Kerala Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Kerala Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran has announced that the tiger responsible for the death of a tribal woman at Pancharakolly in Wayanad on Friday (January 24, 2025) morning will be shot and killed if attempts to capture it fails. The Chief Wildlife Warden is expected…
All 17 wards of Kuttampuzha remain vulnerable to wildlife invasion. (image for representation) | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH K As elephants on the run and the worsening wildlife-human conflict continue to make headlines in Kerala, farmers in the predominantly tribal Kuttampuzha panchayat near Kothamangalam along the eastern suburbs of the Ernakulam district rue how the…
The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA) and the Ernakulam district administration to complete the construction of the 350-metre access road of the Moolampilly-Pizhala bridge by March 31. SHRC Chairman Alexander Thomas further directed the GIDA secretary and the District Collector to submit a report on the same. The…
The opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has alleged that mounds of waste have reappeared at the Kochi Corporationâs solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram. After visiting Brahmapuram on Thursday, UDF councillors led by Antony Kureethara and UDF parliamentary party secretary M.G. Aristotle said the situation at the plant flew in the face of the civic…
Archbishop Joseph Pamplany, recently appointed the metropolitan vicar of the Major Archbishop of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malalbar Church, must win the confidence of the archdiocese and publicly declare that lay people and priests in the archdiocese are part of the Church, according to Alamaya Munnettam, a lay group. In an appeal to the…
Keerthana V.V. of Government Arts and Science College performing Kuchipudi (female category). | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN MES Mampad College, Mampad, was in the lead with 156 points when competitions became intense at the Calicut University C Zone arts festival at EMEA College of Arts and Science at Kondotty on Wednesday. Students of EMEA College, Kondotty,…
The car that caught fire on the Cusat campus on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A car parked near the School of Management Studies on the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) campus burst into flames around 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday. The car was completely gutted. Fire and rescue services personnel said the…
 KOLLAM: SRC Community College under State Resource Centre has invited applications for its certificate course in Community Development. Qualification required is Class 10 and classes will be conducted on holidays. The applications can be submitted online and the deadline is January 31. The district study centre is Bluebell Skill Academy, Nedumbayikkulam. For more details, visit…
The issue comes up in the Kerala Assembly on a day a section of employeesâ and teachersâ organisations are striking work in Kerala in protest against the âcontinued denialâ of pay revision, dearness allowance, leave surrender and other benefits. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) walked out of the…
The Kochi zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth âš10.98 crore of various individuals in the Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank fraud case. The assets have been attached under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The attached assets include a movable property and 24 immovable properties consisting…
