HC to review challenge to Ayyappa Sangamam

The Kerala High Court agreed to evaluating a plea filed by Haindaveeyam Foundation Trust seeking to halt the Global Ayyappa Sangamam, scheduled for 20 September along the banks of the Pampa.

- HD Bureau

A newborn infant died during a home birth at Maniyarankudy in Idukki on Monday at around 11 a.m., prompting police to register the death as unnatural and launch an inquiry that may hinge on the forthcoming post-mortem. The baby was born to Pastor Johnson—who works in Thiruvalla—and his wife, Biji, who had relocated with their family to a rented house in Maniyarankudy. Health department officials responded to the scene after being informed of the death, but initially the couple declined to seek hospi