Officials said that unauthorised use of space by putting up plastic sheets and trading by unlicensed vendors on Alappuzha beach were under scrutiny. Notices were issued to 14 shops.

In a major drug haul, excise sleuths arrested two persons with three kg of hydroponic weed, also known as hybrid ganja, worth around ₹2 crore, from a resort at Omanapuzha in Alappuzha on Tuesday ...