Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative capital of Kottayam district, located in south-west Kerala. It had a population of 136,812 in the city's administrative limits according to the 2011 census. Kottayam is approximately 146 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala's capital city.It is one of the main centres of literature and hence called Akshara Nagari or Land of Letters. Read More
The Kerala Police on Thursday arrested four workers of the state's ruling CPI-(M)-affiliated trade union CITU for preventing the state guests - Nobel laureate Micheal Levitt and his wife - from proceeding onwards on their houseboat journey near here. ...
Karnataka and Kerala are battling floods as rivers flowing through the states have swelled up after heavy downpour in the region. This is due to the North-East monsoon becoming active over the states. ...
A row which threatened to escalate into a major clash on Thursday was averted after better sense prevailed among the bishops present at St Mary's Syrian Jacobite Church, Piravom, near here, who decided to abide by the directions of the Supreme Court. ...
