Teams comprising officials from the Tourism and Ports departments and the Tourism police have launched checks on houseboats in Alappuzha to prevent the dumping of plastic into Vembanad Lake.

The second phase of the campaign covered the lake and other waterbodies in Ezhupunna, Kodamthuruthu, Pattanakkad, Thuravoor, Pulinkunnu, Neelamperoor, Champakulam, Veliyanad, Ramankary ...

"Modern Malayalam literature, as we read today, is only five to six centuries old. The first novel, Indulekha, was published in the 19th century, and Chemmeen by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai made waves ...