Yet another tussle appears to be brewing within the Malayalam film industry over ownership of music rights, which has become a lucrative source of revenue in the digital era. The Kerala Film Producersā Association (KFPA) is set to cease collaborating with music composers who seek rights for film albums. The producersā association is currently drafting…
File photo of search operations after a massive landslide at Mundakkai village in Wayanad. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala Revenue Minister K. Rajan on Saturday (February 15, 2025) said that the loan of ā¹529.50 crore sanctioned by the Centre for Wayanad rehabilitation carries conditions which were “scary” and a “cruel joke”. The Minister said…
College of Nursing at the Government Medical College, Kottayam. | Photo Credit: gcnkottayam.org Even as the police concluded inspections related to the ragging incident at the Government College of Nursing in Kottayam, Kerala, more cases of harassment have surfaced from the institution. Officials revealed that four additional junior students came forward with complaints of ragging…
Teams comprising officials from the Tourism and Ports departments and the Tourism police have launched checks on houseboats in Alappuzha to prevent the dumping of plastic into Vembanad Lake. The inspections are part of the Vembanad Lake rejuvenation project, an initiative of the Alappuzha district administration to rejuvenate and conserve the lake, a Ramsar site…
District Collector N.S.K. Umesh has proposed that the National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) ready a transport master plan for Ernakulam for 2035 with the cooperation of all stakeholders in order to decongest the city and its immediate suburbs. Inaugurating a stakeholdersā meeting organised by NATPAC here on Wednesday to address transportation issues and…
If ever an installation was to epitomise the fury of a man cheated of his lifeās savings, then the one in the parking lot 72 in Tower B of Chander Kunj Army Towers on Silversand Island, Vytilla, Kochi, would come close. On the floor, spread out like a floral carpet are concrete flakes of different…
Kerala has received an additional ā¹124.25 crore under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, Minister for Local Self-Government M.B. Rajesh said here on Thursday (February 13, 2025). The amount was sanctioned for the State as a special incentive for capital investment. Kerala received the incentive as a recognition for the excellent…
Days after the discovery of a couple of Hindu idols from a piece of land owned by the Pala diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church, efforts are under way to resolve the matter amicably. The remains, believed to be of an old temple, including idols of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathy, were unearthed recently while preparing…
Kerala Education Minister R Bindu | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah The State government has sought politically bipartisan support to mobilise public opinion against the Central governmentās āanti-federal and authoritarianā draft University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations.Ā Replying to questions in the Assembly on Thursday, Higher Education Minister R. Bindu said the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government…
CPI(M) Kozhikode district secretary M. Mehboob at a āmeet-the-pressā event organised by the Calicut Press Club in Kozhikode on Wednesday (February 12). | Photo Credit: K. RAGESH Newly elected CPI(M) Kozhikode district secretary M. Mehboob has said that a development master plan will be devised for Kozhikode city in consultation with experts in various fields….
