Catching the eye:At the ongoing exhibition and sale of crafts organised by the North Eastern Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium complex in the city.

Thiruvananthapuram: Sustainable, cost-effective and aesthetic, bamboo is the latest trend in interior decoration.

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Industries and Commerce Department, the Kerala Bamboo Mission and the Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion are organising a bamboo festival

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Monday said it was firm on its stand on banning Endosulfan and would press the Centre to appoint a new head for the proposed expert committee to study the problems related to the use of the pesticide.

Addressing a press conference here after a joint meeting of office-bearers of the KPCC and the Congress Legislature Party and th

ALAPPUZHA: The district of Alappuzha will be declared as the fourth totally electrified district in the State here on January 26, Electricity Minister A.K. Balan has said.

Addressing a review meeting at the District Collectorate here on Monday, Mr.

New crops: Seedlings of vegetables being raised in the nursery of VFPCK at Alathur in Palakkad.

PALAKKAD: Cultivation of cold climate vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower, beetroot, carrot and capsicum is picking up in the State following the efforts of the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK).

The success of field trials by Kerala Agricultural University gave the VFPCK t

KATTAPPANA: Minister for Tourism Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said that Munnar is a role model in the country in the tourism sector.

Inaugurating the newly constructed rooms in the Tea County of Kerala Tourism Development Corporation in Munnar On Sunday, the Minister said that Munnar was being developed on the basis of a master plan for the first time in the State.

KALPETTA: The former Health Minister K.K. Ramachandran has urged the State government to constitute monitoring committees in the three-tier local bodies to curb the application of pesticides such as Endosulfan.

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KOCHI: The district Health authority reported 40.1 per cent achievement of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) against filaria on Sunday. The drugs were administered to 12,36,730 people.

In a mop up round on Monday and Tuesday, after the house-to-house distribution of the drugs on Sunday, offices in the city would be supplied with the drugs to give it to the people who were not covered at home.

Rules flouted during spraying: green activist

Says there is no need for further studies on the issue

Should be treated just like Bhopal gas tragedy: KSSP

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