KSRTC services hit by diesel shortage
Diesel shortage at the KSRTC Ernakulam depot left many passengers stranded at the bus stand. Many of them were unable to travel to the city outskirts on Monday.
Several services were either cancelle
Church row: Orthodox faction blames govt
The Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church is fuming over the inability of the state government to execute court orders in church cases.
Also, the state’s failure to check violence caused by rows over ch
Fliers ‘lose sleep’ over flight times
Flying to Europe or the US can be an exciting prospect, but it also means spending a sleepless night as airlines operating on these routes have flights taking off at odd times, post-midnight, much to
‘Mani conspired, abetted killings; needs fresh probe’
The state government on Monday submitted before the Kerala high court that the claim made by CPM leader M.M. Mani in his controversial speech “is a clear admission that he abetted and conspired to kil
Harbour protection eroding Cherai beach
Human intervention in the form of two breakwaters aimed at checking the easy flow of water has proved disastrous, eating into the natural beach along Cherai-Munambam.
A recent study by a team of scie
Kochi Metro: Land acquisition to begin in a month
District collector P.I. Sheik Pareeth said that the land acquisition for the first phase of Metro Rail project will begin in a month.
He was addressing mediapersons at the civil station, on Monday.
Tourism department nod must to stay afloat
The state government has made it mandatory for operators of homestays, houseboats and ayurveda clinics, to obtain the Tourism Department’s sanction before starting their ventures.
This policy is aime
Epidemic threat in Cheranellore
The Cheranellore panchayat, which lies to the north of Kochi city, is pock-marked by waste heaps in at least five spots, threatening the outbreak of diseases.
Despite anxious activists in the city r
Expert committee to report on Media Kochi
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that an expert committee will be formed to file a report for the upcoming Kochi media city.
He was inaugurating Kerala’s second media centre under the Information a
Alarming rise in child abuse cases
The district wing of the Child Welfare Committee is set to increase the number of days of adalat from one to two in a week, owing to the rising number of child abuse cases here.
According to CWC offi