HC allows Italian vessel to leave
The Kerala high court on Thursday ordered release of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, detained off Kochi port for over a month in connection with the gunning down of two Indian fishermen allegedly by Marines aboard the vessel.
Graduates livid over RCI move
The decision of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) to introduce a three-month diploma in hearing aid dispensing has invited strong protests from bachelors’ and masters degree holders in the fie
Fishermen killing: Government fails to defend case
With the Kerala High Court permitting the Italian vessel to sail out of the Kochi port, legal experts point out to the failure on the part of the state in defending the case.
Experts hinted at the de
Keralite girds up sails to circle the globe
If an ambitious plan by the Indian navy goes according to plan, a Keralite will become the second Indian to solo circumnavigate and that too in the same naval sailing ship that Commander Dilip Donde d
District budget eyewash
The Ernakulam district panchayat presented a rather eye-washing budget for 2012-13 on Thursday, laying little thrust on problems like waste management and water supply.
The district panchayat also a
Councillors trade barbs over budget
The first day of the corporation’s budget talks was marked by the absence of any healthy discussion. It was dominated mostly by politics and non-civic issues.
The council meeting also witnessed upro
CUSAT to start four research centres
The Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) will start four research centres in different areas and will elevate the engineering centre at the varsity to a research centre.
This was anno
Revenue too low to allow halts: Railways
Even as the Tripunithura railway station’s wait for a central nod for stops for at least two trains continues, the railway ministry’s statement that the revenue generated by the station is too little
Talks on with church factions
The government which received flak for the lathi charge on the faithful participating in a funeral at St Mary’s Church, Pazhamthottam near here, on March 17, launched a fresh initiative on Wednesday t
CIAL repays HUDCO dues
The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) has repaid outstanding dues totalling Rs 100 crore in cash and shares to the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO), as per the recent out of