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Onam festive rush triggers surge in flower prices in Keralam
Merchants say that acute water scarcity and adverse weather in key cultivation hubs across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh have severely pinched supply lines, pushing retail rates past last year’s figures
Shadow of price rise looms over Onam Pookkalam
Vendors believe business may improve once educational institutions close and people fully enter the Onam mood
MVD cracks down on illegal taxis, slaps penalty of ₹1.47 lakh in Keralam’s Kochi
A total of four squads deployed in Angamaly, Aluva, Perumbavoor, and Kalady to book such vehicles operating without taxi permit and for other traffic violations
SIET to organise short film fete for students in Keralam
High school, higher secondary, and vocational higher secondary students will take part in fete aimed at creating awareness of Home department’s anti-drug drive Operation Toofan.
Commercial films, serials cannot be shot in wildlife sanctuaries: Kerala High Court
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KSHEC moots overhaul of academic calendar preparation for UG programmes
Preparation of academic calendar for four years among significant proposals presented at Vice-Chancellors’ Conclave organised by the council.
K-TET: government to seek legal opinion on filing curative petition in SC
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Trial of Sriram Venkitaraman in death of journalist to be deferred
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State to lease 18.16 acres at Ramanthuruth to Cochin Shipyard
Cochin Shipyard has agreed to invest ₹5,000 crore in the ship block building project, says Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan; project expected to boost the State’s shipbuilding sector and generate additional indirect employment
Keralam CM dismisses reports about irregularities in distribution of free Onam kits
Says kit distribution is going smoothly and that 75,885 ration cardholders have already received their kits
Vice-President to be chief guest at Onam week celebrations this year
The event, to be organised extensively at 35 venues in the capital city from August 24 to 30, will be formally opened by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on August 24, informed Tourism, Culture and Cinema Minister P.C. Vishnunadh here on Tuesday
Corporation drive to crack down on illegal constructions
Mayor V.V.Rajesh said on Tuesday that those who have carried out illegal constructions should remove it themselves, failing which the civic body will demolish the constructions and make the owner pay for the cost of demolition
Cashew import scam: High Court allows pleas against reconsideration of prosecution sanction
Division Bench finds merit in former KSCDC officials’ contention that they were not given an opportunity to be heard before sanction was ordered to be reconsidered
Assembly ruckus case: Kerala High Court quashes complaint against former Congress MLA A.T. George
The court dismisses a plea by LDF leaders to quash the cases registered against them in connection with Assembly ruckus
EXIM operations to serve India’s aspirations for self-reliance, global competitiveness, maritime leadership: Ashwani Gupta
He said the Vizhinjam port’s purpose extends beyond cargo movement, serving India’s aspirations for self-reliance, global competitiveness and maritime leadership.
Jaleel warns PWD Minister Basheer of losing ministerial berth
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Ensure proper road connectivity in tribal areas: KSHRC
KSHRC Chairperson Justice Alexander Thomas ordered immediate administrative clearance for the ₹9.25-crore project sanctioned under the Idukki package to reconstruct the Chilanthiyar–Ullavayal road near Vattavada, which was destroyed by flash floods in 2024