With many unauthorised buildings and shops having come up in gross violation of heritage norms around it, Fort Kochi is in danger of losing its old world charm.

Not just small wayside shops, but mu

It is a huge drain on a weak corporation exchequer with the rain gods not being benevolent to the state.
The cash-strapped civic body is finding it difficult to meet the additional expense it had to

NRI-centric Pathanamthitta district has surpassed Kottayam to become the most literate district in the state.

As per the 2011 census, Pathanamthitta, with 96.93 per cent literacy, is the fourth most

They are experts at snipping and styling hair and bring their own sense of hospitality to the hotels and restaurants that many of them serve in.

After the hotel and construction industry, beauty

To provide education to all children in the state, irrespective of their physical and mental health, the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan has implemented a new programme for differently-able children.

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While the Local Self Government Department has asked the city corporation to pay arrears of water charges due to the Kerala Water Authority, the tussle between the two agencies on the number of water

A major speciality hospital in the heart of the city pays just Rs 50 as annual building tax to the corporation.

The reason? It had been functioning all along with the number of a small thatched house

While the state government has set August 16 as the deadline for collecting property tax under the revised scheme, the Kochi Corporation could find it difficult to meet the deadline, given the huge ta

The local self government department’s recent order asking local bodies to immediately settle their arrears with the Kerala Water Authority (KWA), has hit the fund-starved Kochi corporation hard.

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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