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A hawala tunnel

The law enforcement agencies discover that Kerala's thriving underground money transfer system received nearly Rs.708 crores through the regular banki

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A man behind the Plan

A tribute to K.N. Raj, a teacher and an economist closely associated with India's development process for about half-a-century, on the occasion of his

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Targeting missionaries

A criminal assault on nuns of the Missionaries of Charity in Kerala, the first such incident involving the organisation in the country, raises concern

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Pollution unchecked

A Supreme Court-appointed committee comes down heavily on the Kerala State Pollution Control Board for its failure to stop industries from polluting c

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A rough ride ahead

Oommen Chandy, who replaces A.K. Antony as Kerala's Chief Minister, has unenviable tasks at hand - refurbish the image of an unpopular government, rei

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The fear over fees

The Supreme Court's interim order on the fee structure for professional colleges upsets many students in Kerala. Now there is widespread concern about

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Stir over a report

The conflicting and often aggressive positions taken by various community organisations over a commission report on job quotas pose a threat to the A.

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A man and a movement

The story of P. Krishna Pillai, who died young, but not before sowing seeds of a revolutionary movement in Kerala.

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A history of reservation

IN Kerala, the demand for reservation of government jobs was made as early as 1891 with an agitation in the princely State of Travancore against the r

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A failed venture in Kerala

The one-year-old Milma-Mother Dairy joint venture seems destined for a premature death owing to differences between the NDDB subsidiary and the State

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Ordinance fiasco in Kerala

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Judicial benchmarks

WHEN the practical scheme evolved by the apex court in the 1993 Unnikrishnan case to check commercialisation of education and ensure social justice an

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