Clear encroachments from Pipeline Road in Kochi, says KWA

Clear encroachments from Pipeline Road in Kochi, says KWA

[ad_1] Any failure to clear encroachments within a week will attract action from the police and courts. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has ordered that all permanent, semi-permanent, and other encroachments be removed within a week from Pipeline Road since they obstruct free and safe movement of pedestrians and motorists. … Read more

Mosquitoes, stray dogs and waste trigger heated exchanges in Kochi Corporation Council

Mosquitoes, stray dogs and waste trigger heated exchanges in Kochi Corporation Council

[ad_1] The Kochi Corporation council meeting on Thursday witnessed heated exchanges between the opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) councillors over mosquito eradication, the stray dog menace, and the state of waste management systems. LDF parliamentary leader V.A. Sreejith, citing media reports on the rise in dengue cases, accused … Read more

Clearing mines, securing ports & more: India-US navies’ specialised Kochi exercise

Clearing mines, securing ports & more: India-US navies’ specialised Kochi exercise

[ad_1] An underwater explosion as part of a subsurface naval demolition exercise. (Image credit: US DoW) The Indian and the US navies have begun a five-day specialised bilateral exercise focused on Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi. The exercise, which will conclude on August 14, is aimed at sharpening interoperability … Read more

Kochi Corporation writes to Kerala govt seeking approval for changes in city master plan

Kochi Corporation writes to Kerala govt seeking approval for changes in city master plan

[ad_1] A view of Edappally Junction in Kochi (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The master plan special committee chaired by Mayor V.K. Minimol has written to the Kerala government seeking approval to amend anomalies in the Kochi city master plan, following petitions from the public. The master plan, framed under the Kerala Town and … Read more

How a Muslim man from Kochi is preserving the city’s Jewish culinary history

How a Muslim man from Kochi is preserving the city’s Jewish culinary history

[ad_1] The yolk does not fall cleanly. It has to be guided into the syrup. Too slow, and it thickens before it reaches the surface. Too fast, and it breaks. For a moment, the threads hold. Then they begin to disappear into themselves. This is how Thoufeek Zakriya remembers it. Not as a historian of … Read more