GCDA plans face-lift
In a major policy change, the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) will focus on infrastructural development works of the rapidly growing city rather than taking up real estate and housing proj
HC orders status quo at Aluva Manappuram
Kerala High Court has asked Aluva municipality to maintain status quo on its decision to grant permission to a private football club for the construction of a stadium at the Sivarathri Manappuram.
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Caste census to go hi-tech
The Socio-Economic and Caste Census to be conducted from April 10 will be a paperless hi-tech affair for the first time, with the Union government sanctioning 20,000 tablet PCs to record the details c
Goods train yard to get shunted out !
The state often finds itself at the losing end every time the railway budget is announced as it gets only peanuts in terms of new services or infrastructure development projects.
And now, as if to r
Killer tusker ill-treated
Megharjunan, the elephant that killed a mahout at the Koodalmanikya temple
festival in Irinjalakkuda collapsed on Friday night due to ill-treatment by the devaswom.
Mahout Devadas 33, was killed by t
Cochin airport to go for initial public offering
Cochin International Airport Ltd, the country’s first public-private-partnership (PPP) airport, is all set to go for its maiden public issue with the meeting of the board of directors (BoD) approving
KJ Yesudas aka Dasappan strikes a chord of memory
He may be Dasettan or Ganagandharvan to the world of glitzy music reality shows. But when he reached his hometown, Adhikarivalappu in Fort Kochi on Saturday, he became the old Dasappan who rose to fam
Will not be VC under UDF mercy, says Rajan Gurukkal
The Mahatma Gandhi University vice-chancellor, Dr Rajan Gurukkal, who is facing protests and allegations from the UDF members of the syndicate and senate, made it clear on Saturday, that he will not r
Modernisation to take off soon
The Kochi corporation on Friday passed its annual budget for 2012-2013, raising the division fund for councillors by Rs 10 lakh to Rs 40 lakh. The budget envisages an income of Rs 757.74 crore and ex
Toll hike will make life difficult
It will cost you around Rs 100 to travel to Thrissur or Guruvayoor from Alappuzha by bus and the amount will be much lesser by train.
But a drive in one’s own vehicle can leave a hole in the pocket