Orissa HC directs Puri Municipality to pay ₹10 lakh for dog bite death

Orissa HC directs Puri Municipality to pay ₹10 lakh for dog bite death

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: S. R. Raghunathan The Orissa High Court has directed the Puri Municipality to pay compensation of ₹10 lakh to parents of a child, who lost lives followings bites by a pack of dogs in Puri in 2016. A four-year-old boy died soon after a pack of dogs mauled him … Read more

Thrikkakara municipality to open free physiotherapy, speech therapy clinics for children

Thrikkakara municipality to open free physiotherapy, speech therapy clinics for children

The Thrikkakara municipality is planning to set up free physiotherapy and speech therapy clinics for children in three government and aided schools. To begin with, the first such clinic will turn operational at the Padamugal Government Upper Primary School later this month. The municipality has set apart ₹3 lakh for the proposed clinic. Besides, therapists … Read more

CPI(M) set to lead Pala municipality for the first time

CPI(M) set to lead Pala municipality for the first time

Come 2023, several three-tier administrative bodies in Central Travancore are set to witness changes at the helm as part of the power-sharing agreements struck within the respective ruling fronts. The most significant of these changes is slated to take place at the Pala municipality — a region long regarded as the hub of anti-Left politics … Read more