Events in the year 2016 in Kerala, India.
Incumbents[edit | edit source]
Governor of Kerala - P. Sathasivam
Chief minister of Kerala - Oommen Chandy (till May), Pinarayi Vijayan (from May)
Events[edit | edit source]
- January 19 - Former Ambassador T. P. Sreenivasan assaulted by Students' Federation of India workers at Global Education Summit venue in Thiruvananthapuram.[1]
- February 17 - Kerala Police launched Cumbersome project. A smart policing and cyber policing initiative.[2]
- February 29 - Kerala Police arrests promoters of mPhone, Anto Augustine and Josekutty Augustine before launch on count of Mango Phone Scam.[3][4]
- March 9 -
- Radical Islamic groups protests attacks and imposes online boycott on Mathrubhumi following a mention of Prophet in a column named AppTalks.[5]
- Janadhipathya Kerala Congress formed through a split from the Kerala Congress (M).
- April 10 - Puttingal temple fire
- April 28 - Jisha murder case[6]
- May 16 - 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
- June 15 - A terror outfit that supports Al-Qaeda carried out low intensity Improvised explosive device blasts in Collectorate, Kollam.[7]
- June - Allegations of illegal land conversion around Kannur Medical College, Anjarakandy. Vigilance enquiry on transfer of 300 acre land belonging to Cinnamon Estate from its owners to Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya and Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar to Prestige Trust that runs AIC.[8][9]
- November 7 - Pulimurugan became the first Malayalam movie to cross 100 crore in box office.[10]
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- January 25 - Kalpana (Malayalam actress), 50
- March 6 - Kalabhavan Mani, 45, actor.
- March 24 - V. D. Rajappan, 72, actor.
- March 25 - Jishnu Raghavan, 37, actor.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Kerala: CPM student activists assault former diplomat T P Sreenivasan". The Indian Express. 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ↑ "Kerala police Cyberdome wins laurels in cyber security". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ John, Haritha (2016-03-01). "Explained: The what and why of Kerala's rotten Mango phone scam". The News Minute. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
- ↑ "Owners of Kerela's Mango brand and mPhone arrested on charges of fraud". Firstpost. 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
- ↑ Devasia, T. K. "Despite apology, Kerala's Mathrubhumi newspaper faces online boycott drive from radical Muslim groups". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ↑ "What is Jisha rape and murder case?". The Indian Express. 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ↑ "Kollam Collectorate blast: Kerala court sentences three to life term". The Hindu. 2024-11-07. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ↑ "QVR: Anjarakandy estate transactions fraudulent". The Times of India. 2016-06-16. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ↑ "land status of kannur Medical College under a cloud". The Times of India. 2018-04-06. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ↑ "Pulimurugan entered 100 crore club". The Hindu.