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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Interest-free loan for paddy farmers okayed
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The working group on food security, which met here the other day, approved various components of food security scheme, including an interestfree loan of Rs 1 crore for the paddy farmers of Kottayam, Palakkad, Alappuzha and Thrissur.
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New high yield rice seed variety developed
Athul Lal A G THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Agricultural University has come out with `Vaisakh
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Court bans river sand mining in Idukki
KOCHI: The High Court on Thursday issued an order banning the mining of river sand in Idukki district. Disposing off a petition filed by the Upputhara grama panchayat authorities against unauthorised sand mining, Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan said that neither the State Government nor the district collector had issued any guideline for sand mining in Idukki.
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Organic food gaining popularity: Tharoor
PALAKKAD: People are becoming more conscious about the food they eat, in particular rice, and are insisting on food which are nutritious and organically cultivated, said Union Minister Shashi Tharoor.
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Scientists call Tamil Nadus bluff
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While the Tamil Nadu Government has pooh-poohed the IIT Roorkee
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Waiting for the final nod
KOCHI: The declaration made by Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy has given a new lease of life to the Kochi Metro Rail project. With the Minister saying that procedures for the final nod would start soon, all eyes are now on the Finance Commission.
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From a clean city..To a garbage mess
KOCHI: It seems that the awareness campaigns launched by the Kochi Corporation and the Ernakulam District Resident
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Forest Dept to join hands with Bihar
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala and Bihar Forest Departments have decided to join hands to prevent the inter-state smuggling of elephants. During the last many years, the elephant mafia in the State had been sourcing their elephants from the Sonepur Animal Fair held in Bihar during the first week of November.
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TN should allow new dam
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Wednesday asked Tamil Nadu to agree to its demand for a new dam at Mullaperiyar as the present one had outlived its life. Achuthanandan said that a recent study conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Roorkee had found that the dam would collapse if an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale occurred.
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Waste treatment plant still a distant dream
ALAPPUZHA: Setting up of a scientific waste treatment plant in Alappuzha is a long-standing demand of the people here and the candidates for the Lok Sabha, Assembly and local self-government polls have never fallen behind in showering promises to solve the garbage menace in the town.