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Ravi group wants Antony at helm

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Ahead of the organisational restructuring in the state Congress, the fourth group led by Vayalar Ravi has changed tack and is looking up to A.K. Antony to help thwart a likely steamrolling by chief m

Drop in accident deaths

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The number of vehicles in Kochi city has gone up by nearly 35 per cent in the last three years. However, statistics show that the number of accidents, accident deaths, drunk-driving cases and petty ca

Plenty more fish in the sea

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The trawling ban introduced in the waters off the state’s coast in 1988, raised a number of socio- economic issues at the time, but years down the line it appears to have succeeded in what it set out

50 fall sick after wedding feast

More than 50 people fell ill and had to be hospitalised after partaking of a wedding feast in Kochi on Sunday. The police registered a case and arrested the owner of the catering service. The health s

Maruti job scam targets Kerala now

Kerala seems to be the new hunting ground of scamsters who have been peddling Maruti Suzuki jobs via email over the last few months in north India.

Several job applicants from the state registered

Pay of pre-primary teachers set to rise

The education department has told the high court that it will raise the salary of pre-primary school teachers from Rs900 to Rs5,000 and ayahs from Rs600 and Rs3,500.

The finance department’s final sa

Siddique loses out in fancy number game

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The lure of fancy numbers among actors is nothing new and they are often ready to pay hefty sums as fee for getting such numbers. But ace actor Siddique on Monday lost a battle for the number KL.07 BV

Salim Kumar moves HC to direct Academy to screen his documentary

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Salim Kumar, national and state award winner for best acting in 2010, has moved the High Court on Monday, seeking a direction to the Kerala Chalachitra Academy to have his documentary screened and su

District to receive a power boost

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The district will soon have a power boost with the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) getting ready to complete the 220 KV transmission lines to Brahmapuram and Kalamassery by September and thereby

Prelude to Olympics

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Less than a week left for the high-action London Olympics, it seems the whole world is singing up to the mother of all sporting events.

And, down here, it’s a fascinating feeling to watch even a stat

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.