29 - Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kummanam Rajasekharan becomes Governor of Mizoram.
June 27 - Several key members of Women in Cinema Collective resigned from Association of Malayalam Movie Artists following their decision to bring back rape accused Dileep back to the association.^[7]

July 2 - A student of Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and Students' Federation of India activist Abhimanyu stabbed to death by Campus Front of India activists inside college campus.^[8]
August 16 - 2018 Kerala floods the largest flood after Great flood of 99 occurred.
September 8 - A group of Nun protests at Kochi against attempt by Kerala Police and Catholic Church to protect rape accused bishop Franco Mulakkal.^[9]
September 21 - Bishop Franco Mulakkal arrested following rape allegations.^[10]
September 28 - Sabarimala verdict by Supreme Court of India allows entry of women to the temple.^[11]

October 31 - Massive fire in Family Plastics factory at Thiruvananthapuram.^[12]
November 1 - Save Alappad protests against mining of rare earths and ensuing coastal degradation of Alappad started.^[13]
November 5 - Sanalkumar, a 32 year old electrician from Neyyattinkara was killed after being pushed by Deputy superintendent of police Neyyattinkara in front of a moving vehicle following an altercation.^[14]
November 8 - Protests in Kayamkulam by Jacobite Church members following denial of burial of a 95 year old man at a church controlled by Malankara Orthodox faction.^[15]
November 13 - Deputy superintendent of police Neyyattinkara, Harikumar the key accused in Sanalkumar murder case committed suicide in his house at Kallambalam.^[16]
November 15 - Kerala State Road Transport Corporation launched 10 Electric buses and becomes the first South Indian state to roll out Electric vehicles for Road Transport Corporations.^[17]

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