Impressive wins for Balu, Kutty
August 26th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) Former rally champion Arjun Balu of Tiger Sport stamped his class and authority on the Indian Touring Cars series with a stunning win at the third ... Read more...
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Close battles in the offing at national racing
August 24th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 25 (IANS) Competition is likely to be hotter and closer in more ways than one as the curtain goes up on the third round of the JK Tyre-FMSCI ... Read more...
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Kerala seeks approval for Rs.53,825 crore infrastructure project
August 20th, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) Kerala has sought the central government's approval for the Kochi-Palakkad National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ), a Rs.53,825 crore mega industrial infrastructure project, according to State ... Read more...
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Double for Fahad Kutty at National Racing
July 29th, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Coimbatore, July 29 (IANS) Mumbai's Fahad Kutty of Team Game Over completed a splendid double in the Indian Junior Touring Cars class at the 15th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Racing Championship ... Read more...
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Kutty, Siva top National Racing opener
July 7th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Coimbatore, July 7 (IANS) Fahad Kutty (Team Game Over) from Mumbai and M. Sivaramakrishnan (Performance Racing) won the opening races of the Touring Cars in contrasting styles in the first ... Read more...
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Young nuclear scientist found dead in his Kalpakkam quarters
April 24th, 2012 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Nuclear scientist Mohammed Mustafa, 24, was found dead in his quarters at Kalpakkam, around 80 km from here, with his wrists slashed Monday evening, police said.Speaking ... Read more...
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Bus driver’s face devoid of emotion: student
January 25th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) "His face was devoid of any emotion," said a college student who witnessed the mayhem unleashed by a rogue bus driver here who blindly sped through ... Read more...
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Nine killed as mentally ill man hijacks Pune bus (Second lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) At least nine people were killed, 27 injured and 30-40 vehicles damaged when a mentally disturbed staffer of the government bus service hijacked a state ... Read more...
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A true-blood Malayalee from Pakistan pushes for friendship
August 14th, 2011 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) In his traditional cotton mundu and khadi kurta, 80-year-old Biyyathil Mohyuddin Kutty looks every inch a sprightly Malayalee from Kerala. The political activist who chose ... Read more...
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Citizens from India, Pakistan condemn Mumbai blasts
July 14th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Prominent citizens of India and Pakistan jointly condemned the serial blasts that rocked three areas of south and central Mumbai Wednesday killing 17 people and injuring ... Read more...
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South Indian movie world condoles death of Chitra’s daughter
April 15th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) The South Indian movie music world shared the grief of noted playback singer K.S. Chitra, who lost her eight-year-old daughter in a swimming pool accident in ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan, three ministers out of Kerala poll fray (Second Lead)
March 17th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and three of his ministers will not contest the upcoming state assembly polls, the party decided here Wednesday. Home Minister Kodiyeri ... Read more...
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Aged 91, 87, 78… Kerala’s veterans will fight elections
March 8th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 8 (IANS) At age 91, K.R. Gowri is still itching to contest Kerala's assembly elections. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan is 87 but is not ready to call it ... Read more...
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Kurup, Shaji Karun, Jayaram among Kerala’s Padma awardees
January 25th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 25 (IANS) Malayalam poet O.N.V. Kurup was Tuesday named for the Padma Vibhushan, while popular actor Jayaram, filmmaker Shaji N. Karun, architect G. Sankar and Mohiniattam dancer Kshemavathy Pavitharan were ... Read more...
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Arpita To Dance To The Tune Of Sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee
January 17th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Actress Arpita is not one such artist, who likes to experiment with arts only to fad for the sake of being fashionable. She is a passionate artist, who has a ... Read more...
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Grammy Calling For Kolkata Based Album ‘Soul Call’
December 4th, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Pandit Tejendra, who was born in a musical family, got initially trained under his father Sri Ranjan Majumdar. Then he went to take training under the Ustad Bahadur Khan for next ... Read more...
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Close contests in offing in national motor racing
November 26th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 26 (IANS) With the titles in almost all the four classes still up for grabs, the competition in the penultimate round of the 13th JK Tyre National Motor Racing Championship ... Read more...
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First Indian film fest in Trinidad and Tobago
November 18th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Paras Ramoutar
Port-of-Spain, Nov 18 (IANS) The first Indian film festival in Trinidad and Tobago has a series of movies lined up to whet the appetite of cinema lovers here, a large ... Read more...
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Screenplays new literary genre in Kerala, says Mammootty
November 12th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 12 (IANS) Southern superstar Mammootty says screenplays are emerging as a literary genre in Kerala and he would like to see more exchange of ideas between Malayalam and Western scriptwriters."Screenplays ... Read more...
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South India’s Kathakali debuts in Bangladesh
November 4th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 4 (IANS) Kathakali, the ancient dance form from South India's Kerala state, has made its debut here.A workshop was held at Shanto Marium University of Creative Technology Oct 26-31 and ... Read more...
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Hat-trick For Abhinaya
October 29th, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 29, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Being physically impaired, Abhinaya proved of her adeptness by making it bigger through her debut film Nadodigal. The actress started her career acting in ad films ... Read more...
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President Pratibha Patil presents 57th national film awards
October 22nd, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.22 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil presented D Ramanaidu, a veteran producer with 130 films in a dozen languages, the Dada Saheb Phalke award for his outstanding contribution to cinema ... Read more...
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Myna, Va Quarter Cutting & Uthama Puthiran To Release On Diwali
October 22nd, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Kamal Haasan’s 'Manmadhan Ambu' and Vijay’s 'Kaavalan' backing off from the Diwali release race, the medium and low budget movies are on its way of ... Read more...
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Shooting For Mathilukalkkappuram To Start By November
October 13th, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 13, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Malayalam film megastar, Mammootty, will start shooting for his next project Mathilukalkkappuram, by the end of this November. Nayantara will play the female lead in this ... Read more...
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Is it Dhanush Vs Silambarasan for Diwali 2010?
September 22nd, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Dhanush and Silambarasan have always been the box office rivals as their films released together create big sensation amongst their fans. Now as these young actors have ... Read more...
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I’m happy my films won eight national awards: Mammootty
September 15th, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 15 (IANS) Mammootty missed out on the best actor award but the Malayalam superstar says he his happy that two films he acted in - "Kutty Srank" and "Kerala Varma ... Read more...
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Kerala HC rejects bail plea of 7 PFI activists in lecturer attack case
September 8th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by ANI
Kochi (Kerala), Sept.8 (ANI): The Kerala High Court dismissed the bail applications of seven Popular Front of India (PFI) activists, who had been arrested for the brutal attack on a college lecturer ... Read more...
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Padukone, Powell lead Queen’s Baton Relay
September 2nd, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 2 (IANS) The Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games was welcomed in Bangalore Thursday by school children, sports enthusiasts and sports stars.
The baton, which arrived here from Mysore, ... Read more...
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Saina Nehwal conferred Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
August 29th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.29 (ANI): Indian ace shuttler and World No.2 Saina Nehwal was conferred upon with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award here on Sunday for her sterling performance in Badminton this year. ... Read more...
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All-party meet to discuss local bodies polls in Kerala
August 7th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (IANS) An all-party meet will be held here Aug 12 to discuss the final dates for the local bodies polls in Kerala and how to go about the conduct ... Read more...
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Ministry announces list of sports awards
August 5th, 2010 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The sports ministry Thursday announced the final list of the annual sports awards, with Saina Nehwal getting the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
Footballer Deepak Kumar Mondal, currently in ... Read more...
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Discrepancies in voters’ list lead to walkout
July 7th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (IANS) The Congress-led opposition in Kerala Wednesday walked out of the state assembly, protesting against the widespread discrepancies in the voters' list published last week.
The local bodies elections are ... Read more...
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Allegations against Congress member stall Kerala assembly
July 6th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) Angry exchanges and a walkout marred proceedings in the Kerala assembly Tuesday over an allegation that Congress legislator A.P. Abdulla Kutty was caught in the company of a ... Read more...
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Kerala opposition accuses government of delaying local bodies poll
June 30th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 30 (IANS) The Congress-led opposition Wednesday walked out of the Kerala assembly protesting against the delay by the Left government in making preparations for the local bodies poll.
Seeking to move ... Read more...
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In crisis, CPI-M battles the rot within
May 23rd, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
By T.G. Biju
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) For a party ideologically opposed to a lavish lifestyle, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has declared an unprecedented war on comrades who have ... Read more...
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