Kochi: Keeping decibels in check
Last year, the sound decibels at Pallimukku and Kundanoor Junctions recorded 106 decibels, nearly double the permissible levels. KOCHI: Last year, the sound decibels at Pallimukku and Kundanoor Junctions
New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Lawyers Associaton to plant saplings
Forest Department officials inspecting the High Court premises where three huge trees were cut down on Sunday for constructing lawyers
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HC courts trouble over axing of trees
KOCHI: Greens are seeing red again. The Kerala High Court has invited the wrath of the Greens by indiscriminately felling three huge trees and a portion of the bamboo growth on the premises of the Ram Mohan Palace, a part of the old High Court building, on Sunday.
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KSMTF seeks action against clay factory
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) on Saturday demanded that the Industries Department and the Pollution Control Board should take immediate action against the Ashapura clay factory at Pallithura which is causing misery to the local people.
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Who makes a killing from the muck?
K Jayaprakash, SABARIMALA: Hold your nose. It
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Encourage regulated use of ground water
Additional Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar inaugurating the first joint annual meeting of Central Ground Water Board and Kerala State Ground Water Depart
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35,000 cancer cases reported every year
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rate of cancer occurrence in Kerala is much lower compared to Western countries, but still 35,000 cancer cases are being reported in a year in the state. Out of this, 10,000 cases are registered in the Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.
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Number of leptospirosis, malaria cases mounting
M K Sunil Kumar, KOCHI: The cases of leptospirosis (rat fever) and malaria have gone up in the district with the
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Where have all the crocodile eggs gone?
Jipson Sikhera.Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: This can happen only in Kerala. A crocodile park with zero births this millennium. This barren park is none other than the one at Neyyar, named with much hype and fanfare as the Steve Irwin Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre, after the tragic death of the famed crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin.
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HC curb on removing agricultural produce
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has restrained the Forest Department from removing the agricultural produce collected from the Thoothampara Estate which had been taken over by the government from the Poabs Group.
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HC admits plea to declare silent zones
KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday admitted a public interest writ petition filed by Dr Abraham Paul and three other officebearers of the Kochi branch of the Indian Medical Association, praying to direct the authorities to prevent noise pollution by declaring areas falling within 100 metres from hospitals, schools and courts as silent zones.