Runaway bogie halts traffic
A major tragedy was averted when a coach-bogie split from wheel trolley of the Ernakulam-Kayamkulam passenger very close to Alappuzha railway station around 11.30 am on Thursday. There were eight pass
New IT Act rules to make arrests harder
The Centre, acting after widespread nationwide outrage over misuse of the Information Technology Act, said on Thursday it would issue new guidelines by which only a police officer not below the rank o
DYFI against Che slippers
Flip-flops are the latest fashion statement for the youth and they stock as many available variants and designs of V-strapped rubber slippers as possible.
But, in a bizarre twist to the tale, footwe
Pending Jagan cases touch Rs 3,000 crore
The CBI has informed the Supreme Court that the seven cases that were yet to be chargesheeted in the Jagan Mohan Reddy illegal investments case involves around Rs 3,000 crore.
The CBI has alleged tha
Principal watches porn at office in Kerala, quits
Dr. R Gireeshan, principal of the Corporative Medical College in Kalamassery, quit after he was allegedly caught by students while watching porn on his office computer.
The resignation came on Wedne
VIPs, stars seek exemption from tinted film ban
The city traffic police received 30 requests from VIPs and actors to be exempted from the no-tinted-glass rule for personal vehicles as per the Supreme Court order.
The requests have now been forwar
JICA team to hold talks, visit Kochi Metro sites
A 10-member expert team of the Japan International Co-operative Agency which has agreed to extend a loan of Rs 2,170 crore for the Kochi Metro Rail project, arrived in the city late on Wednesday.
The
TJAC to rebuild momentum on T
The TJAC is planning to raise T-steam once again with a series of stirs, including a massive “Chalo Assembly” programme during the Budget Session of the Assembly next year, besides targeting ministers
RoB projects hang fire
The city’s two main projects aimed at easing traffic woes – Atlantis and Pachalam railway overbridges – are hanging fire. Conceived nearly two decades ago, these projects have seen alignment changes.
Sulking DL out to embarrass Kiran
Sulking over the state Cabinet rejecting the CBI’s request to prosecute roads and buildings minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, medical and health minister D.L. Ravindra Reddy is out to embarrass Chief Min