The Supreme Court on January 18 restrained all the state governments and Union Territories from granting permission for erecting statues or construction of any structure at public places which obstructs traffic movement. However, the apex court said that this order would not apply for installation of structures like street lights which facilitate smooth traffic movement. ...
01:59 PM, Jan 18, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The City Corporation, shedding all decorum, has lashed out at the State Government for remaining indifferent to the plight of the city, now almost drowned in garbage. Not only did the Corporation officials boycott a meeting called by Urban Affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhy Ali on Monday to discuss landfilling of garbage, in a press meet later in the day announced that they would move the Court against the Government stand....
11:46 AM, May 15, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress-led UDF Government in Kerala on Monday raised the retirement age of state government employees to 56 years from the existing 55. Finance Minister KM Mani made the announcement in this regard while presenting the state Budget for the current fiscal. The announcement, however, sparked protests from opposition LDF members who alleged that the proposal had already appeared in a section of the press, amounting to leak of...
11:12 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala government on Monday opposed release of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, detained in Kochi after two Italian marines on board allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on March 15, saying it could not be permitted to leave as investigations were on. The submission in this regard was made in the Kerala High Court by senior government pleader on a petition by Dolfin Tankers Ltd,...
07:28 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government was mulling a new legislation to deal with the wages and other allowances of nurses and other paramedical staff working in private hospitals in the state. This was stated by Minister for Labour Shibu Baby John in the Assembly on Monday while replying to a submission which highlighted the plight and working conditions of nurses in private hospitals. The government would not allow any private hospital to...
02:26 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram Dora, the widow of fisherman Gelastine who was killed by Italian securitymen last week, will be given a government job, the Kerala cabinet decided on Wednesday. Indian fishermen Gelastine, 45, and Ajesh Binki, 25, were allegedly mistaken for pirates and shot dead on Feb 15 by Italian marines aboard an Italian cargo vessel, off Alappuzha. While Gelastine hails from Kerala, Binki is from Tamil Nadu. Dora, who hails from...
12:34 PM, Feb 22, 2012
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to pay Kerala Water Authority's outstanding electricity charges to the tune of Rs 250 crore to the Electricity Board and then proceed against the authority. Passing orders on a petition by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) seeking a direction to the KWA to clear the dues, a division bench comprising Justice CN Ramachandran Nair and Babu Mathew P Joseph...
07:37 AM, Feb 02, 2012
Cochin: Kerala pollution control board orders for the closure of HIL factory in Cochin manufacturing Endosulfan citing violations. The step has been taken even as a petition was filed by CPI-M's youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) in the Supreme Court seeking overall ban on the use of Endosulfan. In its petition, DYFI has sought a direction to the Centre to prohibit the sale of Endosulfan in its...
03:13 PM, May 10, 2011
He was recommended for Padma Shri by the Government of Maharashtra. ...
03:47 PM, Jan 31, 2010
The government would present each of them a gold medal. ...
08:12 AM, Feb 25, 2009
