Month: July 2025

A view of Kaloor Kadavanthra road on Thursday. Ever since its commissioning in 2004, the road has been one of the most-used arterial stretches in the city, connecting Kaloor and Kadavanthra while also providing one of the most congestion-free routes between Vyttila and Kaloor. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) […]

The Ernakulam District Congress Committee (DCC) has expelled Sheeba Surom, the Congress councillor representing the Thoppumpady division, from the party. The letter issued by DCC president Mohammed Shiyas on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) cited ‘anti-party activities’ as the reason for her dismissal. Ms. Durom had been issued a notice in the past for not attending […]

Kerala State Human Rights Commission Chairperson Alexander Thomas has directed the Ernakulam District Collector to call a meeting of the District Police Chief (Kochi City), Regional Transport Officer (RTO), head of Road Safety Authority, and the Kochi Corporation secretary to take urgent steps to check over-speeding and reckless operation of private buses in the city. […]

The government has accorded administrative sanction for the food processing park initiated by the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) at Kunnukara. The park will be set up under the mini food park project of the government. Minister for Industries P. Rajeeve said in a communication on Thursday (July 31, 2025) that around 37.8 acres […]

The Kochi City police arrested three persons in two separate cases with over 25 grams of suspected MDMA on Thursday (July 31, 2025). P.M. Shameer, 49, of Palluruthy, was arrested with 22.71 grams of suspected MDMA from Vazhakkala. The police also reportedly seized ₹92,500 from him. He was found to have three other NDPS cases […]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has yet again given an opportunity to the Ernakulam District Collector to file the action taken report on the explosion that claimed two lives and injured several others at a temporary firecracker storage unit at Choorakadu, Thripunithura, on February 12, 2024. The Southern Bench of the tribunal said in its […]

Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has shifted the regular classes to online mode for five days from Friday (August 1, 2025) in view of the spike in fever cases on the main campus here. The inmates of various hostels were asked to vacate the facilities during this period. However, students belonging to outside […]

Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplany addressing a rally in Angamaly seeking justice for the two nuns who were incarcerated in Chhattisgarh. Hundreds of protestors, including priests and nuns, took out a march in Angamaly on Thursday (July 31, 2025), demanding justice for two nuns who were incarcerated in Chhattisgarh the other day on charges of illegal conversion […]

The Kerala High Court had expressed dissatisfaction at the shoddy state of arterial roads in the city. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The Kochi Corporation has allocated ₹5 lakh to each of its seven zones to repair potholed roads under its jurisdiction in the next couple of weeks, while other agencies have also been asked […]

The Idukki diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church takes out a march at Cheruthoni on Thursday in protest against the arrest of two Malayali nuns in Chhattisgarh. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Union Minister of State George Kurian on Thursday said that the mainstream Churches in the country were not carrying out any conversions and it […]