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Events in the year 2018 in Kerala.
Incumbents[edit | edit source]
Events[edit | edit source]
January - March[edit | edit source]
- 12 January - First edition of Loka Kerala Sabha held at Thiruvananthapuram.
- 13 January - Jayamol a lady from Kollam Killed her son by strangling
- 19 January - State Transport Commissioner issues orders for implementing uniform colour code for private stage carriage buses in Kerala from 1 February.[1]
- 31 January - 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.[2]
- 22 February - Madhu, a 30 year old Adivasi man from Attappadi died following mob lynching at Palakkad district.[3]
- 8 March - Supreme Court of India set asides Kerala High Court verdict in Hadiya case.
- 22 March - A college student from Erumely named Jesna Maria James goes missing.[4]
April - June[edit | edit source]
- 1 April - Kerala football team defeats West Bengal in Santosh Trophy Final held at Salt Lake Stadium through Penalty shootout.[5]
- 2 May - Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala at Perambra.[6]
- 27 May - 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.[7]
- 29 May - Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kummanam Rajasekharan becomes Governor of Mizoram.
- 27 June - 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.[8]
July - September[edit | edit source]
- 2 July - 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.[9]
- 16 August - 2018 Kerala floods the largest flood after Great flood of 99 occurred.
- 8 September - A group of Nun protests at Kochi against attempt by Kerala Police and Catholic Church to protect rape accused bishop Franco Mulakkal.[10]
- 21 September - Bishop Franco Mulakkal arrested following rape allegations.[11]
- 28 September - Sabarimala verdict by Supreme Court of India allows entry of women to the temple.[12]
October - December[edit | edit source]
- 31 October - Massive fire in Family Plastics factory at Thiruvananthapuram.[13]
- 1 November - Save Alappad protests against mining of rare earths and ensuing coastal degradation of Alappad started.[14]
- 5 November - 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.[15]
- 8 November - 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.[16]
- 13 November - Deputy superintendent of police Neyyattinkara, Harikumar the key accused in Sanalkumar murder case committed suicide in his house at Kallambalam.[17]
- 15 November - 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.[18]
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- 2 May - Kottayam Pushpanath, 80, writer.
- 13 May - E. C. George Sudarshan, 86, theoretical physicist.
- 8 July - M. M. Jacob, 91, Former governor of Meghalaya.
- 2 October - Balabhaskar, 40, violinist.[19]
- 19 December - Athippatta Moideen Kutty Musliyar Islamic scholar.[20][21]
- 31 December - Simon Britto Rodrigues, 64, politician.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Colour code for private buses from February". The Hindu. 19 January 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ↑ "After 782 days, Sreejith calls off his agitation". The Hindu. 31 January 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "Adivasi man beaten by mob, dies in Kerala: Selfie taken moments before he died angers public". The News Minute. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ Staff, T. N. M. (4 January 2024). "No trace of Kerala student Jesna: CBI closes case 5 yrs after she went missing". The News Minute. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ↑ Naik, Abhishek. "Santosh Trophy 2018 Final: Kerala triumph over West Bengal in penalty shootout to lift 6th title". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala". www.who.int. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "'This is a fight for Kevin': Neenu bares her heart about their love and his murder". The News Minute. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "Malayalam film industry women revolt: Rima, Geetu, Remya, survivor resign from AMMA". The News Minute. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "Islamic students group fatally attacks SFI leader at popular Kochi college". The Week. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "In a first, Catholic nuns protest 'sexploitation'". The Times of India. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ Praveen, M. P. (21 September 2018). "Police arrest bishop Franco Mulakkal on rape charge". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ↑ "Sabarimala Temple Case: What you might want to know about Sabarimala". The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "Major fire breaks out in plastic factory in Kerala". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ↑ "'Save Alappad', protest strengthens across state". English Archives. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ↑ "Sanal Kumar murder: Police's forged story unfolds". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "As Kerala church factions get into ugly spat, 95-yr-old's funeral left in limbo". The News Minute. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "Sanal Kumar case accused DySP Harikumar's suicide note retrieved". The News Minute. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "KSRTC launches electric vehicles". The Hindu. 16 November 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Balabhaskar's death: A disapproved marriage, fateful accident and confusing witness statements". OnManorama. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "അത്തിപ്പറ്റ ഉസ്താദിനെ ഖബറടക്കി".
- ↑ "അത്തിപ്പറ്റ മൊയ്തീന്കുട്ടി മുസ്ലിയാര് അന്തരിച്ചു". @mathrubhumi. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2026.