Among the captive elephants, the most attractive ones are those caught from the forests of the Kerala-Mysore border. They have attractive features such as a long trunk, symmetric and wide tusks, broad and projected forehead, honey-coloured eyes and a long tail. The forehead and trunk of Kerala tuskers are pitchblack. Tuskers caught from Bihar and Assam forests are the tallest.
KOCHI: A major mishap was averted after a leak of highly inflammable naphtha from a tanker, bound for NTPC plant in Cheppad, was detected at the Ernakulam South railway station on Tuesday.
The leak in the valve was detected in the afternoon. This resulted in disruption of train traffic for about one hour.
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation authorities and the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) officials will discuss various issues related to the shortage of potable water in the city at a meeting convened by Finance Minister Thomas Isaac to be held on January 11 at the Ernakulam Guest House.
KOCHI: The environment panel of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has in its report after the site visit to Pambaimoola recommended that the development of Edakochi has to be addressed through permissible eco-friendly projects in CRZII areas.
Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, once said that to look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of fibrous tumour. It is probably an apt description of how India
