Police steps up vigil as tussle over bishop’s house worsens
With the dispute between the Jacobite and Orthodox factions of the Malankara Church over the bishop’s house in Moovattupuza worsening, the police has decided to step up security in the area to make s
Pipeline block cleared after realignment
The Piravom drinking water supply scheme that has been hanging fire following opposition from local residents and civic bodies is likely to be revamped after slightly realigning the actual route, it w
Fedo to face action for plant failure
The city corporation has decided to file a case against Fact Engineering and Design Organisation (FEDO) for the technological failure of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant. The agency was the
Shibu Baby John ready for FB chat
If you thought Facebook is only an excuse to idle away the hours, labour minister Shibu Baby John would give you a lesson or two on good uses of the social media platform.
Having joined Facebook bare
Sabarimala visit: HC clears actress Jayamala
The Kerala high court on Friday let off Kannada actress Jayamala and astrologer Parappanangadi Unnikrishna Panicker, from the 2006 Sabarimala Devaprasnam case.
The court quashed the chargesheet, whil
Wayanad schools turn the tables
Government Higher Secondary School Thariyode and Wayanad Orphanage HSS clinched the under-19 title in boys and girls categories respectively in Don Bosco Inter- school table tennis team championship h
Medical board nod for Swathi’s surgery
With rare speed, the government on Friday untied the red tapes paving the way for the liver transplant of young Swathi Krishna, who is battling for life for the last couple of days.
A medical board m
‘Safe corridor’ the most unsafe
The 106-km long Mannuthy-Cherthala highway is a safe corridor on regional transport authority books and was converted into an accident-free zone last year to bring down the number of accidents.
But ‘
Three hit by train die in two mishaps
A gatekeeper was hit by a speeding train on Thursday morning at the Kurrikad rail crossing near Tripunithura. In the evening of the same day, a family jumped before a train at Aluva, killing the mothe
Railway guards threaten ‘work-to-rule’ stir
The 200-odd railway guards under the Trivandrum division would resort to a “work-to-rule” protest soon by appearing for duty only for the prescribed duty hours. Their grouse: the railway is not fillin