India to surpass US in metro connectivity soon: Union Minister KhattarUnion Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced India is poised to become the second-largest country in metro rail connectivity, surpassing th...
12 Sep, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
No more 'Sir' or 'Madam' in this Kerala panchayat office as it bans honorificsScripting history, the Mathur village panchayat in this north Kerala district has banned the colonial honorifics like 'sir' and 'madam' in ...
02 Sep, 2021, 01.40 PM IST
Bombay HC asks Centre to look at Kerala, J&K pattern for door-to-door vaccinationA division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni noted that it was unable to understand what the Centre's problem ...
11 Jun, 2021, 04.12 PM IST
LDF pitchforks young leaders into leadership roles in Kerala civic bodiesWith the CPI(M) on Sunday officially declaring that Arya Rajendran will be its choice for the civic body chief's post in Thiruvananthapuram...
28 Dec, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
Kerala Local Body Elections 2020: Left wins big in panchayats, corporations; Congress-led UDF in municipalitiesA total of 21,893 wards in 1,200 local self-governing bodies including 6 corporations, 941 village panchayats, 14 district panchayats and 8...
16 Dec, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
Kerala civic polls: Voting underway in third phase, 22,151 candidates in the frayThe day's poll time will end at 6 p.m. and like in the previous two phases, the last hour is being kept aside for the Covid patients and th...
14 Dec, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
Swachh Bharat failed to click in Delhi, UP, Punjab & Bihar: SurveyIt has also found that failure of municipal bodies to fulfil their duties, poor enforcement and lack of civic sense among citizens are the ...
06 Oct, 2016, 05.13 PM IST
After 'She Auto', Kochi will soon have 'She Shops'She shops will serve food cooked in hygienic conditions from a centralised kitchen. This would be supplied by women in electric autoricksha...
05 Mar, 2016, 10.50 AM IST
BJP takes control of Palakkad municipality, a first for party in KeralaBJP's Prameela Sashidharan was elected chairperson of the municipality as she defeated UDF candidate Priya in the election that was held fo...
19 Nov, 2015, 03.10 AM IST
- Thiruvananthapuram corporation ropes in private firms for plastic, e-waste management
The health wing of city corporation, in a clear move to distance itself from Clean Kerala Company, has engaged two private parties for coll...
27 Oct, 2015, 02.04 PM IST
Heritage trees to get 'health-card' in KeralaIn an ambitious project to protect grand old trees in public places, the Kerala Forest Research Institute has come out with a proposal to m...
11 Oct, 2014, 10.30 PM IST
Kerala all set to become plastic-freePlastic waste across the state would be handed over to the 'Clean Kerala Company,' an initiative of the state government, for recycling.
30 Sep, 2014, 02.26 PM IST
Kerala civic body to provide lunch, breakfast at Rs 10Volunteers of the state's poverty eradication mission "Kudumbasree" will be roped in for cooking and serving food at the hotel.
20 Jul, 2014, 02.21 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi to step up grass root-level consultation in CongressCongress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said he would do his best to put into operation this principle in his party.
16 Apr, 2013, 04.45 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi in Kerala to learn about panchayath rajCongress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi arrived here today to learn about Kerala's experience in panchayath raj system.
16 Apr, 2013, 12.09 PM IST
- Voting for civic bodies begins in Kerala
Voting for the first phase of local body elections covering seven of the 14 districts in Kerala began today.
23 Oct, 2010, 10.12 AM IST
- LDF Govt to seek World Bank loan for local bodies
LDF in Kerala has asked the state government to explore possibilities of availing low-rate World Bank loan for projects to be implemented b...
10 Nov, 2007, 10.00 PM IST