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Mullaperiyar: SC fails to consider TN's plea |
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The Supreme Court has dismissed the Tamil Nadu plea to undertake repair works at the Mullaperiyar Dam. The constitutional bench of the SC stated that only after the report by the high powered panel can this be decided.
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Achuthanandan to be summoned over son's appointment |
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A nine-member legislative committee, appointed by the Kerala assembly speaker to probe charges of irregularity in the appointment of V.S. Achuthanandan's son as director of a state-run IT institute, decided to summon the former chief minister and 13 others.
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Centre likely to relax Cabotage law |
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The Union Shipping Ministry is seriously considering relaxation in Cabotage law, which now regulates delivery of coastal cargo at Indian ports by foreign flag vessels.
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Attachments after verifying records |
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Udumbanchola tahsildar V.R. Mohanan Pillai on Thursday said that unauthorised constructions were being attached as government property only after ensuring that they had come up on encroached land.
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Only actual damages for air-crash cases |
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A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court set aside a single judge's verdict holding that Air India Ltd. was bound to pay a minimum compensation of one lakh Special Drawing Rights equivalent to Rs.75 lakh, each to the legal heirs of those killed in the Mangalore air crash on May 22, 2010.
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Congress activist held on charge of raping minor girls |
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The city police arrested a 40-year-old Congress activist on the charge of sexually exploiting two orphaned minor girls under his care. The suspect, Vincent Joseph, is a local resident and “self-proclaimed” social activist in the coastal neighborhood.
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Judicial panel pulls up KTDC for boat tragedy |
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The judicial commission that probed the Thekkady boat tragedy has found that a defective boat, overloading and an inexperienced driver had combined to cause the accident that claimed 45 lives in the Thekkady reservoir.
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Sosilawati Case: Two Farm Workers denied Leave to Appeal |
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PUTRAJAYA, Aug 24 (Bernama) -- A High Court decision to enhance the jail term of two farm workers to 20 years each for disposing the bodies of murdered cosmetics millionairess Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others, was upheld by the appellate court here today.
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