Kanyakumari fishermen up in arms over port's location

Thiruvananthapuram: An unidentified dead body has been found at Colachel in Kanyakumari district on Wednesday. Following doubts that the body might be that of the latvian woman, who went missing from Thiruvananthapuram, police have taken her sister to ...

The UN Champion for Change is walking from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to empower women one village at a time.'We wait for too long for change to happen and we always hope someone else will do it.''Change has to come from you, it has to start with you,' she tells Rediff.com's Divya Nair. IMAGE: This schoolgirl, right, wants to be a collector.Srishti Bakshi, a United Nations Women Champion for Change, is on a mission to empower India's young girls and women to be financially independent through ...

Thiruvanthapuram: The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) has cautioned fishermen in Thiruvananthapuram district from venturing into sea. The warning was issued after a low-pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal off south Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka coast. The ...

Thrissur: The Thrissur District Sessions Court dismissed the bail plea of Anto Bose, the main accused in the attack on Malayalam actor Sanusha during a train journey. The court also accepted the Public Prosecutor's observation that it would send out a wrong ...

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad's 'Ram Rajya Rath Yatra,' aimed at mobilising support to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya reached here today amid protests by a section of political parties.Leaders of various parties including Thirumavalavan of VCK and Jawahirullah of ...

Climate change has resulted in "substantial" reduction of the country's coral cover and growth in the last two decades, according to conservation group WWF India which has stressed the need for formulating a "holistic" approach for their protection.It said ...

Coming to the aid of a dalit woman, the Madras High Court has directed the state-run power utility TANGEDCO to consider her appointment as AE in view of her score in the qualifying test and 'Outstanding Scout' award received from the President.Noting that ...

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today condemned political killings and asked people to isolate the forces of violence. "Progress will not be possible without peace. I appeal to the people of Kerala to isolate the forces of violence," he said, speaking at the ...