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MCA prof. jumps from bridge, dies

A senior professor at a technology institute here committed suicide by jumping from the Goshree Bridge at 2.30pm on Sunday. He was Praveen Sivadas, 38, head of MCA department at the Federal Institute

New walkway on a fast lane

The second phase of the walkway under construction at Marine Drive will be opened on December 20.

The work on the 700-m long new walkway stretching up to the Goshree Bridge is nearing completion, sa

Prepaid counters for autos vanish

The system of hiring pre-paid autos seems to have gone haywire, going by what’s happening in the city these days.

While commuters have been quite comfortable with this facility, the ground reality i

Speed breaker leads to more accidents

Despite the rising number of accidents caused by the unscientifically built hump on the Infopark-Kakkanad Road near Surabhi Nagar, the public works department is yet to take any remedial action.

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Naval officer shoots self

A trainee officer of the Indian Navy died after he allegedly shot himself at INS Dronacharya in Fort Kochi on Sunday morning. The dead was as Sub Lieutenant Arun Kumar, 27, of Peringalathur in Chenna

German artist’s take on Hortus Malabaricus

Hendrik van Rheede, the Dutch Malabar Governor between 1678 and 1693, must have been in residence at what is now the David Hall, when ‘Hortus Malabaricus,’ the treatise on the medicinal properties of

China war veteran wants to dump 1962 memories

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It was on 50 years ago this day that China surprised India by unleashing its Peoples Liberation Army on Ladakh and the then North East Frontier Agency (now Arunachal Pradesh).

Many in India would li

A model road for Kochi women soon

In an effort to make the Kochi safe for women, the corporation has decided to develop a road as a model one for their safety. The novel initiative is to showcase a road which provides maximum security

No role in the controversy, says Corporation Bank CMD

orporation Bank today said it had not extended overdraft facility of Rs 7.94 crore to a company owned by Robert Vadra and has no role in the raging controversy over his land deal with realty major DLF.

We were portrayed as terrorists: Passengers of Abu Dhabi-Kochi flight

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It was a harrowing 12 hours for passengers of the Air India Express (AIE) flight from Abu Dhabi to Kochi . Having been diverted to Thiruvananthapuram owing to fog early Friday morning, the passengers

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