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Kerala is the second state to ban gutka and pan products.
Kerala bans pan masala and its variants
Kerala government has imposed a ban on manufacture, storage and sale of gutkha, panmasala and their variants containing tobacco and nicotine in the State. The ban was ordered under the F...
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Hartal hits normal life in State
The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI) to protest against the hike in petrol...
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Institutions opt for biogas plants
The City Corporation and State government might not yet have found a solution for the garbage crisis in the city. But more and more institutions and organisations in the city are coming forward wi...
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Pay-and-use waste treatment facility
A Rs.1.75-crore waste treatment plant is being set up by the SMSS Hindu Mahila Mandiram at Poojappura in the city that will generate electricity from garbage. The project has received the approval...
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Toppers share success stories
The city has its own impressive list of achievers for the State Medical Entrance Examinations, the results of which were announced here on Thursday.For Bikas Keethadath from Kaniyapuram who...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 25, 2012
Social welfare Dept to launch schemes to mark anniversary
Minister for Social Welfare M. K. Muneer said here on Friday that the Social Welfare Department would launch a series of programmes in the coming weeks to mark the first anniversary of the UDF gov...
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KOTTAYAM,
May 25, 2012
State Government yet to fulfil its promises: Powathil
Inter-Church Council for Education chairman Archbishop (Emeritus) Mar Joseph Powathil has said that the State Government was yet to fulfil its promises it had made in resolving the various issues...
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PATHANAMTHITTA,
May 24, 2012
Hartal total in Pathanamthitta
The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Left Democratic Front, Bharatiya Janata Party and SDPI, protesting against the steep hike in the petrol price, was total in Pathanamthitta district.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 24, 2012
Commission to draw up package for Kasaragod
The Cabinet on Thursday decided to appoint former Chief Secretary P. Prabhakaran as one man commission to draw up a package for the development of Kasaragod district. Mr. Prabhakaran is...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 24, 2012
Kerala Cabinet urges Centre to withdraw petrol price hike
Kerala Cabinet on Thursday called upon the Centre to withdraw the petrol price hike. It also decided to forgo the increase in State taxes arising from the hike in price, consequent to which the pr...
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Thiruvananthapuram,
May 24, 2012
Dosas galore
The ongoing Dosa Fest at The Keys Hotel is a treat for lovers of this South Indian delight. Dosas are perennial favourites and that seems to explain the plethora of dosa festivals in the city. »
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 24, 2012
CRS nod for electrified line up to Kanyakumari
Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bangalore, S. K. Mittal, on Wednesday gave the nod for the electrified Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari railway line.With the mandatory nod for...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 23, 2012
Good show by district schools in CBSE exams
Students from the CBSE schools in the city have performed well in the All India Secondary School examinations, the results of which were announced here on Tuesday. Viswabharathy Public Schoo...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 23, 2012
Waste treatment subsidy for institutions also
With the proposal for using garbage as filler material for platform construction at the Kochu Veli railway station also hitting the roadblock, the State government is now bringing the focus back on...
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KANNUR,
May 22, 2012
Village officer held for taking bribe
A Village Officer here was arrested by Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) personnel while accepting bribe at his office here on Tuesday.K.V. Shaju, Village Officer at the Kannur Vil...
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Steps to keep jumbos off rail tracks at Walayar
Student's suicide: Principal quizzed
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KOTTAYAM,
May 25, 2012
PC George calls for government intervention to ‘liberate’ party villages
Government Chief Whip P C George has called for reinvestigation into the series of masked attack during the LDF tenure and said that in the light of the information coming out on the TP Chandrasek...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 25, 2012
Pets' corner drawing crowds
The pets' corner at the ongoing Santhigiri fest at the Santhigiri Ashram, near here, has caught the fancy of many visitors.According to a press note issued here, the corner features aquarium...
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KOTTAYAM,
May 24, 2012
Petrol price hike: Hartal total in Kottayam
With shops remaining closed and public transport system staying off the road, the hartal called by the LDF and the BJP was total and barring stray incidents, peaceful in the district. Private vehi...
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KANNUR,
May 24, 2012
Extensive police raids in Kannavan forest near Koothuparamba
Extensive police raids were conducted in the Kannavam reserve forest near Koothuparamba on Thursday as part of the ongoing police operation to nab key accused involved in the murder of Revolutiona...
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Thiruvananthapuram,
May 24, 2012
Green walk
The capital city has always prided on its green cover and shady avenues. Over the years, much of the greenery has been denuded in the name of development and housing. Recently a group of...
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Thiruvananthapuram,
May 24, 2012
Landscape of the mind
Lines, straight or curved, maketh this man. When Sreekumar Sreedharan takes off with his Rotring pen from a certain point on a piece of paper there's no telling where he's headed to. “I...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 24, 2012
City shell-shocked at news of price hike
Sheer disbelief turns into a panicked rush to the petrol pump and then to anger, as residents of the capital city hear about the biggest-ever fuel price hike in recent times.As they whip out...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 23, 2012
Steps to check illegal constructions
Steps will be taken to strengthen the mechanism to check unauthorised constructions in the State, Urban Affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhi Ali said here on Tuesday. In a statement issued her...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 23, 2012
A sit-in brings in success
After weeks of listening to explanations from the Kerala Water Authority, people from some colonies in the Palayam ward staged a sit-in in front of the office of the executive engineer PH division...
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PATHANAMTHITTA,
May 22, 2012
Apologise to people, Mani tells CPI(M)
The brutal killing of the Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T.P. Chandrasekharan was with the knowledge of certain top leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Finance Minister K.M. Man...
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Kerala bans pan masala and its variants
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Pay-and-use waste treatment facility
Toppers share success stories
Hartal hits normal life in State
Institutions opt for biogas plants
Hartal total in Pathanamthitta
City shell-shocked at news of price hike
Toppers share success stories
CRS nod for electrified line up to Kanyakumari
Pay-and-use waste treatment facility
Pets' corner drawing crowds
Institutions opt for biogas plants
Apologise to people, Mani tells CPI(M)
Hartal hits normal life in State
Good show by district schools in CBSE exams
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