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Generous' order on women and child welfare exposes Kerala's prejudice

Though ICDS is a central scheme, grassroots functionaries consider it as a state scheme.

4 Jan 2017 6:34 AM IST

There has been a nearly Rs 2,000 crore increase in the power purchase cost of KSEB Limited in a year making a tariff revision inevitable.

Kerala: Rs 2000 crore spurt in power purchase cost

Cost during 2016-17 has gone beyond estimate of KSEBL by over Rs 1,000 crore.

3 Jan 2017 7:04 AM IST

When daily power consumption spurts, KSEBL is concerned about how to manage its surplus power. Representational image

Kerala: Power cuts, tariff hike in 2017

Power consumption showed no sign of abating as it hovered around 65 million units daily even in a cold December.

1 Jan 2017 6:26 AM IST

It has been over 15 years since the Ecologically Fragile Lands Act has been passed but the Forest Department has not acquired even a single private forest by paying requisite compensation.

LDF government inert on private forest acquisition

Five diesel pumps (16 HP), chemical fertilizers and vehicles are being used inside the forest.

24 Dec 2016 1:57 AM IST

As per D&B, while demonetisation would cause short term pain across the board, it is largely anticipated to have far reaching impact on the Indian economy in the mid to long term.

Kerala: Post demonetisation, tax growth dips to negative

Monthly VAT collection dipped to Rs 2,754 crore in November from Rs 3,208 crore in.

20 Dec 2016 2:08 AM IST

On the occasion of Republic Day on January 26, the Telangana government had decided to release the prisoners before completing their term.

Kerala: Banks harsh on convict families

National, pvt banks still deny financial aid to destitute wives of prisoners.

19 Dec 2016 6:15 AM IST

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Pinneyum world looks awkwardly unreal

Though an Adoor Gopalakrishnan film, the world that came alive on the giant screen looked bogus.

14 Dec 2016 12:48 AM IST

Salvation for community lost in manhole

They also continue to suffer a kind of untouchability.

12 Dec 2016 6:19 AM IST

When the IFFK competition section began in 1999, independent cinema was dominated by the Europeans. But there was a whole lot of amazing stuff that was happening in the poorer parts of the world.

The circuit: It's first here and then to Cannes and Berlin

The International Film Festival of Kerala focuses on movies from the poorer nations. And it has discovered some true...

11 Dec 2016 2:19 AM IST

South Korean director Kim Ki Duk signs autograph during his visit to Thiruvananthapuram in 2013. DC File

International Film Festival of Kerala: Requiem for argumentative...

There was a time when the IFFK delegate was as provocative as a boxing coach.

9 Dec 2016 3:11 AM IST

The ministry officials, during their field visit in the state earlier, had found that the nutrition supplement was distributed in an haphazard manner, without accountability. (Representational image)

Kerala: Nutritional mix for poor children not all right

The supplement is prepared using natural nutritious ingredients and the objective is to prevent parents from purchasing...

8 Dec 2016 1:50 AM IST

The alleged gangrape victim is learnt to have stood by her statement in the press meeting held in Thiruvanathapuram on November 3 along with dubbing artiste Bhagyalakshmi. (Representational image)

LDF government to rope in NGOs to run welfare schemes

During the first few months, the LDF government was even mulling the removal of NGOs from running Nirbhaya homes.

7 Dec 2016 1:51 AM IST