MCA prof. jumps from bridge, dies
A senior professor at a technology institute here committed suicide by jumping from the Goshree Bridge at 2.30pm on Sunday. He was Praveen Sivadas, 38, head of MCA department at the Federal Institute
New walkway on a fast lane
The second phase of the walkway under construction at Marine Drive will be opened on December 20.
The work on the 700-m long new walkway stretching up to the Goshree Bridge is nearing completion, sa
Prepaid counters for autos vanish
The system of hiring pre-paid autos seems to have gone haywire, going by what’s happening in the city these days.
While commuters have been quite comfortable with this facility, the ground reality i
Speed breaker leads to more accidents
Despite the rising number of accidents caused by the unscientifically built hump on the Infopark-Kakkanad Road near Surabhi Nagar, the public works department is yet to take any remedial action.
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Naval officer shoots self
A trainee officer of the Indian Navy died after he allegedly shot himself at INS Dronacharya in Fort Kochi on Sunday morning. The dead was as Sub Lieutenant Arun Kumar, 27, of Peringalathur in Chenna
German artist’s take on Hortus Malabaricus
Hendrik van Rheede, the Dutch Malabar Governor between 1678 and 1693, must have been in residence at what is now the David Hall, when ‘Hortus Malabaricus,’ the treatise on the medicinal properties of
China war veteran wants to dump 1962 memories
It was on 50 years ago this day that China surprised India by unleashing its Peoples Liberation Army on Ladakh and the then North East Frontier Agency (now Arunachal Pradesh).
Many in India would li
A model road for Kochi women soon
In an effort to make the Kochi safe for women, the corporation has decided to develop a road as a model one for their safety. The novel initiative is to showcase a road which provides maximum security
Kids above 14 can take any work: Hc
Kerala high court has held that a child or juvenile above the age of 14 cannot be prevented from getting employment in any work, which is not hazardous, so as to enable him/her eke out a living.
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No role in the controversy, says Corporation Bank CMD
orporation Bank today said it had not extended overdraft facility of Rs 7.94 crore to a company owned by Robert Vadra and has no role in the raging controversy over his land deal with realty major DLF.