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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Youth missing case: Kochi city police conduct search in the backwaters using scuba team, diving experts

The Special Investigation Team probing the mysterious disappearance of Adam Jo Antony, a 20-year-old chartered accountancy student from Palluruthy, on Friday conducted a search under the Thoppumpady BOT bridge and in the backwaters with the support of the Fire and Rescue Services’ scuba team and diving experts. The search, which was launched at 10 a.m., lasted till 1 p.m. Adam …

Team Palluruthy

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Kochi City police form special team to track down missing youth

The Hindu

The Kochi City police have formed a 12-member special team headed by Deputy Commissioner K.S. filed a habeas corpus petition in the Kerala High Court urging the police to produce his son Adam Jo Antony. He approached the court after the investigation initially by the Palluruthy police and a special investigation team under the Mattancherry Assistant Commissioner made little headway. …

Team Kochi Adam Special Team

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trio Arrested for Attacking Police Team, Forcing Detainee Release

The Hindu

Three persons have been arrested for attacking a police team and forcibly freeing a detainee in Kochi. The accused, part of a 12-member gang, were found on the Fort Kochi-Mattancherry border last Saturday around 11.45 p.m. and allegedly behaved aggressively with the police, hurling verbal abuses and attacking them. When the police detained one of the accused and led him …

Law Crime

2 months, 1 week ago

A Sweet and Colorful Navaratri in Kochi: A Celebration of Culture and Community

The Hindu

A celebration of Navaratri in Kochi, India, is a vibrant mix of celebration, camaraderie, and cheer. The city is alive with activities and events throughout the final days of the festival, offering visitors a chance to immerse themselves in the rich culture and traditions of the Tamil community. From the colorful and vibrant kolu to the traditional sweet shops and …

Entertainment Law Food Culture

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Ninth Kochi Spice Coast Marathon on October 27

New Indian Express

KOCHI: The ninth edition of the Kochi Spice Coast Marathon will be flagged off from Marine Drive Ground on October 27. The biggest full marathon event to be held in the state will witness participation of runners from across the country and abroad. The marathon will be held in three segments — 42.2km full marathon, 21.1km half marathon and 5km …

Kochi Marathon Marine Drive

5 months ago

Cochin Shipyard delivers 15th Water Metro ferry to KWML

The Hindu

Cochin Shipyard Limited has handed over the 15th Water Metro ferry it built to Kochi Water Metro Limited at a function held here on Saturday. At present KWML operates ferries linking 10 terminals — Vyttila, Kakkanad, High Court, Bolgatty, Vypeen, Fort Kochi, South Chittoor, Eloor, Cheranalloor and North Mulavukad. The terminals at Willingdon Island and Kumbalam were expected to be …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala rains: Cloudburst-like heavy rainfall pummels Kochi

The Hindu

Normal life was brought to its knees by a spell of heavy, incessant rain akin to a cloudburst accompanied by strong winds that lasted a couple of hours in Kochi in Ernakulam district of Kerala on May 28 morning. The episode left roads and houses in many pockets inundated, damaged three houses partially and left motorists stranded across Kochi city …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Cloud burst in Kochi, conditions favourable for monsoon onset

New Indian Express

KOCHI: Heavy rain lashed south and central Kerala inundating low lying areas on Tuesday morning. Heavy rain caused water logging and traffic snarl ups at Edappally, Kakkanad, Infopark, Sahodaran Ayyappan Road, Ernakulam South railway station, KSRTC bus stand, Palarivattom, Kaloor Aluva, Thrikkakara, Kalamassery, Tripunithura, Fort Kochi, Thoppumpady, Mattancherry, Mundamveli and West Kochi areas. The rain gauge at Cusat recorded 98.5 …

Kochi Tuesday Morning

7 months ago

Ernakulam records 130 hepatitis A cases

The Hindu

Ernakulam has recorded over 130 confirmed hepatitis A cases since January this year. Besides, 440 suspected cases were reported in the district, according to estimates by the Health department. Over 220 suspected cases have been reported from the affected wards in Vengoor. Besides Vengoor, areas that reported hepatitis cases include Sreemoolanagaram, Mattancherry, Kalamassery, Nellikuzhi, Kothamangalam, Nedumbassery, Malayattoor, Payipra, Kizhakkambalam, and …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Soaring heat, little rain hit drinking water supply system in Kochi

The Hindu

Temperature soaring over 32 degrees Celsius in most parts of Ernakulam and little or no rain since late January this year, Kochi and suburbs have begun to show first strains on drinking water supply. But the Kerala Water Authority has dismissed any immediate problem and said supplies are now at near normal levels, despite increased demand triggered by rising temperature …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Shapes and allure of a faraway hometown

New Indian Express

KOCHI: Sutra Art Gallery in Mattancherry is resplendent with a myriad of artworks from the eastern state of Chandigarh. The exhibition showcases the collaborative efforts of women artists from Chandigarh and conveys the artists’ connection with their hometown in distinct ways. I focus on building forms where familiar elements undergo infinite variations, akin to the panoramic view from a towering …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Thanthonnithuruthu likely to be retained as ecotourism zone in final version of Kochi master plan

The Hindu

The demand from a section of Kochi Corporation councillors to make Thanthonnithuruthu, a small island of 80-odd families not far away from the heart of the city, a mixed zone, is likely to go unheeded in the final version of the Kochi master plan to be submitted to the State government. The special master plan committee had recommended that while …

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1 year ago

How Christmas celebrations in India may have spread out of Fort Kochi

The Hindu

Arrival of the Portuguese on the shores of India early in the 16th Century may have inadvertently helped Fort Kochi become the nucleus of spread of Christmas celebrations as we know it today in India or even across south-east Asia, say Fort Kochi’s history buffs. As Catholics across the world celebrate the 800th year of the first Christmas crib put …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Malayalam actor, mimicry artiste Kalabhavan Haneef dies at 63

Hindustan Times

Malayalam actor and mimicry artist Kalabhavan Haneef has died. Haneef was also a part of Jude Anthany Joseph's 2018: Everyone Is a Hero, India's official entry to the Oscars this year. Hailing from Mattancherry near Kochi, Haneef entered tinsel town through his mimicry performances. In a Facebook post, the minister said Haneefa's spontaneous acting skills and dialogue delivery made his …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Kerala witnesses Jewish wedding after 15 years

Deccan Chronicle

Kochi: The Jewish community of Kerala celebrated a traditional wedding after a gap of 15 years capturing the essence of Jewish customs. Rachel Malakhai, a data scientist in the US and daughter of the former crime branch SP Benoy Malakhai got married to Richard Zachary Rowe, an American citizen and a NASA engineer. The last Jewish wedding to take place …

Kerala Wedding Jewish

1 year, 7 months ago

Kerala Witnesses Traditional Jewish Wedding After a Gap of 15 Years

News 18

The Jewish community of Kerala on Sunday celebrated a traditional wedding after a gap of 15 years capturing the essence of Jewish customs. Rachel Malakhai, a data Scientist in the US and the daughter of the former crime branch SP Benoy Malakhai got married to Richard Zachary Rowe, an American citizen and a NASA engineer. The last Jewish wedding to …

Kerala Wedding Traditional Jewish

1 year, 8 months ago

The fifth edition of Kochi Muzirs Biennale comes to a close with around bounty for local businesses and people

The Hindu

Curtains come down on the fifth edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale on April 10. Domestic travellers “Tourism did not pick up in Fort Kochi till the certainty of the Biennale was established,” says tour guide Ajita Scaria, discussing how business was especially difficult through lockdown. “Thali meals have been a hit,” says Shaji of Kadai Veg Tables adding that …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Thuramukham movie review: Documenting dehumanisation and rebellion with uneven results

Firstpost

Cast: Nivin Pauly, Arjun Ashokan, Poornima Indrajith, Nimisha Sajayan, Joju George, Indrajith Sukumaran, Darshana Rajendran, Sudev Nair, Manikandan R. Achari Director: Rajeev Ravi Language: Malayalam Dehumanising the oppressed and setting them up against each other in a battle for survival is an age-old strategy used by dominant communities to ensure that their hegemony remains unchallenged. Director Rajeev Ravi’s Thuramukham recounts …

Film Workers Rajeev Hamza Nivin Pauly Nivin Poornima

1 year, 10 months ago

Péro’s garden of life in Kochi

The Hindu

One Zero Eight | a conceptual space by Ramesh Menon and Alpi Boylla of Save the Loom project Aneeth Arora of Péro has a busy year ahead, what with the sustainable fashion brand’s usual round of Milan, Paris and New York showcases coming up. It houses One Zero Eight, a conceptual space by Ramesh Menon and Alpi Boylla of Save …

Kochi Ramesh Designer Loom Biennale Aneeth Péro

2 years ago

Why Fort Kochi and Mattancherry became the venue of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

The Hindu

The Chinese fishing nets, centuries-old spice warehouses, ancient centres of worship and colonial bungalows lining the cobbled streets of Fort Kochi and Mattancherry, all speak of a bygone era. As a space for art Co-founder of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Bose Krishnamachari says Kochi was the obvious choice of venue when the idea for India’s first biennale was mooted more than a …

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2 years, 7 months ago

14 Water Metro jetties to be ready by June

The Hindu

With the first lot of five of the 23 ferries envisaged in the initial phase of the ₹747-crore Water Metro project expected to be readied for operation in June, three of the total 36 jetties envisaged under the project are ready, while another five are getting ready for completion in June. while High Court, Bolgatty, Vypeen, Cheranalloor and South Chittoor …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Ferry jetties in Ernakulam in precarious state

The Hindu

The caving in of what is commonly known as the terminal boat jetty in Willingdon Island on Friday and crew members of a State Water Transport Department ferry helping rescue over a dozen tourists from a neighbouring State who fell into the waterbody, have shed light on the precarious condition of ferry jetties in Ernakulam. The Irrigation department must ensure …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Kochi Heritage Walk covers Mattancherry

The Hindu

The second heritage walk organised on Sunday by India Heritage and Museum Field School, covered heritage structures at Mattancherry, which was once the seat of the Kochi royals, and a twin town of Fort Kochi. Participants of the first heritage walk had covered Fort Kochi a week ago. The month-long Heritage Walk series has been organised to emphasize the importance …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Resumption of Water Metro terminal work at Fort Kochi draws flak

The Hindu

Heritage enthusiasts are up in arms, as Kochi Metro Rail Limited has begun piling work to construct a terminal tucked in between the iconic Chinese fishing nets on the Fort Kochi beachfront, to berth Water Metro ferries. The organisation had in its complaint cited an alternative to redevelop the unused tourist and Kochi Corporation jetties at Kamalakadavu, located around 250 …

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Youth missing case: Kochi city police conduct search in the backwaters using scuba team, diving experts

Kochi City police form special team to track down missing youth

Trio Arrested for Attacking Police Team, Forcing Detainee Release

A Sweet and Colorful Navaratri in Kochi: A Celebration of Culture and Community

Ninth Kochi Spice Coast Marathon on October 27

Cochin Shipyard delivers 15th Water Metro ferry to KWML

Kerala rains: Cloudburst-like heavy rainfall pummels Kochi

Cloud burst in Kochi, conditions favourable for monsoon onset

Ernakulam records 130 hepatitis A cases

Soaring heat, little rain hit drinking water supply system in Kochi

Shapes and allure of a faraway hometown

Thanthonnithuruthu likely to be retained as ecotourism zone in final version of Kochi master plan

How Christmas celebrations in India may have spread out of Fort Kochi

Malayalam actor, mimicry artiste Kalabhavan Haneef dies at 63

Kerala witnesses Jewish wedding after 15 years

Kerala Witnesses Traditional Jewish Wedding After a Gap of 15 Years

The fifth edition of Kochi Muzirs Biennale comes to a close with around bounty for local businesses and people

Thuramukham movie review: Documenting dehumanisation and rebellion with uneven results

Péro’s garden of life in Kochi

Why Fort Kochi and Mattancherry became the venue of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

14 Water Metro jetties to be ready by June

Ferry jetties in Ernakulam in precarious state

Kochi Heritage Walk covers Mattancherry

Resumption of Water Metro terminal work at Fort Kochi draws flak