THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran said that administrative sanction had been granted to various drinking water projects worth Rs 300 crore in the current fiscal.

Replying to the discussion on demand for grants in the Assembly on Tuesday, he said that it was for the first time that such a huge amount was being sanctioned under the state plan.

KOCHI: Beware advertisers using trees in the city to promote products! The Corporation is determined to go ahead with its plan to weed out awkward and distracting flex hoarding and billboards mounted on trees in the city.

KOCHI: Assumption College, Changanassery, is organising a three-day international conference on

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The World Bank has approved the modernisation and reinforcement of 31 dams in the state, as part of its $350 million (approximately Rs 1,600 crore) Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) for India.

This includes 19 dams under the State Water Resource Management and 12 dams under the State Electricity Board.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Groundwater levels in Pudussery grama panchayat, Palakkad, where Pepsico has its unit, are falling, the Assembly was told on Thursday.

KOCHI: The world's first electronic book on agriculture, The Agronomy and Economy of Important Tree Crops of the Developing World, compiled by K P Prabhakaran Nair, has been chosen to be kept in the British Library in London and the Congressional State Library in Washington.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cantonment police on Friday registered a case after the Registrar of the Kerala University lodged a complaint that two sandalwood trees on the campus of the Kerala University Office were chopped off and smuggled out by some miscreants.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forest rangers in the State have threatened to go on a mass casual leave on July 5 if immediate action is not taken to prevent recurring attacks against them. This was announced by the Kerala Forest Rangers

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Groundwater levels in Pudussery grama panchayat, Palakkad, where Pepsico has its unit, are falling, the Assembly was told on Thursday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Giving a big boost to the state