Kerala News Headlines

Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), India's largest ship building yard, has successfully converted a Singaporean fishing vessel into a seismic survey vessel, the company said here Friday.

All four and five-star hotels in Kerala have been asked to prepare a detailed layout plan and undergo a security audit, a state minister said Thursday.

The Kerala unit of the Congress was weak and its chief Oommen Chandy "dormant", veteran Congress leader K. Karunakaran said Thursday while praising party president Sonia Gandhi for doing a "fine job".

The Kerala government Wednesday approved a draft memorandum to be submitted to the 13th Finance Commission with demands including higher share in the central taxes and hike in the open market borrowing cap.

Kerala University Tuesday decided to confer honorary doctorates on ace film maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, veteran Malayalam superstar Mammootty and mrudangam expondent Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman.

Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Blakrishnan Friday said the police force has been directed to use computers extensively so that law and order issues can be tackled more efficiently.

The Kerala High Court Thursday freed on bail two priests and a nun, who are the accused in the sensational Sister Abhaya murder case.

Stray incidents of violence marred the New Year celebrations in Kerala with one man killed in a brawl, while a police station was ransacked by a group of activists allegedly from the youth wing of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

Almost 22 years after its foundation stone was laid, the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, on this promontory overlooking the Arabian Sea, is ready for inauguration even as the cost of setting it up has increased manifold.

The Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday asked Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanandan to drop three of his close aides.