A day after National Security Guard Lt Col Niranjan Kumar and Garud Commando Gursewak Singh were slain in the Pathankot air base attack, their remains were brought home for the last rites. Locals, family members and politicians gathered to pay their respects to these heroes.
A red alert has been sounded in three districts of Idukki, Thrissur and Palakkad in Kerala.
Coca Cola said on Wednesday it had not shifted its bottling plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district but was only carrying out some restructuring of plant operations.
The opposition walked out of the Assembly over the matter.
Complying with a 2005 Kerala High Court order, the Perumatti panchayat near Palakkad in Kerala again renewed the temporary licence of the Coca Cola plant in the district, panchayat officials said on Thursday.
Pledging support to anti-Cola struggles, former Union Minister George Fernandes demanded the permanent closure of the Coca Cola plant at Plachimada in Kerala's Palakkad district.
Four more Indians were confirmed to have died in the devastating cyclone that hit Oman early this week, taking the toll of Indians to six, even as six others remain missing.
Achuthanandan, who is seeking re-election from Malampuzha in Palakkad district, said the UDF did not implement any of the promises it made in its manifesto in 2001.
A sub court in Kochi has dismissed a suit filed by Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd, Palakkad, seeking Rs 50 lakh damages from Malayalam newspaper Mathrubhumi for publishing a news report against it.
While Health minister K K Shylaja would lead the chain at Kasargod, senior CPM leader Brinda Karat would be the last person at the end of the chain in Thiruvananthapuram.
The Kerala government has set up a web site, keralarescue.in, to coordinate relief and aid for the floods-affected people. It has also set up a website for online transfer of donations towards flood relief.
The Perumatty panchayat in Palakkad district in Kerala, which had last week issued a licence to multinational beverage company Coca Cola to operate its Plachimada plant for three months, on Monday rejected the cola company's request to operate for tw
106 people died on a single day on Thursday.
The trafficking of 589 children to shelter homes in Kerala has exposed a deep-rooted racket. Vicky Nanjappa reports
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The state government decided to provide a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the bereaved family.
The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has ordered closure of soft drinks major Coca Cola's plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district.
Kerala Health Minister P Sankaran on Thursday said production and distribution of Coca-Cola would be stopped if the samples of the soft drink produced at the Plachimada plant in Palakkad district contained hazardous substances.
In Pune temperatures in the last two days have been hovering around 40 degree Celsius.
In a rebuff to Coca Cola's plan to reopen its plant at Plachimada near Palakkad in Kerala, the Perumatty Panchayat has rejected the soft drink company's application to renew its licence on the basis of the Kerala High Court order permitting it to dra
Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Saturday said that his party was against forcible conversions and asked other political parties in the country to support a bill in this regard if they were 'sincere' in their approach to secularism.
Twenty-two Keralites, including six women and three children have reached the bastion of Islamic State terror operations in Afghanistan.
Kerala local administration minister Cherkalam Abdulla said the government would take action against the Coco Cola plant at Plachimada if the unit was found causing pollution, but added nothing would be done under political pressure.
The accused, Mohammed Hanif, was brought to the city and produced before a court which sent him to police custody till August 20, a senior police official said.
The Kerala leg-spinner claimed four wickets for 34 runs as Railways made 243 for 8 after electing to bat.
'Many like me fought for the freedom of the country. Now the freedom is being surrendered to the West in the name of globalisation,' Siddha Raj Dadda said.
Their unfinished 268-run partnership for the third wicket helped Himachal Pradesh to 321 for two against Kerala in the Ranji Trophy cricket Plate division match.
The Kerala State Pollution Control Board on Wednesday said its sample analysis showed presence of cadmium in much higher concentration than permissible levels.
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