UDFs big projects turn pipe dreams
While the Oommen Chandy government may have implemented a series of people’s welfare measures, many grand schemes announced in November last year as part of the ambitious one-year programme still rema
Kerala heading towards zero-population growth rate
Kerala is heading for a significant phase in its demographic transition with the state moving towards achieving zero population growth rate, which will result in an increase in scarcity of labour.
India charges Italian marines with murder
Indian police on Friday formally charged two Italian marines with murder after two fishermen were shot dead off the southwestern coast.
The charges came as Italy's foreign ministry said it was recall
UDF final Cabinet talks today
The Congress and its allies will wrap up their Cabinet berth discussions here on Tuesday, ahead of the swearing-in of the chief minister and ministers on May 18.
It was on May 18 five years ago that CPI(M) veteran V.S. Achuthanandan was sworn in as the chief minister. The baton was passed on to him by Mr Oommen Chandy, who was in office for less than two years.
IMA justifies mass C-section
The Indian Medical Association on Tuesday justified the mass caesarean sections that took place at the Cherthala taluk hospital and said they were done for the welfare of patients.
The IMA state pres