Plea in HC to protect rice-eating tusker during darting

A plea was moved on Tuesday in the Kerala high court seeking directions to the Centre and the Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments to ensure that rice-eating tusker Arikomban is not harmed while being......

163 workers of garments firm held for Christmas violence in Kerala

As many as 163 workers of Kitex garments have been arrested for the Christmas day violence at Kizhakkambalam area of Ernakulam district, a move which the company's managing director claimed was......

Will KCR's BRS Make Any Impact In National Politics?

Maharashtra is the first BRS' target, reports Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi Founder Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao. Photograph: PTI Photo Till recently,......

'Can you imagine how much people's money is being looted?'

'If one crore is sanctioned to make a road, they spend only Rs 40 lakhs and the remaining 60 lakhs is looted by the politician, bureaucrats and the contractor.' IMAGE: Sabu Jacob, the coordinator......

Hounded out of Kerala, says industrialist as Telangana welcomes him

Ahead of talks with the Telangana government over his investment plans, chairman of the Kitex group Sabu Jacob, who has backed out from a Rs 3,500 crore project in Kerala, on Friday said he was not......

Kerala Minister dismisses Kitex's allegations

Dismissing as baseless Kitex group chairman Sabu Jacob's allegation that the atmosphere in Kerala is not industry-friendly, state Industries Minister P Rajeev on Wednesday said his government......

Why this Businessman Quit Kerala

Is there more than meets the eye to Kitex Garments, the world's second-largest children's garment producer, abandoning Kerala for Telangana?Shine Jacob finds out. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Kitex......

God's own country or industrial doghouse?

Consider this paradox. The Kerala government is trying hard to lure businessmen into investing in new industrial undertakings in the state. But the state's two biggest industrial belts -- the......