Isolated cases of rat fever reported in district
Despite the monsoon making a late surge by the end of August, there has been no major outbreak of epidemics in Ernakulam district while fever cases too had come down compared to June and July.
Howev
Cooking gas shortage looms over state
An LPG shortage looms large over Kerala following interruption in bulk LPG transport from the Mangalore refinery to the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) bottling plants in the state, in the wake of the Ch
District hospitals short of nurses
A crisis seems to be looming large in the government health sector with the sudden shortage of staff nurses in government hospitals in the district.
Many of the temporary staff who were posted in th
More victims in Paravoor case
The Paravoor police probing the case in which a 22-year-old girl was trapped and molested by a blackmailing gang, suspects that more girls might have fallen victim to the machinations of the culprits.
Action plan to tackle impact of climate change
The city will soon have an action plan and adaptation strategy to surmount the impact of climate change.
Kochi is among the four cities, besides, Madurai, Howrah and Vishakhapatnam, that have been s
Centre’s grand idea turns travellers’ nightmare
The Union government’s standing instruction that all new roads constructed by filling more than one metre height should be surfaced with only thin chipping carpet has resul-ted in a bumpy ride for the
Boost for road projects
Boosting the prospects of road development in the state and especially in the cities, the World Bank has expressed willingness to provide more assistance to road projects.
In a meeting attended by t
First Haemophilia treatment centre
The state’s first Haemophilia Treatment Centre has been sanctioned at the Ernakulam District Hospital in Aluva.
The centre, which aims to offer comprehensive treatment for heamophilia, is being set u
A torchbearer of state’s social development
When the government of India thought of establishing a southern naval command in Kochi after Independence and was looking for land, the then Varapuzha Archbishop Dr Joseph Attipetty took a stand that
Taking on top teams
Universal Soccer School under-15 team is all set to confront the best football academies in the country during the Himachal Pradesh Football Festival from September 6 to 9. The team has left Kozhikod