Mafia flouts rules, loots public money
Despite being surrounded by water bodies, uninterrupted water supply remains a distant dream for many of the residents who rely on water of dubious quality supplied by tanker lorries, controlled by th
Wait for 45 days to get LPG refills
The issue of LPG refill shortage has worsened across the state with the spike in demand during Easter and Vishu festivals. Adding to the crisis is the closure of the Mangalore Refinery two days ago.
Online blood bank to help faster, easier reach
Now, blood donation has been made faster and easier.
A new web portal www.indianbloodbank.com has been launched, helping patients anywhere in the country get required services within 24 hours and al
Kerala Police officer held for attack on journalist
The CBI, probing the role of some Kerala Police officials in the 2011 murderous attack on a Kollam-based senior journalist, on Monday arrested a deputy superintendent of police, the second such high r
In seventh heaven
Why isn’t Kerala anymore a major force in Indian football? Why do our venues get occupied with emptiness?
These two questions bring us to the Municipal Stadium in Kakkanad, where a Sevens Premier Le
March for water turns violent
The residents of Cheranalloor took out a protest march to the Kerala water authority (KWA) office on Friday demanding adequ-ate water supply to the area.
The march turned violent and protestors brok
Police arrest drug kingpins
Two kingpins of the state's drug mafia, Somon of Palarivattom and Razzaq of Chailikyavattom, were arrested on Friday by the Kochi special branch police and the Palarivattom police.
The arrests were
Close call between life and death
Considering the issue of death penalty in rarest of rare cases, a division bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday initiated a debate on giving harsher life term to the convicts while sparing the rop
Vishu platter in a new mould
This Vishu has something new in the market - plastic flowers to replace the traditional 'kanikonna', the golden shower flowers.
Kanikonna is an essential item on the Vishu kani platter, the offering
Rolling into success
While flipping over the pages of his lower primary school GK textbook, a child reads, ‘Hockey is our national game’. Suddenly his face lights up and he says, “I also play hockey.’’ Hearing this you ar