Thiruvananthapuram: The proposed Rs.5,000 crore Smart City Kochi mega IT project will be ready on time, a top official said on Monday. Speaking to reporters here, Baju George, managing director of Smart City Kochi, said the entire project would be ready in five-and-half years' time. "The first phase of the building would be ready in 20 months once the construction starts shortly. In the brief period that we have been...
03:11 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Kochi: A rude shock awaited passengers of an Alliance Air flight when they found the pilot had landed at Kochi though they were told they had reached their destination Kozhikode. The Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode-Kochi-Agatti flight with 23 passengers landed at Kochi at 10.30 AM on Monday without proceeding to Kozhikode as the crew was likely to cross the Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) if it was operated on schedule, Air India sources...
04:30 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan on Thursday confirmed that he will be part of the proposed Rs 5,000 crore Kochi Metro, and said he would be able to finish the project in three years. Sreedharan said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy wants him to finish the project in three years. "When I said I can do it in three-and-half years, he wanted it to be done in three years,...
03:56 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Kochi: The new VHP leadership aims at Hindu empowerment at micro and macro levels, said the newly elected VHP international working president Praveen Togadia on Monday. Togadia said the organisation will focus on Hindu empowerment in village, district, state levels and wider national issues. He said that both Kerala and Tamil Nadu should resolve the Mullaperiyar dam dispute through dialogue as acts of violence will destroy the country. "Leaders of...
11:49 AM, Dec 20, 2011
Kochi: Police arrested several protestors who attempted to disrupt drainage covering work done by a house owner in front of the St Francis Church in Kathrikadavu on Monday. Around 50 protesters were arrested and taken to the Central Police Station. Later, the work was carried out under the police surveillance. According to Circle Inspector B Rajan, the house owner has a favourable verdict from the High Court and protesters have...
11:32 AM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan, who demits office on December 31, will not head the proposed Kochi Metro Rail project, contrary to speculation in his home state of Kerala that he has been chosen for the job. The Congress Government in Kerala has been very keen on using the services of Sreedharan, who revolutionised the way Delhi travels through Metro, for building a similar new agetransport system in...
01:47 AM, Dec 11, 2011
New Delhi: Protests broke out near Kochi on Sunday, after a minister's car allegedly mowed down three people, two of whom died on the spot. The protestors blocked the national highway in protest. Locals alleged that the minister's car was overspeeding. The incident occurred when state Rural Development Minister KC Joseph was on his way to the Nedumbasserry airport on Sunday night. "It was a straight road. We couldn't anticipate...
08:25 AM, Nov 21, 2011
KOCHI: The Kochi Metro Rail will be operated using the most modern Korean technology - Maglev, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chairman E Sreedharan has said. He was briefing the media after meeting Union Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies K V Thomas in New Delhi on Wednesday. Maglev (the shortened word for magnetic levitation) trains will float over a guideway using the basic principles of magnets to...
08:50 AM, Nov 17, 2011
Kochi: With global demand for organic aquaculture products increasing at a rate of about 10-15 per cent a year, the Marine Products Export Development Authority proposes to actively promote the sector in suitable areas in the country. "India has vast natural resources, which offer excellent potential for development of organic aquaculture," MPEDA Chairperson Leena Nair said. Nair said global demand for organic feed is increasing and is estimated at around...
01:50 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Kochi: The Kochi city police has come down heavily against the press reports on the new NCRB statistics. The latest NCRB data shows that Kochi city has the highest incidence of crime in the country. Stating that the data was 'misleading', Kochi City Police Commissioner M R Ajith Kumar has come up with a statement attributing the high incidence of crime to a rise in the reportage of minor crimes...
08:35 AM, Nov 01, 2011
Kochi: A bullet proof vehicle, which brought senior BJP leader LK Advani and his daughter Pratibha Advani to the Nedumabassery airport on Sunday evening from their hotel in Kochi for their onward journey to Bangalore, was found to have leaked fuel. Advani, who had completed the Kerala leg of his 'Jan Chethana Yatra' in Kochi by addressing a public meeting at the Marine Drive grounds on Saturday night, was brought...
10:31 PM, Oct 30, 2011
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition of Leader of Opposition VS Achuthanandan for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into what has come to be known as the Kozhikode ice cream parlour sex case, involving state minister PK Kunhalikutty. The court had earlier this month asked Kerala Police to submit its case diary and investigation report in the sex scandal that dates back to the...
11:50 AM, Sep 27, 2011
Kochi: The Durbar Hall Ground in the heart of the city will get a facelift soon. The works to renovate the ground will begin after Onam. Out of the Rs 1.35 crore that has been sanctioned for the work, Rs 68 lakh will be sanctioned next week. "The Durbar Hall Ground will be raised to international standards," said Tourism Minister AP Anil Kumar during his visit to the ground. The...
02:11 AM, Sep 08, 2011
New Delhi: A preliminary probe by DGCA has blamed the pilot of the Gulf Air plane, which had skidded off the runway in Kochi international airport, for not following universally accepted parameters for landing in rains and on a wet runway, sources said on Tuesday. "It was an incorrect landing by the Gulf Air pilot", said the sources. There are detailed universally-accepted parameters laid down by DGCA and other international...
07:41 AM, Aug 31, 2011
Kochi: The Gulf Air plane from Bahrain, which had skidded off the runway into a muddy area while landing at the international airport in Kochi, was towed back to the taxibay early on Tuesday. After a night-long operation, the aircraft was lifted at 6 am with the help of huge cranes. A 100-member expert team from Mumbai was at the spot to assist the operation. Airport sources said the runway...
10:27 AM, Aug 30, 2011
Kochi: A Gulf Air flight from Bahrain overshot the runway at Kochi airport on Monday. 137 passengers were on board, seven have been injured and the others are safe. Airbus 320 Gulf Air was coming from Bahrain to Kochi. It overshot the runway while it was landing at the airport around 3:55 am on Monday. Airport operations were affected and the authorities said that operations have partially started after they...
07:09 AM, Aug 29, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Acclaimed director Priyadarshan on Saturday said he is padding up to acquire a stake in the newly formed Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kochi Tuskers Kerala. "I am interested in this team and to that extend, we are having a business meeting to take forward our interest in acquiring stake in Kochi Tuskers. The first meeting is to take place in Mumbai on the 22nd of this month," Priyadarshan...
05:40 PM, Jul 16, 2011
Kochi: The list of allegations against former Chief justice of India KG Balakrishnan is growing longer. The Income Tax department probing into the allegations of disproportionate assets of his advocate sons in law PV Sreenijan and MJ Benny and brother KG Bhaskaran has now said that the former CJI's family has raised black money. On February 18, the Supreme Court had asked the Attorney General to find out the status...
05:03 PM, Feb 27, 2011
Kochi: Investigations conducted against relatives of NHRC Chairperson and former chief justice of India KG Balakrshnan have found disproportionate income, said the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) of Kochi. Authorities are yet to decide whether to probe Balakrishnan himself. Justice Balakrishnan's two sons in law advocate PV Sreenijan, advocate Benny and brother KG Bhaskaran, who is former Special Government Pleader have been found to be having income disproportionate to...
07:25 PM, Feb 26, 2011
Kochi: A Chennai-bound Jet Airways flight from Kochi was aborted when one of its tyres caught fire just before take-off. All the passengers were safe. Rafi, one of the passengers on board the plane, said that a few passengers noticed the fire and immediately informed the air hostess. "The entire responsibility lies with the airline because as we were boarding the flight, many passengers were saying that the condition of...
01:43 PM, Feb 17, 2011
