Campaigning by key fronts in the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency has peaked ahead of the polling on April 26. The promises include aero city centred around the Cochin International Airport, a satellite industrial hub at Koratty, and a master plan for coastal development. For United Democratic Front candidate Benny Behanan, it was an occasion to receive the warmth and affection …
A direct boat service is on the anvil from Fort Kochi, where the fifth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale got under way on Monday, to heritage sites in Muziris, a famed port which is said to have been located in the North Paravur-Kodungalloor-Mathilakam area on the Ernakulam-Thrissur border. A regular boat service in the corridor linking locales that have world-famous …
Seventeen years after a twin murder, including a woman who was also raped, at Ponekkara, the Ernakulam unit of the Crime Branch arrested the accused who turned out to be a serial murderer and rapist. An extrajudicial confession by the accused to his cell mate in a jubilant mood after the Supreme Court reduced his sentence from capital punishment to …
The Cheraman Juma Masjid at Kodungalloor, the oldest mosque in the Indian subcontinent that dates back to 629 AD, and the Holy Cross Church at Chendamangalam built by Jesuit priests in 1577 AD, both of which were renovated under the Muziris Heritage Project, are getting ready to be opened to the public. On the renovation and conservation work worth ₹1.14 …
For Indian dance and theatre traditions, form rather than content is the key-determinant of their identity. The late Kodungalloor Marumakan Raja, a connoisseur of Kathakali, adapted excerpts of Shakespeare’s The Tempest into a Kathakali play decades ago. Spread over 10 scenes, The Tempest begins with Lord Prospero’s dramatic monologue about his daughter followed by Ariel’s thiranokku. Kalamandalam Manoj portrayed the …
On Saturday, the Kerala Police arrested 39-year-old Rahim Kolliyil of Kodungalloor in central Kerala, for suspected links to the six Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who had sneaked into Tamil Nadu by sea from Sri Lanka and were plotting a major attack across south India. On Saturday, the Tamil Nadu police arrested three individuals, including the suspected partner of Rahim for allegedly having …
Two persons from Telangana and one from Kerala are known to have died in the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, reports said on Saturday. Family members said he moved to New Zealand in 2002 and married a resident. She told us of his death.” Anzi Bavva, 27, wife of Ponnath Abadul Nazar of Thiruvallur, went to New Zealand with …
