Disease surveillance stepped up after Kerala Health department confirms cholera death in Thiruvananthapuram

Corporation has intensified fogging and cleaning operations in the ward. (image for representation) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation’s health wing has initiated disease surveillance and sanitisation operations on a war footing after the Kerala Health department’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) confirmed the death of a 63-year-old man, Ajai Chandran, a resident…

Infrastructure gaps delay liquor service at Infopark Kochi despite Kerala’s new permit rule

The Infopark Kochi campus is unlikely to serve liquor anytime soon, despite the Kerala government permitting it in government-controlled or owned Information Technology (IT) Parks, due to infrastructure shortcomings. Last week, the Kerala government notified the Foreign Liquor (5th Amendment) Rules, inserting a provision for the issuance of Foreign Liquor Information Technology Park Licence with…

Cancel appointments made during Senthilbalaji’s tenure as Transport Minister in 2014, Madras High Court urged

V. Senthilbalaji. File | Photo Credit: PTI Close on the heels of V. Senthilbalaji resigning from the State Cabinet on Sunday (April 27, 2025), the Tamil Nadu government is facing yet another court case, seeking the cancellation of all alleged illegal appointments made by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) in Chennai during his tenure as…