Nedumbassery

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  Key Accused In Kerala Organ Trade Case Tried to Sell Own Kidney: Cops

  A man from Andhra Pradesh, said to the kingpin in a massive organ trade racket, has been arrested from Hyderabad

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  22 Dead As Rain Pounds Kerala, Red Alert Sounded For Idukki Reservoir

  Twenty two people have been killed in Kerala in landslides due to heavy rain across the state. The Kochi airport had suspended all arrivals at the international and domestic terminals for two hours this afternoon fearing flooding of the runway after the gates of the Idukki dam was opened today. All incoming flights had been diverted to other destin...

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  BJP Leader L K Advani's Convoy Caught In Kerala Protest

  The convoy of senior BJP leader L K Advani, who was on his way from Nedumbassery airport to Kumarakom, was stopped in Kerala on the national highway in Alappuzha district as the protest march of CPI-M workers were passing through.

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  Amit Shah Arrives In Kerala On Three-Day Visit

  Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party volunteers received BJP President Amit Shah at Nedumbassery International Airport in Kochi today. Mr Shah, who is on a three-day visit in Kerala, arrived in the southern state some days after the central government banned sale of cattle in animal markets for purposes other than agricultural and farm use.

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  Kerala: Prime Accused In Nursing Recruitment Scam Arrested

  The prime accused in the multi-crore nursing recruitment scam in Kerala was arrested after he landed at the international airport in Nedumbassery near here today.

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  Woman Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Ephedrine Worth Rs 22 Crore in Kochi

  A South African woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle out 14 kg of white powder-- suspected to be Ephedrine-- worth Rs 22 crore at the international airport at Nedumbassery in Kochi.

• Kochi Airport Takes Precautionary Measures to Tackle Ebola

  In view of the threat of Ebola virus, the International airport at Nedumbassery in Kochi is taking all precautionary steps, including inception of quarantine facility.

• Kochi Airport Put on High Alert After Terror Threat Calls

  The Kochi International airport at nearby Nedumbassery was today put on high alert after it received threatening calls stating that it would be attacked by terrorists with AK-47s, a top airport official said.

• Gold seized from passenger at airport in Kerala

  Customs officials seized gold sheets totally weighing 945.37 grams and valued at Rs 28.44 lakhs from a passenger who arrived from Sharjah by Jet Airways at the Nedumbassery International Airport in Kochi today.

• Poor visibility forces diversion of three flights at Kochi

  Due to poor visibility, three flights scheduled to land at the Nedumbassery airport near Kochi this morning were diverted to different places.

• Fully satisfied with Kochi Metro work, says Oommen Chandy

  Work on the 25 km Aluva-Petta first phase stretch of Kochi Metro project will be completed on schedule and government was 'fully satisfied' with the work undertaken so far, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said today.

• Irish passenger dies after developing chest pain during flight

  A non-stop Melbourne-Doha flight of Qatar Airways was diverted to Nedumbassery airport in Kochi after an Irish passenger complained of chest pain and was later declared dead on being taken to a local hospital.

• Bomb scare turns out to be hoax, man arrested

  Police have arrested a 40-year-old man in Kochi for making an anonymous telephone call saying that a bomb had been planted at the nearby Nedumbassery airport on Tuesday morning, which later turned out to be hoax.

• Kochi's hopes lie in canals

  Waterways are the only solution to the city's growing traffic issues, officials feel. The district administration's efforts to operate a boat service from Kochi to Nedumbassery could be the beginning of an ambitious project to make use of the city's own canals and backwaters.