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Two fly out with dud passports
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Two people who have no valid identification records got passports from the regional passport office in Kochi
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City lacks palliative care for dementia patients
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Kerala needs to set up a network of pain and palliative care institutions to look after people suffering from dementia, said Dr K Jacob Roy who has been selected to chair the Alzheimer’s Disease
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New bridges will ease traffic snarls
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If you have been one of the thousands of travel-weary commuters who were always caught in the perpetual traffic jams
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Bid to make pongala plastic-free
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The Attukal pongala festival, which begins on February 28, will be eco-friendly and plastic free.
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AIDS awareness campaign reaches city on wheels
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Holding a flagstick between his teeth and riding a bicycle sans seat, chain and brakes with just his hands moving the wheel.
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Excise officer held for helping liquor mafia
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An excise preventive officer, who had been acting as a mole in the department and helping the illicit liquor mafia was trapped by the excise intelligence wing. I P K Rajan (52), attached to Kollam excise division
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Welcome to Ernakulam for a smoke-free trip
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First the good news: Kerala's Ernakulam is the first smoke-free tourism destination in India.
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Squad to acquire land for Metro
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To speed up the land acquisition procedures for the Kochi Metro project, two special land acquisition units will start functioning from next week.
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Rs 12.50 crore plan for Vyttila Skywalk project
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The district administration has submitted a Rs 12.50 crore plan before the road safety authority for the Vyttila Skywalk project.
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Radio frequency gizmo to track billboards soon
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In a move to regulate billboards across the city, the corporation plans to install a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system.
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Nilambur all set to leverage its eco-tourism potential
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The tourism plans of Nilambur is all set to take off on February 11 when chief minister Oommen Chandy inaugurates the work on Eastern Corridor, a multi-crore eco-tourism initiative.
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Final frontier: TOI goes to Kerala
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For a long time, Kerala has been the final frontier for The Times of India. Over the years, as we steadily expanded in the south - TOI is now the overwhelming leader among English
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Nurses go on strike again over pay
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Following the series of strikes across the country for better wages, the nurses of Lakeshore Hospital went on a token strike on Monday.
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Vallarpadam terminal may get cabotage waiver
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February promises to be a month of turnaround for the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam, as two major issues choking the growth of this Rs 3, 200 crore joint venture
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NIA wants to probe fake currency cases
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) unit in Kerala has filed a report before the NIA headquarters seeking permission to take over the probe into three cases in which fake Indian currencies in large quantities were seized in Kerala.
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Kochi Metro hits new road block over land acquisition
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People Slam Plan To Widen The Vyttila - Petta Road By 30 Metres
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A web forum to help senior citizens
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Now senior citizens won't have to scan newspapers for government notifications and related information as the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), a Kochi based NGO, has come up with a web forum to help them.
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NDMA planning disaster trauma care guidelines
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National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will soon come up with guidelines to integrate mental health into disaster management action plan to help people cope up with post-disaster traumatic disorders
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PWD works to begin in Feb
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Public Works Department (PWD) will begin road repair works in the city in February. After completing the tender procedures, PWD is awaiting government sanction for allotting the tender as more amount was quoted by the contractors.
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Road safety: Cartoons to spread the message
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Now cartoonists in the state will wield their pens to create awareness among the public on the need for championing safe driving habits.
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Free pentavalent vaccine pulls crowds
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The government's immunization drive is peaking up in the district after 7,044 kids were given their pentavalent shots in December 2011. Before this public health drive
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Expert panel to revamp semester system
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In the wake of allegations that the choice-based credit semester system (CBCSS) is flawed, the Higher Education Council has constituted a committee to revise and rectify the same.
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‘Need to ensure better mental health care’
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Experts of psychiatry have called for a better and constructive government initiative in mental health care. At a workshop organized by the Indian Psychiatric Society in Kochi
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Phase one of automated transport system in Feb
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The district administration is set to make Kochi the first city in the country to implement the automated transport system (ATS).
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Tharoor and mayor lock horns over waste issue
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Mayor K Chandrika has not taken kindly to MP Shashi Tharoor's statement that the city corporation has abrogated its responsibility to deal with the garbage crisis.
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