KOCHI: The hardships faced by the public due to the leakage of biogas plant at the Ernakulam Market continued on Wednesday as the civic body failed to take any adequate measures to remove the decayed waste that gushed into the market pond.

KOCHI: The Ernakulam district is set to become the country's first tobacco-free tourism destination with the action plan, towards achieving the feat, on the anvil. The plan aims at making public places in the district totally free of tobacco by June 2011.

KOCHI: Come August, the

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KOCHI: The State Government has sanctioned a fund of Rs 1 crore for the district to deal with natural calamities for the current year, District Collector M Beena has said.

KOCHI: The first phase of national census began in the district on Wednesday with the collection of data from Justice V R Krishna Iyer.

The census activities will be supervised by secretaries at the corporation and municipality levels and tahsildars at village level.

KOCHI: Over 150 representatives and officials from various panchayats in Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Kottayam participated in a one-day awareness training programme on coastal regulation zone (CRZ) conducted by the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) here on Wednesday.

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KOCHI: Road accidents are not accidental. We see many a life lost to speeding buses and rash drivers on the road. Kochi witnesses the violation of traffic rules every day and we are left to wonder why the authorities fail to insist on safety measures.

The issue of sand mining, especially from Kerala