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Battle to heat up after Vishu festival

UDF, LDF and NDA have drawn up detailed and aggressive campaign plans for the second leg

12 April 2016 7:05 AM IST

All India Radio Kozhikode

All India Radio regional news bulletin turns 50

First news bulletin was read by Ramachandran back in 1966.

12 April 2016 7:02 AM IST

There are two temples inside the jail one within its huge walls where only the inmates have access and the second one on the jail premises where the public has an entry.

Central prison temple also to hold back fireworks in future

Central Jail authorities told DC that there is a mosque as well as a church for inmates belonging to respective faiths.

12 April 2016 6:57 AM IST

Policemen guard the damaged structures at the Puttingal temple in Paravur on Monday, a day after a massive fire broke out during the fireworks display. (Photo: AP)

Temples to tone down crackers in Kerala

Palakkad district collector Mary Kutty also echoed the same sentiments as that of the MDB president.

12 April 2016 6:54 AM IST

Top TDB officials are divided on whether to give permission to use only Kathina vedi and Maala crackers or allow Kambakkettu (major fireworks) in temples

Kerala temples spend Rs 1,500 crores annually on fireworks

Jayasooryan said it might have crossed Rs 20,000 crore by now, almost as big as the state's annual plan outlay.

12 April 2016 6:51 AM IST

Workers engaged in making of crackers ahead of Thrissur Pooram. (photo: DC FILE)

Kerala Tourism kept fireworks off

No videos of festivals in Kerala Tourism website contain fireworks.

12 April 2016 6:48 AM IST

A view of a collapsed building after a massive fire broke out during a fireworks display at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village, north of Thiruvananthapuram, southern Kerala. (Photo: AP)

CPM leader blames role of Congress

K.N. Balagopal told reporters that the competitive fireworks could not have been held without the connivance of...

12 April 2016 6:45 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Kollam temple fire: World leaders offer sympathy

Mr Nawaz Sharif on Sunday evening called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi to express his grief.

12 April 2016 6:44 AM IST

One of the shops in Athanikkal that sells crackers. (Photo: DC)

2,600 kg explosives seized in cracker sales crackdown in Kerala

A shop at Arangad near Koyilandy had a stock of 2,100 kg whereas it had the permission to keep only 350 kg.

12 April 2016 6:41 AM IST

Fire outbreak at Puttingal Devi Temple complex in Kollam kills102 and injures 280 people. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Kollam district hospital lacks facilities to treat burn victims

The patients need expert medical care, including plastic surgery.

12 April 2016 6:39 AM IST

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury visits the injured at Medical College Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, former minister M Vijayakumar, CPM district secretary Anavoor Nagappan and Mayor V K Prasanth are also seen. (Photo: A V MUZAFAR)

Government responsible for tragedy: Sitaram Yechury

He urged the centre to declare the accident as a national disaster.

12 April 2016 6:36 AM IST

The fans of firecracker displays in Kerala show a similar attitude when it comes to imposing control on the unbridled use of explosives in the name of fireworks display.

Kerala: Church too joins the bandwagon

Mar Perunthottam demanded that the state government take actions to strictly enforce the norms for conducting safe use...

12 April 2016 6:34 AM IST