Kochi: Kerala government has allocated Rs 2000 crore for the herculean K-rail project but has ignored acquiring land for laying an approach road for Railway overbridge at the busy Mulanthuruthy railway crossing. The Railways have meticulously built an overbridge bridge worth over Rs 6 crore over the double track between Mulanthuruthy and Chottanikkara road aboot …
Kochi: Amidst huge financial crunch, unemployment, fiscal deficit, poor economic, Finance Minister K N Balagopal today presented the budget for 2022-23. The allocations include Rs 2,000 crore to check price rise, Rs 2,000 crore for semi high-speed rail project, Rs 1,788 crore for transport sector and Rs 1,500 crore for Thiruvananthapuram-Angamali MC road and for road …
Filthy canals threat to public healthKochi: The Queen of Arabian sea is stinking but the government is more worried on implementing the unfathomable K-rail project at all costs. The Edappally canal, sandwiched between the Metro station and Lulu Mall, gives an insight into the state of affairs of the governance of the commercial capital of …
Kochi: Visiting Ernakulam Market gave a special feel to the city dwellers decades back when the city was calm and quiet with little activities taking place around. Vegetables to the market were transported in country boats from nearby villages like Thalayolaparambu, Alappuzha, Vaikom, Paravur to the place which is also Menaka market due to its …
Kochi: A software engineer, his wife and two children were found dead in their house in Chandapura Uzhavathukadavu in Kodungaloor today. The dead were identified as Ashif, 40, wife Aseera, 34, children Asara Fathima, 13 and Anonees, 8. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide due to financial crunch. Presence of carbon monoxide was found …
Kochi: A five-year-old girl was killed when a wild elephant attacked her at Kannanakuzhy in Athirappally in Chalakkudy on Monday. Daughter of Nikhil of Puthanchira in Mala, Agnimia was injured when the elephant hit her with its trunk while she was traveling on a two wheeler with her father and grandfather Jayan. The elephant came …
Kochi: A government bus conductor was fired from service for allegedly misbehaving with a woman traveler in a bus in Vaikom recently. P P Anil Kumar of Vaikom KSRTC depot was dismissed from service after an enquiry conducted by the vigilance department found him guilty, media reports said. Earlier, he was suspended and a departmental …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday adjourned actor Dileep’s anticipatory bail plea case for Tuesday.The court directed police not to arrest the actor before that. The actor had moved the court after an FIR was filed against him for conspiring to harm a few cops on the basis of materials provided by film director …
Kochi: Cultural capital Thrissur is one city that is not shy of trying novel ways to implement ideas that turns out to be a major success. One such project successful tried by ThrissurCorporation is leasing out of the dull looking Vadakke stand to South Indian Bank which has meticulously converted it into a lovely little …
Kochi: Late Congress leader P T Thomas had a financial liability of over Rs 75 lakh which should be cleared by the party, UDF Ernakulam district chairman Dominic Presentation said. However, the party has not yet made any official statement regarding this. This would be a great tribute toThomas, who passed away last month, media …
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Kochi: The actor assault case victim has appealed to the Chief Minister to order a further probe into the case in the wake of the resignation of two prosecutors and new revelations made by a director against Dileep. Expressing fear over the dilution of the case, she said the disclosure made by director Balachandra Kumar …
Kochi: Noted film director K S Sethumadhavan, 90, who initiated great actors like Mammootty, Kamal Hassan, Suresh Gopi into the world of acting, passed away at Chennai on Friday media reports said. Born in 1931 at Palakkad, Sethumadhavan took to film after completing his graduation from Victoria College. He did some outstanding films with actor …
Kochi: Congress leader P T Thomas, 70, passed away at Vellore Medical College due to Cancer, media reports said. A straightforward leader, PT, as he was popularly known, had tremendous political maturity and acceptance among the public. Alas, the party which he represented did not acknowledge his abilities and his talent remained untapped in the …
Kochi: Auctioning of a brand new Mahindra Thar by Guruvayur temple on Saturday ended up in controversy with the temple authorities mulling to re conduct the bidding.Bahrain based NRI businessman Amal Mohammad Ali of Edappally in Ernakulam had won the auction by bidding it for Rs 15,10,000, media reports said. Amal’s friend Subhash Pannicker participated …
Kochi: The Agriculture Department wouldl sell vegetables at an affordable price to people through mobile units called ‘thakkali vandi’ (tomato -cart) across the state. Twenty-eight vehicles would be used for this purpose, Agriculture Minister P Prasad told a press conference at Thiruvananthapuram. Tomato would be sold at Rs 50 per kg. Other vegetables would also …
Kochi: Nonagenarian technocrat E Sreedharan of BJP has bid adieu to active politics citing age reasons. Increasing age was causing difficulty in becoming active in politics, he told reporters.However, he said that he will be there in politics, but not active. While stepping into the hustings there was tremendous confidence, he said. Sreedharan said he …
Kochi: Charge Sheet has been filed against three including dubbing artist Bhagyalakshmi in a court in Thiruvananthapuram on different charges including assaulting YouTuber Vijay P Nair. The police filed a charge sheet against the dubbing artist, activists Diya Sanaa and Sree Lakshmi Arakkal for trespassing into youtuber’s lodge to abuse, splash ink and making life …
Kochi: Undeterred by strong opposition and criticism, the government on Monday decided to go ahead with the K-rail project connecting Thiruvananthapuram with Kasaragod through semi speed rail. The government held meetings with the railways as part of taking forward the project. The government and the railways decided to place survey stones in the railway owned …
Kochi: Unnatural deaths of women continue unabated as a widow and her teenaged son succumbed to their burn injuries in a hospital in Ernakulam. Sindhu, 42, and her 17-year-old son were taken by neighbours and relatives to a hospital where Sindhu died on Sunday and son on Monday, media reports said. Neighbours and relatives broke …
Kochi: In a tragic incident, five members of a family hailing from Beypore in Kozhikode were killed in a road accident. Mohammad Jabir, 48, his wife Shabana, 36, children Laiba, 7, Saha, 5, Lufthi 3, were traveling from Jubail to Jizan when their vehicle collided with the vehicle of a native last night at Dammam. …
