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High Court chides state, minister over toddy row

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The Kerala high court on Thursday took the state government to task for not taking any strong action to curb the sale of spurious toddy.

The court, which said it was not against the sale of natural t

Leather hub of Chennai needs a complete makeover

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Located close to the historic Ripon Buildings, Periamet, the leather hub of Chennai, lacks even very basic amenities.

The roads here are pot-holed and pose a risk to motorists and the absence of stor

Slowdown hits campus hiring

Campus placement drives are confined to reputed engineering colleges this year, while the colleges that are not on the top-50 list are finding no takers. The reason is that recruitment firms have cut

Tamil movie restores lost son to family

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Such scripts are written only for Kollywood. Believe it or not, critically acclaimed movie Vazhakku Enn 18/9, telecast on a TV channel as a Vinayaga Chaturdhi special, stunned a Tiruppur family as the

LPG shortage worsens

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The LPG crisis in Kochi has gone from bad to worse as the number of pending advance bookings in the past two months has gone up to almost 70,000, according to unofficial statistics from LPG agencies h

NIA may probe attack on Brar

The government is contemplating sending a team of the National Investigation Agency to Mumbai to speak to Lt. Gen. K.S. Brar (Retd), who faced a deadly attack in London by suspected Khalistani terro

Builder arrested for Rs 5 cr fraud

The Ernakulam central police on Thursday arrested a man for swindling Rs 5 crore from several people after offering them apartments on GCDA’s land in Gandhi Nagar near Elamkulam.

The arrested was id

We’ll not align with anyone: HDK

Dismissing speculation that the Janata Dal (S) would play the role of a king-maker during formation of the next government in Karnataka, state unit chief and former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy exp

BSY team eyes coastal areas

Team Yedyurappa seems to be laying the groundwork for launching a new party by trying to persuade former BJP MLA, Shakunthala Shetty, to join forces with it and strengthen its presence in the coasta

Councillors fight over ad tenders

The Opposition in the Kochi Corporation has sought the resignation of mayor Tony Chammany in connection with the alleged irregularities in the allotment of tenders for advertisements displayed on stre

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