Lease of land to jeweller illegal: HC
The Kerala High Court on Monday upheld a government order cancelling the lease agreement with the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce over a piece of land on M.G.Road in Kochi.
Justice C.T. Ravikumar pas
Unsubsidised LPG to cost over Rs 900 now
The price of LPG per cylinder without subsidy for domestic use has been raised to over Rs 900, from a proposed price of Rs.789 earlier.
The price is applicable to LPG outside the subsidized quota of
14 years of Kudumbasree: Mission well accomplished
As Kudumbasree celebrates its 14th anniversary in Kochi, Deccan Chronicle takes a look at the social revolution brought by it. The Centre now wants to replicate it across the country.
Kerala tribal w
NRI deposits touch Rs 58,000 crore in Kerala
A whopping Rs 58,000 crore is lying with banks in the state by way of deposits from non-resident Indians. This is a record high, and as bankers say, the figure could be still higher when the accounts
Travel Mart ends with a vow to keep tourist destinations clean
The 7th edition of Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) came to a close on Sunday with a resolution to make nine important tourist destinations in the state clean in a year. It also identified hartals as the bane
Row over Metro implementation
Even as doubts persist over the ‘consultant’ Delhi Metro Rail Corporation taking up the Kochi Metro main works, top DMRC officials said the agency was carrying out the project on a turnkey basis and t
CBSE honcho on crusade against Dyslexia
When her daughter was diagnosed with the developmental reading disability, a top CBSE official paused for a moment. She decided it was time she not only took care of her child but also reached out to
CBSE, Kerala spar over salary of staff
Another rift is on the cards between CBSE schools and state with Kerala CBSE School Management Asso-ciation (KCSMA) openly rejecting the state demand to pay the faculty at par with that of government
Many areas reel under drinking water scarcity
Low rainfall has led to drinking water scarcity in many parts of the city. The administration should immediately start projects to remedy this situation, said the District Council meet on Saturday.
Normal supply of LPG in a week
As the city reels under a severe LPG cylinder crunch, district collector P.I. Sheikh Pareeth on Saturday said that cylinder distribution will be normal in a week.
Mr Pareeth said this after emerging