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Mullaperiyar: SC fails to consider TN's plea

The Supreme Court has dismissed the Tamil Nadu plea to undertake repair works at the Mullaperiyar Dam. The constitutional bench of the SC stated that only after the report by the high powered panel can this be decided.

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Achuthanandan to be summoned over son's appointment

A nine-member legislative committee, appointed by the Kerala assembly speaker to probe charges of irregularity in the appointment of V.S. Achuthanandan's son as director of a state-run IT institute, decided to summon the former chie...

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Centre likely to relax Cabotage law

The Union Shipping Ministry is seriously considering relaxation in Cabotage law, which now regulates delivery of coastal cargo at Indian ports by foreign flag vessels.

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Attachments after verifying records

Udumbanchola tahsildar V.R. Mohanan Pillai on Thursday said that unauthorised constructions were being attached as government property only after ensuring that they had come up on encroached land.

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Only actual damages for air-crash cases

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court set aside a single judge's verdict holding that Air India Ltd. was bound to pay a minimum compensation of one lakh Special Drawing Rights equivalent to Rs.75 lakh, each to the legal heirs of...

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Congress activist held on charge of raping minor girls

The city police arrested a 40-year-old Congress activist on the charge of sexually exploiting two orphaned minor girls under his care. The suspect, Vincent Joseph, is a local resident and “self-proclaimed” social activist in the coa...

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Judicial panel pulls up KTDC for boat tragedy

The judicial commission that probed the Thekkady boat tragedy has found that a defective boat, overloading and an inexperienced driver had combined to cause the accident that claimed 45 lives in the Thekkady reservoir.

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Teoh’s Family applies for review of RCI’s Findings

KUALA LUMPUR: The late Teoh Beng Hock’s family has filed an application for a judicial review of the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s findings that the ex-political aide had been driven to suicide.