Why I Was Detained For 27 Hours In Egypt

'I was not scared because I knew I had not done anything wrong. And I was walking for a good cause.' IMAGE: Ajit Rajagopal. All photographs: Ajit Rajagopal The 2022 United Nations Climate Change......

Silverline project: Kerala govt to use GPS for SIA study

The Left Democratic Front government in Kerala on Monday directed K-Rail to identify the sites to conduct social impact assessment (SIA) study for the Silverline project, by either the geo-tagging......

Kerala HC rejects pleas against govt nod to acquire land for SilverLine

The Kerala high court on Tuesday dismissed two pleas challenging the sanction given by the Left Democratic Front government for the acquisition of 955.13 hectares of land in various districts of......

Shramik train derails in Mangaluru, none injured

Train resumed its journey after the derailed engine was replaced.   A 'Shramik' special train on Tirur (Kerala) to Jaipur (Rajasthan) route derailed at Padil, Mangaluru at around 2 am on May......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

Kerala's 'Tirur Paan' is back in Pakistan

Farmers who grow betel leaves in the remote villages of Muslim-dominated Malappuram district in Kerala are celebrating these days.Three weeks after India and Pakistan resumed the air andtrain......

In God's own country, aryurveda's booming

God's own country is in the midst of an unprecedented aryurvedic health resort boom. The state is dotted with them. At last count, it had 30 accredited ayurvedic health resorts approved by the......