Watchman murdered
A 70-year-old watchman was found brutally murdered at the house of a noted Supreme Court advocate in Netoor near here early Tuesday.
The watchman, Mada-thichira Bose, was found choked to death with d
Ahoy pilgrims! KSRTC buses available for rent
This Sabarimala season, Kerala State Road Trans-port Corporation (KSRTC) is allowing pilgrim groups, especially those coming from neighbouring states, to hire buses when they reach railway stations.
Medicines sold in hospitals taxable : HC
The Kerala High Court has ruled that the medicines sold to the patients through the hospital pharmacy are taxable under Kerala Value Added Tax (KVAT) Act, 2003.
Justice Antony Dominic also made it cl
Sreedharan factor daunts Kochi metro
It appears that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has almost decided not to take up the Kochi Metro Rail project because it has too much work on hand already.
Sources close to the project say that th
Hunt still on for sex case main accused
The Paravoor police probing the case in which a 22-year-old girl was trapped and molested by a blackmailing gang, is still hunting for the main accused, Rojo, who has been absconding since the inciden
No night vigil at disaster cell
The delay in appointing a technical expert for night service at the Ernakulam district disaster management cell has drawn flak from many quarters.
The cell co-ordinates rescue services in the city w
It’s free entry to North
Unauthorised multiple entrances, as many as seven, are posing a security threat to the North railway station.
It’s literally a cake walk for anyone to make an unauthorized entry into the station as c
Metro land acquisition slows down
Land acquisition for Kochi Metro is moving at a slow pace despite the cabinet allocating `52 crore for the purpose and the state empowered committee approving rates finalised by the District Level Pur
Another victim surfaces
The Crime Branch’s Organised Crime Wing (OCW), that is investigating the Nedumbassery-Dubai sex racket case in which 125 women and minors from Kerala were allegedly trafficked to Gulf countries, recei
Sex racket: More girls trapped
The central police team, that busted a Qatar-based sex racket with the arrest of three persons including a woman, suspects that more women might have trapped by the racketeers.
The police also suspe