The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in its full Commission meeting on Monday next, will hear the petition filed by some Kerala MPs seeking its “humanitarian intervention” to save the peopl
Shops and trading establishments remained closed in Idukki, Ernakulam, Alappuzha and Kottayam districts on Tuesday in response to a call for hartal by Kerala Congress (Mani) and Kerala Congress (Ja
The Centre on Wednesday appealed to Tamil Nadu and Kerala to amicably settle the issue of Mullaperiyar Dam between them and expressed its willingness to play a role of “facilitator”.
Union Minister for Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday clearly told Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy in New Delhi that the Centre would try to mediate and convene a bilateral meeting be
“The Kerala government is behind this movie, Dam 999. The film depicts a disaster showing lakhs of people perishing when a dam collapses.This is highly condemnable as it depicts the Mullaiperiyar Dam,” DMK Parliamentary leader T.R. Baalu told reporters in New Delhi.
Kerala on Monday insisted on building a new dam near the existing Mullaperiyar dam in the wake of reports that the recent tremors had caused damage to it, an issue on which the state has been at lo
The officials in charge of the reservoir spotted two minor cracks on it bottom, believed to have been caused by the latest tremor.
Recurrence of mild tremors in Idukki district in Kerala is causing concern over the safety of the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, located on the borders with Tamil Nadu.
Hundreds of people participated in a demonstration organised by the Mullaperiyar Agitation Council at Karimkulam Chappathu near here on Saturday on the 125th anniversary of the Mullaperiyar lease agreement signed between the then Travancore king Visakam Thirunal and the British government.
