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A group of theatre activists staging a street play in Kozhikode on Wednesday in protest against the hike in prices of fuel and cooking gas.

In Kochi, frequent price rise of cooking gas triggers squabbles between customers and agencies

Overnight price hikes burn a hole through the pocket of the customers, leaving distribution agents and their delivery boys at the receiving end of the former’s ire

Activists put up a board warning motorists of the accident-prone stretch near the Elamkulam metro station on SA Road in Kochi on Wednesday.

‘Deadly’ curve at Elamkulam claims one more life

Aluva remains a traditional Congress citadel

Rear Admiral Antony George

Two new flag officers assume charge at SNC

A file photo of the Cochin Fisheries Harbour at Thoppumpady.

Thoppumpady fishing harbour at standstill as talks fail

The Ernakulam South station. It is proposed to hand over the station to a private company for redeveloping it.

Unions to protest against South station renovation project

District Collector S. Suhas

3,899 polling booths in Kochi district

COVID-19

Staff member in personal protective gear speaks to people standing outside coronavirus isolation area at Ernakulam General Hospital on Thursday.

COVID patients to be admitted at Aluva hospital from March 1 Staff Reporter

New facility expected to ease burden on govt. medical college

COVID-19 | 1,200 health workers to be vaccinated today

First consignment of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Kochi

Coronavirus | 481 new COVID-19 cases in Ernakulam

Coronavirus | 595 recoveries, 409 new cases in Ernakulam

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State forests facing fire threat with onset of summer

HC upheld ban on traffic in Bandipur forest area

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Kerala plans legislation to check encroachment in Munnar

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One more arrested in Vasukutty murder

Magic to create environmental awareness

Kerala to conduct feasibility study on sea plane service

SmartCity evictees on the warpath

Even as Finance Minister Thomas Isaac reiterated the State government's commitment to execute the proposed SmartCity Kochi project during his budget

‘Kerala Budget is anti-dote for Central policies’

Kerala’s Budget for 2010-11 is an anti-dote for Central government’s policies, the ruling Front affirmed during the general debate on the Budget on

Shortage of land hampers railway development in Kerala: E. Ahamed

Union Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed flagged-off the inaugural special of Ernakulam-Nizamuddin weekly non-stop ‘Duronto’ from Ernakulam

Amitabh Bachchan willing to become Brand Ambassador for Kerala Tourism

The years spent by Kerala Tourism searching for a brand ambassador to promote its tourism products are nearing an end with Hindi film actor Amitabh

Alphons Kannanthanam escapes unhurt in accident

Kanjirapally legislator Alphons Kannanthanam had a miraculous escape on Saturday after his vehicle, hit by a bus, somersaulted several times on the

Kerala’s dream to have IPL team suffers reversal

Kerala’s dream to field a team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has suffered a reversal with the ace film director Priyadarshan and actor Mohanlal

Nadupani excise check post closed down

The Excise Department in a dramatic move has closed down its inter-state check post at Nadupuni in Chittur in the Kerala-Tamilnadu border from

Lot to cheer for Alappuzha from Budget

The home district of Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has more than enough to cheer about from the budget presented by Dr. Isaac on Friday. While

Environment friendly budget in Kerala

The Budget for 2010-11, presented to the Assembly by Finance Minister T. M. Thomas Isaac, seeks to enhance welfare programmes and push forward infrastructure schemes.

Kerala advances from e-governance to m-governance

The Finance Department will be advancing from e-governance to m-governance in the coming financial year. Finance Minister T. M. Thomas Isaac announced

Kerala presents Rs. 577 Cr deficit Budget

The Kerala Budget for 2010-11, presented to the Assembly by Finance Minister T. M. Thomas Isaac, estimates a cumulative deficit of 577.09 crore. As

Funds earmarked for new Mullaperiyar dam

Kerala Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac earmarked Rs. 10 crore for detailed study on the proposed new dam at Mullaperiyar in his Budget for the

Highlights of Kerala budget— major tax proposals

Stamp duty for registration of property sales reduced on notified fair value of land. Surcharge abolished. The effective rate of stamp duty, surcharge

U.K. visa centres in south to be closed for six days

The U.K. visa application centres across south India will be closed for up to six days from March-end to enable an IT system upgrade for all British

Kerala budget presented; rice at Rs. 2 a kg for workers

In addition to the scheme for the workers, the Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said, a green fund with a corpus of Rs. 1000 crores would be used for regeneration of forests and related activities.

Muthoot murder: One more in CBI custody

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team probing the Paul Muthoot George murder case has on Thursday reportedly taken into custody one more

Govt. lacks clarity on Munnar issue: Chandy

Leader of the Opposition Ommen Chandy on Thursday said the government lacked clarity on the issue of encroachers in Munnar and the visit of the United

Nazir has confessed to plotting Kozhikode blasts: NIA

Suspected Lashkar operative T. Nazir has confessed that he had plotted the 2006 twin bomb blasts in two bus stations here, a senior official of NIA

‘Hartal’ in Alappuzha

The dawn-to-dusk Statewide motor transport strike called on Tuesday by transport workers and taxi, auto-rickshaw drivers protesting the hike in prices

Seven die in highway accident in Palakkad

In a tragic and shocking accident, seven persons, on a pilgrimage from Coimbatore to Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple, died when the Maruti Omni van

Community policing to be extended to 100 more stations in Kerala

Community policing would be extended to 100 more stations in Kerala this year as the police-citizen collaboration has helped control crime, according

Honour eludes a war hero

A time-limit clause recently introduced by the government in conferring gallantry medals is blocking a well-deserved honour to a valiant young air

Suspended from AMMA, Thilakan says he will not give up

Veteran actor Thilakan, who was on Monday suspended from the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), said he would not give up his fight for

Kerala to ask Centre to permanently ban endosulfan

Kerala government would step up pressure on the Centre to announce a permanent ban on the use of endosulfan insecticide in cashew plantations in

Women’s commission to launch SMS system to book eve teasers

Cracking the whip on eve teasers, Kerala Women’s Commission is all set to launch an SMS alert service to nail them. Under the service, if a woman

A riot of Holi colours

The colourful festival of Holi marks the coming of spring and essentially celebrates the triumph of ‘good’ over ‘evil’. Some striking images…

Pongala fascinates foreigners

The annual Pongala festival at Attukal Bhagavathy Temple, which is billed as the largest congregation of women in the world and that comes at the

No UDF activist in list of encroachers: Chennithala

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President Ramesh Chennithala has challenged the Left Democratic Front leaders to publish the name of the encroachers

Tata Tea seeks permission to prosecute Idukki Collector

Tata Tea Limited has sought the Kerala government’s permission to prosecute Idukki District Collector Ashok Kumar Singh for allegedly levelling a

Pongala, hearth-felt

Lakhs of devotees lit hearths on roadsides, marking the Attukal pongala festival. Several celebrities including playback singer K. J. Yesudas, Miss World Runner Up Parvathi Omanakuttan and cinema artistes attended the lighting of the sacred hearth.

Mammootty seeks end to Thilakan controversy

Breaking his silence on the controversy in the Malayalam film industry surrounding veteran actor Thilakan, actor Mammootty has said the entire episode

Kerala’s largest freshwater lake shrinking

The Sasthamcotta Lake in Kollam district which was designated as a Ramsar Site in November 2002 and listed by the Government of India as a wetland of

Budget is anti-people: Kerala CM

Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said here on Friday that the Union Budget for 2010-11 would accelerate price rise and privatisation. The prices of

HC strikes down time limit in section 10-A of Indian Divorce Act

Kerala High Court on Thursday declared as “unconstitutional” section 10-A of the Indian Divorce Act, applicable only to Christian marriages, that

Introduction of Jan Shatabdi Express hailed

The piecemeal budgetary allocation in the Railway budget for the much-delayed line-doubling/electrification works to the north and south of Ernakulam

Veteran actor gets into trouble

The veteran film actor, Thilakan, faced the ire of Kerala Congress(B) and Congress workers when he lashed out at B.Ganesh Kumar, Pathanapuram MLA and

Pappinissery remains tense as arsonists target bikes, shops

The tense situation at Pappinissery and nearby areas here following the clashes between Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Indian Union Muslim

An unending fight for water

Every year since 1952, towards August, there has been international focus on this little region on the banks of the Pampa River, on the

No clear stand to counter ‘attacks from Pakistan’: RSS chief

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has said that in spite of continuing attacks from Pakistan, the government was not

Project for Kannur airport cleared

The Cabinet on Wednesday gave clearance for the revised project for Kannur airport which proposes funding on the pattern of Cochin International

Kerala 'disappointed' with railway budget: Minister

Though Kerala got seven new trains, a new drinking water bottling plant and three trains were extended, the Kerala government said the railway budget

Kerala to set up dedicated anti-terror probe squad

Taking a serious view of several Keralites being arrested in terror-related cases, the Kerala government plans to form a dedicated anti-terror