Kerala Health Minister Veena George injured during protest by Opposition student activists
The Hindu
Kerala Health Minister Veena George injured by Opposition student activists during a protest at Kannur railway station.
Kerala Health Minister Veena George allegedly suffered injuries during a protest by activists of the Opposition student outfits in Kannur on Wednesday (February 25, 2026).
The incident occurred when the Minister reached the Kannur railway station to board a train.
State Assembly Speaker A.N. Shamseer, who was present at the railway station at the time of the incident, told reporters that the Minister suffered injuries to her hand and neck.
Visuals aired by news channels showed the Minister, accompanied by police personnel, trapped between protesters.
She has been shifted to the government hospital in Kannur.

The Clamorous reed warbler is as loud as they come, but in the urban environment, it is outshouted. Weed clearing in urban habitats brings down its home, the bulrushes. Bulrushes in wetlands are not encroachments, but ‘legal homes’ to birds in the crake and rail family and warblers, so government line agencies ought to tread on them thoughtfully

The Clamorous reed warbler is as loud as they come, but in the urban environment, it is outshouted. Weed clearing in urban habitats brings down its home, the bulrushes. Bulrushes in wetlands are not encroachments, but ‘legal homes’ to birds in the crake and rail family and warblers, so government line agencies ought to tread on them thoughtfully











