Cauvery award: Both Tamil Nadu, Karnataka unhappy (Roundup)
September 20th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's bid to resolve the row over Cauvery river water-sharing, by asking Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs every day between Sep 20 ... Read more...
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Karnataka walks out of PM’s meeting on Cauvery waters
September 19th, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, Sep 19 (IANS) Karnataka Wednesday walked out of a meeting where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the state to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily till Oct ... Read more...
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Special UDF meet to clear doubts about investor meet
September 4th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 4 (IANS) The ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala has called a special meeting Thursday to clear all doubts and allegations levelled by the opposition about ... Read more...
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Kerala IUML legislator named in murder case
June 11th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 11 (IANS) P.K. Basheer, a first-time legislator of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) that is a partner in Kerala's ruling coalition, has been named the sixth ... Read more...
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Chandy launches project in Smart City Kochi
June 9th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, June 9 (IANS) Kerala Saturday stepped up efforts to make itself prominent on the IT map of India and the world with Chief Minister Oomen Chandy launching a project ... Read more...
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Free drugs and more to mark UDF anniversary
June 4th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 (IANS) Those in Kerala who do not fall in the income tax category can from now on get free medicines.The government will subsidize this scheme by levying ... Read more...
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Oomen Chandy congratulates Tendulkar
March 16th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Friday congratulated Sachin Tendulkar on completing his 100th hundred in international cricket.Speaking to IANS while travelling on a train to ... Read more...
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Popular Kerala singer detained, freed by Saudi police
February 11th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) Popular Malayalam singer K.G.Markose was first detained and then released by Saudi Islamic police Saturday while on a tour of Saudi Arabia to hold a stage ... Read more...
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Kerala will push low-cost airline, Islamic banking: Chandy
November 22nd, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Kerala will pursue with the central government its proposal to start an airline, mainly to extend low-cost option to its vast diaspora in the Gulf ... Read more...
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Kerala assembly adjourns to mourn minister’s death
October 31st, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 31 (IANS) The Kerala assembly was Monday adjourned after Speaker G. Karthikeyan announced the death of civil supplies minister T.M. Jacob.Jacob, who led the Kerala Congress-Jacob and was ... Read more...
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Two Kerala CPI-M legislators suspended amid bedlam
October 17th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 (IANS) Amid pandemonium created by the Left opposition, Kerala Speaker G. Karthikeyan Monday suspended two first-time Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members for two days for unruly ... Read more...
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Buses stoned in Thiruvananthapuram shutdown
September 17th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 17 (IANS) Fifteen buses were stoned and two drivers injured in a dusk-to-dawn shutdown called by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Thiruvananthapuram district Saturday.The shutdown ... Read more...
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Kerala budget’s focus is on infrastructure, development
July 8th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 (IANS) Kerala's annual budget for 2011-12, the first since the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) came to power in April elections to the state assembly, Friday emphasises ... Read more...
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Kerala chief minister’s office to function 24×7 (Lead)
June 22nd, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (IANS) In a first for India, the Kerala chief minister's office will function 24x7 with the state cabinet Wednesday sanctioning the move."Even though my office has already ... Read more...
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Assembly polls: Tamil Nadu records 75 pc voting, Kerala 74 pc, Puducherry 83 pc
April 13th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram/Puducherry, Apr 13 (ANI): An estimated 75 per cent of 4.7 crore electorate cast their votes in the elections to the 234-member Assembly in Tamil Nadu, around 74 per cent voters cast ... Read more...
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Polling underway in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry
April 13th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 13 (ANI): Polling was underway in 234 constituencies of Tamil Nadu, 140 in Kerala and 30 in Puducherry on Wednesday to elect new assemblies.In Tamil Nadu, four and a ... Read more...
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Security stepped up in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry
April 12th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, which goes to polls tomorrow.In Tamil Nadu, four and a half crore voters ... Read more...
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Opposition meets Kerala governor, wants Lavalin case speeded up
March 27th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 (IANS) The opposition parties in Kerala Friday met Governor R.S. Gavai to seek his intervention to speed up prosecution in SNS Lavalin corruption case in which ruling Communist Party ... Read more...
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PM assures assistance to Orissa violence victims
September 1st, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Assuring help to the victims of violence in Orissa, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said firm action would be taken against culprits of the communal stir in ... Read more...
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