Enrica Lexie: Experts differ on Centre’s stand
The additional solicitor-general, Mr Harin Raval’s controversial stand that Kerala had no jurisdiction to try the marines on the Italian vessel Enrica Lexie came as a shocker to the State’s legal frat
Fresh tax for buildings
In a pioneering effort, the city corporation has initiated steps to implement the new revised property tax structure in the city.
Though the local self government department had issued the revision
Rlys to recruit staff, station masters get relief
Faced by the ire of station masters who complained against the move to thrust reservation works at wayside stations to them, southern railways has “agreed” to deploy reservation clerks and also expedi
Peeping man shoots woman
A 75-year-old man, alleged to be a peeping Tom, attempted to kill his neighbor, a woman, by firing a bullet at her face in broad daylight on a street in Kumbalangi, near Palluruthy in Kochi, on Friday
It’s athletics this time
Summer sports camps are aplenty during the vacation period. But apart from the usual team sports, two athletes and a coach in Kozhikode have joined hands to churn out something different to the kids –
Hopes rise over cleaner Periyar
The river monitoring station at Eloor, the first of its kind in the state, initiated by the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) will be commissioned in a month’s time.
It was in 2000 that the PCB ass
Police nabs fake food inspector
The Kochi city police on Saturday arrested a fake food inspector, a native of Andhra Pradesh, from Vyttila, for travelling in a car with beacon light and an official nameplate.
A red board with the
Fate of water project undecided
The meeting convened by water resources minister P.J. Joseph on Saturday, to resolve the issues relating to the proposed Piravom drinking water project, failed to take a final decision.
The minister
Water tanker stir withdrawn
Owners of drinking water tanker lorries called off their strike on Thursday, following talks with district collector P.I. Sheikh Pareeth.
During the meeting, permission was granted to the tankers fo
Police denies treatment; tipper driver dies
A tipper truck driver, who was taken into custody by the traffic police for drunk-driving, collapsed and died at a private hospital at Edappally, on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Santhosh,