M K Sunil Kumar, KOCHI: The cases of leptospirosis (rat fever) and malaria have gone up in the district with the

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has restrained the Forest Department from removing the agricultural produce collected from the Thoothampara Estate which had been taken over by the government from the Poabs Group.

KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday admitted a public interest writ petition filed by Dr Abraham Paul and three other officebearers of the Kochi branch of the Indian Medical Association, praying to direct the authorities to prevent noise pollution by declaring areas falling within 100 metres from hospitals, schools and courts as silent zones.

KOCHI: District Collector M Beena said that around 300 land owners from Vadakkumbhagam, Mattoor and Chelamattom villages are expected to attend the meeting of the District Level Purchase Committee, formed for leading land acquisition for the Angamaly-Sabari Rail route.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Kochi Corporation to file an affidavit regarding the steps taken by it for the collection and disposal of garbage in the city.

The affidavit should specifically state as to whether or not the Corporation has been deputing staff for collection of garbage from each household.

KOCHI: As the World Animal Welfare Day on Oct 4 approaches, this website's newspaper came across a good Samaritan who saved a monitor lizard found nearly dead from a five-day old cleaver-wound on its neck.

KOCHI: Tribal people encroached the Devikulam divisional forest office premises on Saturday morning. A group of people, including women and children trespassed into the area. The police had stopped another attempt to encroach the forest land at Perinjamkutty on Friday.

The tribal people, who were given land at Chinnakkanal as part of the rehabilitation scheme, encroached into the area, said the officials.The encroachment attempt was made alleging that the given land was not suitable for residential purposes due to disturbance from wild elephants.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The systematic and scientific disposal of plastic and biodegradable waste by the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation was the cream of all surprises gifted by the Corporation to Kochi Mayor Mercy Williams.

KOCHI: Here is happy news for the greens. Aiming at creating an awareness in society about the bio-diversity of Mangalavanam, the Department of Forest will set up a Nature Study Centre at the sanctuary.

Students, researchers and nature-lovers can make use of the centre once it becomes operational. "Mangalavanam has a vast mangrove vegetation.

Though many people want to study about them, there is no adequate facility inside the Mangalavanam at present.

M R Vishnu Prasad, 27, P Neena, 23, and C Shanuga, 22, stand on M G Road in Kochi on a Tuesday morning wearing green jackets with the word, "Greenpeace' written in white. They have booklets and green-coloured petitions which contain an appeal to coastal MPs to raise the point of global warming in an upcoming session of Parliament. "If present warming trends continue, there is a strong possibility that Kochi will be partially inundated in 2050,' says Vishnu.

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