Skyrocketing prices make vegetables bitter
Vegetable prices in the district have sky-rocketed during the last three weeks following erratic arrivals from Tamil Nadu, say tra-ders in the Ernakulam vegetable market.
“In key vegetable markets in
Bridges turn death traps after dusk
Driving across the Thevara bridges in the evening is no more an easy task. It has nothing to do with the terrific traffic or the like and everything to do with the streetlights.
The 20-odd lights on
Agri blues! Time to go green
The only way to address the agrarian problem in a debt-ridden state where land is scarce, is through the promotion of hi-tech farming.
Innovative farming concepts like green house cultivation are th
K.M. Mani’s hi-tech recommendations
The finance minister K.M. Mani’s heavy dose of technology in his budget for the revival of the agricultural sector is a welcome step, say hi-tech farmers.
In his budget, Mani recommended promoting h
Aluva corporation refuses to give government aid
While the state government has finally sanctioned Rs 40 lakh for the temporary bridge at Aluva Manalpuram , the Aluva Municipality is now refusing to hand over the amount to the temple advisory commi
‘Caste’ allegation against MGU VC
A controversy is brewing in the Mahatma Gandhi University with a student alleging that the vice chancellor had abused him by calling him his caste name and lodging a complaint in this regard with the
Kochi boys win KVPY scholarship
Sivaprasad S., a plus one student of Bhavana’s Varuna Vidyalaya, Thrikkakara, and Gautham Krishnan, a resident of Edapally and plus one student of MIRS, Chennai, have won the prestigious scholarship ‘
Anoop’s margin a sonstroke on LDF
The nine-month-old Oommen Chandy government on Wednesday won a resounding mandate in Piravom by-election as voters elected the ruling UDF candidate, Anoop Jacob, by a margin of 12,070 votes in a conte
Titanic margin sinks rival parties
The victory for the ruling AIADMK in Sankarankoil, as its leader J. Jayalalithaa pointed out at a Chennai function Wednesday, has not come as a surprise.
But the titanic margin of 68,000-odd votes w
LDF lost fresh votes, says Jayarajan
The defeat of LDF candidate MJ Jacob by a huge margin of over 12,000 votes has left the Opposition camp surprised and embarrassed.
E P Jayarajan, MLA from Mattannur in Kannur, led the campaign for t