With Yeddyurappa in jail, Advani roadshow to skip Bangalore
October 22nd, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani has dropped plans to address an anti-graft rally in Bangalore Oct 30 even as several state BJP stalwarts ... Read more...
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Bad day for party but Advani Yatra’s Karnataka leg on: BJP
October 15th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), Oct 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party said Saturday was a "bad day" for it as its former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa faced arrest in graft cases ... Read more...
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Advani yatra: BJP non-committal on Yeddyurappa’s role
October 13th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 13 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday was evasive on whether scam-hit former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will take part in senior party leader ... Read more...
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Endosulfan can be phased out early if alternative found: Ramesh
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Monday said the government could phase out the killer pesticide endosulfan even before the 11-year time frame agreed at a Stockholm ... Read more...
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Kerala CM Achuthanandan on day-long fast for ban on endosulfan
April 25th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 25 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan began a day-long fast here today to press for the demand for a countrywide ban on endosulfan pesticide.Several other political leaders, peoples' ... Read more...
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Congress-led Kerala opposition launches election march
January 10th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kasargod (Kerala), Jan 10 (IANS) The Congress-led opposition in Kerala Monday evening kicked off the campaign for assembly elections later this year by launching a statewide march from Upala near here.Leader of ... Read more...
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Two Bangalore blast suspects sent to jail
October 17th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 17 (IANS) Two more suspects in the 2008 serial blasts in Bangalore, arrested Friday, were sent to jail till Oct 25 by a court here, police said Sunday.The two - ... Read more...
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Two more suspects in Bangalore blast case held
October 16th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 16 (IANS) Two more suspects in the 2008 serial blasts in Bangalore have been arrested, a senior police official said Saturday.One of the suspects was identified as Umar Farooq and ... Read more...
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Kasargod MP lost 49 from his constituency in crash
May 24th, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kasargod (Kerala), May 24 (IANS) For last two days Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP P. Karunakaran has been going from house to house in his constituency Kasargod in Kerala, consoling the ... Read more...
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AI defends pilots, kin bid tearful adieu to dear ones (Intro-Roundup)
May 23rd, 2010 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore/Mumbai/Kasargod, May 23 (IANS) A day after the Mangalore air crash claimed 158 lives, the Air India Sunday defended its pilots, asserting they were experianced and well rested, as the shocked families, ... Read more...
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Plane’s black box found, kin bid loved ones adieu (Roundup)
May 23rd, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore/Mumbai/Kasargod, May 23 (IANS) A day after the air disaster in Mangalore claimed 158 lives, investigators Sunday found the plane's 'black box' to put together the last moments of the ill-fated aircraft ... Read more...
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Kerala making arrangements to bring bodies home: Minister (Second lead)
May 22nd, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 22 (IANS) The Kerala government is making arrangements to bring back the bodies of nearly 50 Malayalis killed in the Air India Express plane crash here, state Home Minister ... Read more...
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Serial rapist-killer arrested in Karnataka
October 21st, 2009 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 21 (IANS) A man, alleged to have raped and killed at least 18 women in the past five years, was arrested in Karnataka's Mangalore town, police said Wednesday.
"Accused Mohan ... Read more...
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India’s swine flu tally jump to 298
July 19th, 2009 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Thirteen new swine flu cases were reported Sunday, taking the total number of influenza A(H1N1) virus cases to 298 in India, health officials said here.
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Lawyer of Chota Shakeel’s aide shot dead
April 10th, 2009 - 10:09 am ICT by IANS
Mangalore, April 10 (IANS) An advocate representing underworld don Chota Shakeel's aide Rashid Malbari was shot dead by unidentified gunmen here, police said Friday.
"Naushad Kashim was gunned down at around 9 p.m. ... Read more...
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Underworld don Chhota Shakeel’s aide arrested
March 30th, 2009 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 30 (IANS) Underworld don Chhota Shakeel's aide Rashid Malabari, and three others, who had planned to assassinate some prominent persons in the country, have been arrested, a top police official ... Read more...
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Congress names 16 Lok Sabha candidates from Kerala
March 20th, 2009 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Eminent writer and former UN official Shashi Tharoor was named by the Congress in its list of 16 candidates who would contest the Lok Sabha polls from ... Read more...
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Five arrested for attack on Kerala legislator’s daughter (Roundup)
February 8th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 7 (IANS) Five people were arrested Saturday for the attack on a Kerala legislator's daughter and her classmate's brother, a Muslim boy, in Mangalore town Friday evening, the Karnataka police ... Read more...
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Two detained for attack on Kerala legislator’s daughter
February 7th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 7 (IANS) Karnataka Police Saturday detained two people for questioning over the attack on a Kerala legislator's daughter and her Muslim male friend in Mangalore town Friday evening, officials said."We ... Read more...
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Indian crew of hijacked ship freed unharmed
October 11th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.11 (ANI): Armed Somalian pirates have released unharmed three Indians and 26 other members of the crew on board a hijacked cargo ship after keeping them in captivity for ... Read more...
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Marxist heads temple board in north Kerala
October 2nd, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, Oct 2 (IANS) Marxist member K. Gopalakrishnan will head the newly constituted Malabar Devaswom Board, which will administer all temples in north Kerala.Gopalakrishnan was nominated by the ruling Communist Party of ... Read more...
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One held for attack on church in Kerala
September 22nd, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kasargod, Sep 22 (IANS) One person was arrested Monday in connection with an attack on a missionary school, which was also used as a temporary church, here in Kerala Sep 15.Police identified ... Read more...
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BJP wants Kerala minister’s ouster over road blockade
September 16th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 16 (IANS) Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president P.K. Krishna Das has asked Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to oust a cabinet colleague who participated in a road blockade to protest ... Read more...
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Church attacked in Kerala
September 15th, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kasargod (Kerala), Sep 15 (IANS) A missionary school, which was also used as a temporary church, was attacked in the Kasargod district in Kerala, the police said Monday.The incident follows attacks on ... Read more...
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Call to issue boat licenses only to traditional fishermen
September 8th, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, Sep 8 (IANS) With fish catch shrinking substantially, the fishermen in Kerala want the government to issue registration and licenses only to fishing boats belonging to traditional fishermen.The fishermen organisations put ... Read more...
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IT-HR summit in Kerala evokes good response
August 30th, 2008 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, Aug 30 (IANS) The IT-HR Summit held here Saturday to showcase the human resource potential of north Kerala to IT companies saw participation of around 1,700 students from 94 institutions in ... Read more...
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New electronics park proposed in Kerala
August 22nd, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kasargod (Kerala), Aug 22 (IANS) The Kerala government will set up an electronics park in Kasargod district, state Industries Minister Elamaram Kareem said here Friday.The park will come up near the proposed ... Read more...
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Gang of temple thieves held in Kerala
August 8th, 2008 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kasargod (Kerala), Aug 8 (IANS) Three members of an inter-state gang of thieves, responsible for around 30 cases of temple thefts in Karnataka and Kerala, were arrested at Kumbala near here Friday, ... Read more...
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Can’t fly to Delhi, so athlete to miss world championship
July 5th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kannur (Kerala), July 5 (IANS) Chinchu Jose will miss the World Junior Athletics Championships in Poland, because her family failed to raise enough money to fly her to New Delhi, from where ... Read more...
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Kerala’s Kasargod district in the grip of fever
June 20th, 2008 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kasargod (Kerala), June 20 (IANS) Kerala's northern district of Kasargod is in the grip of a viral fever, which has symptoms similar to chikungunya, and as many as 33,254 cases have been ... Read more...
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Kerala school book has frog’s picture in place of Gandhi
June 12th, 2008 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Kasargod (Kerala), June 11 (IANS) A school handbook, which has a picture of frog in place of Mahatma Gandhi, has become a cause of embarrassment for education officials in Kasargod district of ... Read more...
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Kerala needs high speed road corridor: minister
May 23rd, 2008 - 11:56 pm ICT by admin
Kozhikode (Kerala), May 23 (IANS) Kerala needs a high-speed road corridor from Kasargod in the north to Thiruvananthapuram in the south, said state Public Works Minister Mons Joseph Friday while addressing a ... Read more...
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Kerala ministers pitch for state’s farmers in cabinet
May 23rd, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Two senior ministers from Kerala made a plea for their state's farmers in the central government's cabinet meeting Friday and expressed their unhappiness at their home district ... Read more...
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Suspected outbreak of chikungunya in Kerala
May 8th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by admin
Kasargod (Kerala), May 8 (IANS) A suspected outbreak of chikungunya was reported from Kasargod district in Kerala Thursday. The cases were reported from Panathadi village, about 70 km from Kasargod district headquarters. ... Read more...
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Four held for murder of trade union leader in Kerala
May 5th, 2008 - 10:36 pm ICT by admin
Kasargod (Kerala), May 5 (IANS) Kerala police Monday arrested four activists of the National Democratic Front (NDF), a radical Islamic outfit, in connection with the April 17 murder of trade union leader ... Read more...
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