A 90-year-old solo woman traveller’s tryst with Kerala

A 90-year-old solo woman traveller’s tryst with Kerala

Kerala is second home for 90-year-old UK citizen Daphne Clara Richards, a solo woman traveller who arrived in Kochi on Tuesday on her 31 st visit. A hard-core lover of the State and its people, she has been spending over a month each year in the State since 2002, residing mostly at a popular resort […]

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Kerala Tourism’s culinary contest winners get a taste of Onam

Kerala Tourism’s culinary contest winners get a taste of Onam

Ten winners of Kerala Tourism’s culinary contest 2020-21 are currently on a week’s family trip across the State’s northern and central regions, enjoying the scenic beauty and local legends besides relishing a lavish feast on Thursday as part of Onam celebrations. The visitors, five of them from abroad, enjoyed the taste of varied local dishes served […]

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Top Kerala news developments today

Top Kerala news developments today

Here are the important developments from Kerala to watch out for today: 1. Opposition to move adjournment motion in the Assembly on the growing narcotics and drug abuse in Kerala. 2. Discussion on Kerala LSG Common Service Bill, Kerala Industrial Single window clearance Boards and Industrial Township Area Development (Amendment) Bill and Kerala Public Enterprises […]

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Trains delayed, re-routed due to waterlogging in Ernakulam

Trains delayed, re-routed due to waterlogging in Ernakulam

Over a dozen trains through Ernakulam were partially cancelled, diverted, or detained en route on Tuesday due to waterlogging in tracks following intense rainfall affecting signal systems at Ernakulam Junction and Ernakulam Town railway stations. This was necessitated since the Ernakulam Junction station and the track from Ernakulam Town to D-cabin on the Thripunithura route […]

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BJP to accord reception to Prime Minister in Kochi

BJP to accord reception to Prime Minister in Kochi

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers will accord a reception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery on September 1. Mr. Modi is visiting the State to commission the first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, at the Cochin Shipyard on September 2. A release issued by the district BJP unit said […]

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Video on Sabari coconut oil fake, says Supplyco

Video on Sabari coconut oil fake, says Supplyco

A preliminary inquiry by the Vigilance wing of the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) has found that a video alleging presence of paraffin or mineral oil in its Sabari coconut oil is “fake”. The video has been widely shared in social media platforms, including WhatsApp. A female voice is heard alleging that the packet of […]

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K.K. Balan is CPI Kozhikode district secretary

K.K. Balan is CPI Kozhikode district secretary

K.K. Balan has been chosen as the new Kozhikode district secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) at its three-day conference at Feroke, which concluded on Wednesday. He replaced T.V. Balan, who has been holding the post for around a decade. The conference also elected a 39-member district council. Mr. Balan, a native of […]

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Video on Sabari coconut oil fake, says Supplyco

Action sought against felling of rosewood trees on revenue land in Wayanad

Environmental organisations have urged the government to take legal action against those involved in the felling of rosewood trees on a Revenue land at Krishnagiri in Wayanad district. Wayanad Prakruthi Samrakshana Samiti president N. Badusha told the media that 13 gigantic rosewood trees had been axed at Malamthottam near Krishnagiri after illegally obtaining permit from […]

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Video on Sabari coconut oil fake, says Supplyco

12-hour duty: KSRTC management, unions stick to their guns

The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) management says that there is no alternative but to introduce 12-hour duty for bus crew, since over 1,300 buses are idling for want of drivers, even as most trade unions have vehemently opposed this and termed it as impractical. “The sole alternative would be to wind up the […]

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