2018 in Kerala

Events in the year 2018 in Kerala.

Incumbents

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.
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.
22 February - Madhu, a 30 year old Adivasi man from Attappadi died following mob lynching at Palakkad district.
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.

1 April - Kerala football team defeats West Bengal in Santosh Trophy Final held at Salt Lake Stadium through Penalty shootout.
2 May - Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala at Perambra.
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.
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.

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.
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.
21 September - Bishop Franco Mulakkal arrested following rape allegations.
28 September - Sabarimala verdict by Supreme Court of India allows entry of women to the temple.

31 October - Massive fire in Family Plastics factory at Thiruvananthapuram.
1 November - Save Alappad protests against mining of rare earths and ensuing coastal degradation of Alappad started.
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.
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.
13 November - Deputy superintendent of police Neyyattinkara, Harikumar the key accused in Sanalkumar murder case committed suicide in his house at Kallambalam.
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.