The Public Works Department would introduce a slew of modernisation measures and its engineers will now act also as managers of public property.

The decisions were taken at a meeting of 350 engineers

The city corporation council has decided to seek government’s immediate intervention in resolving the issue of water scarcity in various parts of the city.

The council will exert pressure on state g

The city corporation has allocated Rs 5 crore for pre-monsoon cleaning works in the city and has completed tender process for these works.

While replying to the debate during council meeting, Mayor

If it is about vehicles, Kochi wants to be on top in the state always. Be it in the total number of vehicles or the total number of licence holders.

The latest statistic to join the list is the amou

As Vishu, the old Malayalam New Year is just two days away people are queuing up in front of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) counter here to collect fresh coins and currency notes.

Elders giving new

It was 2.10 pm when Kochi’s tall buildings shook with the impact of a mild tremor that lasted five seconds. Tens of thousands of people first felt they were feeling dizzy but soon realised that it was

Is it possible that the state could be hit by a massive earthquake? We’d forewarned the possibility (Danger! State Moving up on the Seismic Zone Scales/December 19, 2011) based on the Bureau of Indian

It took an impressive five minutes and 16 seconds for over 200 employees to evacuate their offices on the fourth floor of a building in Kaloor, Kochi as the tremor send waves of panic across the state

Summer holidays once meant more time for children to play cricket and football with friends. They still do, but on computer screens where the virtual avatars of football and cricket have taken over as

“Parenting teenagers is quite a balancing act, like walking on ice. Because parents love their children and want only the best for them, they worry excessively about them. The major concern of parents