Oomen Chandy seeks Rs.375cr assistance for Endosulfan victims

Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy sought a Central assistance of Rs. 375 crore to the State for disbursing compensation to the victims of pesticide, Endosulfan. He met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Thursday. He also conveyed that today he will meet Sonia Gandhi to finalise the names of his Congress Cabinet colleague

Elephant Ran Amok

The tusker Pattambi Ayyappan brought for Elapully Marriyamman Temple Festival ran amok while returning from the temple festival on Thursday morning. Attempt by its two mahouts to bring down it under control failed. After over two hours, the mahouts managed to bring the elephant and control and tethered it to a tree. It was later taken in a lorry from Elappully.

Kerala will disinfect the vehicles comming from Tamil Nadu

In the view of increasing number of chikungunya and dengue fever cases in Kerala, vehicles coming from Tamil Nadu through Parasala will be disinfected mainly by fogging. Although the rainy days are far away, the increasing number of mosquito is a concern.

Kerala misses Rs.17 crore from tourism Ministry

After tightening the monitoring norms, tourism ministry has axed funding of projects worth over Rs 17 crore. This was after finding that the projects approved for Kerala on 2003 are still in execution state.

Doormat made in Kerala may go into Guinness Book of World Records

The CEO of the Cherthala-based Travancore Cocotuft (P) Ltd, P. Mahadevan is very happy that his doormat may find a place in Guinness Book of World Records. The Doormat made of 470,000 coir tuffs measures 101.6 metres in length, 1.2 meters width and 30mm thick. This doormat cost around Rs.4 lakhs and weighs 999kg.