PALAKKAD: The government has decided to raise the compensation to the dependants of the people killed in attacks by wild elephants from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh, according to Forest Minister Benoy Viswom.

The Minister said this while speaking to mediapersons at Olavakkode on Friday.

K.S. Sudhi

KOCHI: A tigress of the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) was found dead near Anchuruli.

The immediate cause of the death of the six-year-old has been confirmed to be starvation. The post-mortem examination found that the animal had suffered a blow on its abdomen leading to muscle rupture and subsequent immobility and starvation, said veterinary experts.

K.S. Sudhi

KOCHI: Increase in tiger density has been reported from the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) following the recounting of tiger population in the reserve.

According to a recent study conducted by the Reserve and the Periyar Foundation, the tiger density of the reserve is 24 tigers in 640 sq. km.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Various labour laws will apply to the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in Kerala, says the policy approved by the Cabinet here on Monday.

After the long-drawn wrangling within the CPM and among the allies of the Left Democratic Front, the Kerala Government on Monday cleared the road for private special economic zones. The Government has brought in a state-specific SEZ policy which would be binding on all SEZs, including the 11 which had already got the Centre

Kerala

As India gears up for general elections, Political parties will find it hard to explain to their voters a phenomenon that is set to unfold. There seems to be no solution to the acute shortage of fuels that threatens to cripple power generation in the country.

PALAKKAD: As part of the Food Security Mission