With a view to imbibing technological advancement in infrastructure development, waste management, healthcare and other crucial sectors from developed countries, the corporation is planning to team up

The cash-strapped city corporation, in a bid to find out new sources of income, plans to levy a fee on film shooting.

Though the city is a favourite location for film-makers, the local body has had n

The cash strapped city corporation has been suffering huge revenue loss as most of the mobile towers in the city are un-assessed and not paying tax.

Though there are nearly 800 mobile towers function

The Kochi Corporation has failed to implement several projects envisaged under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) Phase-I.

The local body will now have to either abandon or

Deviating from its earlier plan, the city corporation has decided to go for an open tender for purchasing laptops and tablets for councillors as part of the e-governance programme.

The local self gov

The Kochi Corporation could find itself on shaky ground should the Hotels and Restaurants Association decide to challenge the raids it has been conducting on several food outlets in the city.

Legally

The city corporation is yet to act on the new directive issued by Local Self Government Department secretary, Rajesh Kumar Singh, to fix the minimum price of plastic carry bags.

As per the directive

The Kochi corporation on Friday passed its annual budget for 2012-2013, raising the division fund for councillors by Rs 10 lakh to Rs 40 lakh. The budget envisages an income of Rs 757.74 crore and ex

It will be a public-private participation model for a slew of projects proposed in the annual budget of the Kochi corporation for 2012-2013.

The deputy mayor and chairperson of the finance standing

A series of schemes for sports development was packaged in the budget that set aside Rs 50 lakh for this.

The mayor’s trophy football tournament for city schools is one of the highlights and the bud