Chief Minister Oommen Chandy declared Kozhikode ‘Shilpa Nagaram,’ a city of sculptures, on Thursday. The CM unveiled ‘Remembrance,’ a 36-foot-long and 7-foot-tall sculpture made by Advait Gadanaik from Odisha, to make the declaration at a formal function held at Kozhikode beach. The Shilpa Nagaram project is being executed by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, in association with the District Tourism Promotion Council. Twelve sculptures made by noted sculptors from across the country will be installed at key locations in the [...]

It has been hardly two weeks since the latest rage in town, the KC outlet on bank road, opened and it had to be closed down on Wednesday after protests from various groups over its management of waste disposal. Activists from various corners got together in front of the outlet along with a collection of all the wastes allegedly dumped by KFC all over the city. Not the ideal start after whooping business in the first two weeks. Lets hope [...]

Private bus services to different destinations from Kozhikode was interrupted yesterday following a flash strike by crew in protest against confiscation of some vehicles here yesterday. It started with the crew of private buses in Kozhikode-Thrissur who started a lightning strike demanding release of eight buses seized by the traffic police on a complaint by a passenger that he was denied entry into a bus proceeding to Thrissur yesterday. The situation was aggravated with more crew of buses plying to [...]

After some defeats last time around UDF recaptured Malappuram winning 14 of the 16 seats. Sl No Constitueny Margin Winner 1 Kondotty 28148 K Mohammadunni Haji (UDF) 2 Eranad 11246 P K Basheer (UDF) 3 Nilambur 5598 Aryadan Mohammad (UDF) 4 Wandoor (SC) 28919 A P Anil Kumar (UDF) 5 Manjeri 29079 M Ummer (UDF) 6 Perinthalmanna 7919 Manjalamkuzhi Ali (UDF) 7 Mankada 22379 T A Ahmad Kabir (UDF) 8 Malappuram 44508 P Ubeydulla (UDF) 9 Vengara 38237 P K Kunjalikutty (UDF) [...]