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Minister of Finance T.M. Thomas Isaac, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) director (indirect taxes) T.R. Venkateswaran and CII Thiruvananthapuram Zone chairman Babu Thomas at a session on Good and Service Tax organised by Confederation of India Industry in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. (Photo: A.V. MUZAFAR)

Finance Minister Thomas Isaac bats for 5 per cent tax on gold

The traders who have turned their backs on compounding are charged five percent, the highest in the country.

27 Aug 2016 2:21 AM IST

Valmik Thapar mauls CM Pinarayi Vijayan for 365-day Sabari plan

Green hopes state has enough activists to prevent tragedy'

24 Aug 2016 1:04 AM IST

The ministers announcement coincides with the draft national wind-solar hybrid policy released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in June this year.

Kerala Power Department might make solar plants mandatory for houses

The move is an attempt to accelerate the shift to renewable energy sources.

22 Aug 2016 7:00 AM IST

District child protection officers, who double up as child marriage prevention officers, have been ordered to initiate strict penal proceedings against parents pushing girls below 18 years into marriage. (Representational image)

Kerala to act tough on child marriages

Child protection officers ordered to initiate action against parents violating rules.

21 Aug 2016 7:25 AM IST

MNREGA is a demand-driven wage employment programme. Not less than 100 days of employment are provided to registered workers upon receipt of their demand. (Photo: Representational Image)

NREGA fails to wipe out poverty

As an antidote to the crisis, the EC recommends that skills acquisition and upgradation should be made part of the...

20 Aug 2016 2:07 AM IST

The inmates of childrens homes are destitute and orphaned girls who are in need of care and protection. (Representational image)

Management at Nirbhaya home in dire straits

The Department, therefore, is inclined towards the second option of providing counselling even while retaining the...

18 Aug 2016 6:40 AM IST

Finance minister Thomas Isaac

Buckle up on spending, Thomas Isaac tells department

Departments have also been asked to draw up a list of surplus staff to be retrenched.

17 Aug 2016 1:39 AM IST

Social Justice Department

Kerala: Bifurcation of social justice to benefit all weaker sections

The bifurcation, therefore, will benefit the old and the disabled as much as women

15 Aug 2016 5:59 AM IST

The Chest Diseases Hospital at Pulayanarkotta where Johnson was being treated.

Homeless orphan struggles with tuberculosis in Thiruvananthapuram

Employer sends patient away due to continuous cough

13 Aug 2016 7:02 AM IST

In more than 95 percent of the cases, these women have no part in the crime of their husbands and are desperate to rebuild their lives. (Representational image)

Thiruvananthapuram: Banks deny aid to wives of convicts

Not a single indigent wife of a convict has received assistance in last 15 years.

11 Aug 2016 7:21 AM IST

Kerala's bid to bring vulnerable on map

Fundamentally, the mapping will light up hitherto dark areas.

10 Aug 2016 1:10 AM IST

Unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs 13 crore has been seized so far from various parts of Kerala. (Representational image)

Kerala: Gulf money no longer a sure bet

For long remittances have stopped showing up in state tax radars

9 Aug 2016 1:58 AM IST