"The accused are currently absconding, and I have been assured that they will be apprehended at the earliest and dealt with as per law," Arunachala CM Khandu said.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, will be sent to the state Assembly, which had unanimously backed renaming Kerala as Keralam in June 2024.
The programme will use a single-shot Gardasil, a quadrivalent HPV vaccine that provides protection against HPV types 16 and 18, which cause cervical cancer, as well as types 6 and 11.
