Tribunal to recover damages from Coke in Kerala (Lead)
July 1st, 2010 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 30 (IANS) A tribunal will be set up to recover Rs.216.26 crore from Coca-Cola for the socio-economic damage caused by its bottling plant in Palakkad that has now been shut ... Read more...
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Tribunal to recover damages from Coke in Kerala
June 30th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 30 (IANS) A tribunal will be set up to recover Rs.216.26 crore from Coca-Cola for the socio-economic damages caused by its bottling plant in Palakkad that has now been shut ... Read more...
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Kerala to make Coca Cola pay for damages
June 27th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, June 27 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Sunday lashed out at soft drink giant Coca Cola and said a tribunal will be set up to recover the cost of socio-economic ... Read more...
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Veteran Malayalam Director Viswambharan Passes Away At 69
June 16th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 16, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Veteran Malayalam director P.G. Viswambharan has taken his last breath at 1.20 am on Wednesday, at a private hospital. He was 69 and is survived by ... Read more...
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Veteran Malayalam director Viswambharan dead
June 16th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, June 16 (IANS) Veteran Malayalam director P.G. Viswambharan died early Wednesday at a private hospital here, a family source said. He was 69.
Viswambharan was ailing for some time, and his condition ... Read more...
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Baby elephant rescued from well after 20-hour rescue operation in Kerala
June 5th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by ANI
Palakkad, June 5 (ANI): A baby elephant that fell into a well on Friday has finally been rescued after a 20 hour rescue operation undertaken by forest officials and local villagers in ... Read more...
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Rejuvenating ayurvedic massage, the Kairali way (IANS Spa review- With Image)
May 24th, 2010 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Shilpa Raina
Palakkad (Kerala) May 24 (IANS) A massage on a wooden plank in natural light with no air-conditioners or music systems around might not be your idea of a relaxing massage, ... Read more...
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‘Coke caused loss of Rs.216.26 crore in Kerala’
March 22nd, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 22 (IANS) Soft drink giant Coca Cola has caused socio-economic damage amounting to Rs.216.26 crore in Plachimada village of Kerala's Palakkad district, said a report submitted to state Water Resources ... Read more...
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Rains in few places in Kerala
March 16th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 (IANS) There was an inkling of arrival of summer rains in Kerala with showers reported from several parts of the state, bringing relief from the sultry heat.
According to ... Read more...
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Railways to focus on increasing coach manufacturing capacity
February 24th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday announced a slew of new projects, some in partnership with the private sector, to bolster the country's coach manufacturing capacity and ... Read more...
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Studies bar clearance for Athirapally project: Ramesh
February 19th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Palakkad (Kerala), Feb 19 (IANS) Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Friday said the clearance for the much-delayed Athirapally hydro-electric power project cannot be given because of two studies.
"There are two ... Read more...
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Ramesh inaugurates Kerala’s second tiger reserve
February 19th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Palakkad (Kerala), Feb 19 (IANS) Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Friday declared open the country's 38th tiger reserve and Kerala's second. It would be known as the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.
The Parambikulam ... Read more...
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Electricity to all villages by 2012: Shinde
February 16th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Palakkad (Kerala), Feb 16 (IANS) Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Tuesday said electricity would reach all the villages in the country by 2012.
Shinde's announcement came as he declared Kerala's Palakkad ... Read more...
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Another ex-Lok Sabha member quits CPI-M
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Palakkad (Kerala), Feb 3 (IANS) The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) suffered another setback Wednesday when former Lok Sabha member of the party S. Sivaraman quit the political group, taking the ... Read more...
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Shiv Shankar Menon assumes charge as new National Security Advisor
January 23rd, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.23 (ANI): Former Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon here on Saturday took over as the new National Security Advisor replacing M K Narayanan, who has been appointed as West ... Read more...
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Sankaranarayanan sworn in as Maharashtra governor
January 22nd, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) K. Sankaranarayanan was sworn in as the new governor of Maharashtra at a simple ceremony here Friday morning.
Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court J.N. Patel conducted the ... Read more...
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NSA Menon humbled, conscious about his new job at PMO
January 21st, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by ANI
By Naveen KapoorNew Delhi, Jan 21 (ANI): National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon is conscious of his new assignment in the PMO, and has assured that he will do his best."I ... Read more...
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Shiv Shanakar Menon to be new NSA
January 21st, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 21 (ANI): The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Thursday appointed former Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon as his new National Security Advisor (NSA).Menon takes over from M ... Read more...
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Mulapally again seeks Muraleedharan’s re-entry into Congress
November 9th, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), Nov 9 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Mulapally Ramachandran Monday again called for former state Congress unit chief K. Muraleedharan to be allowed to rejoin the Congress party.
He had ... Read more...
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Shashi Tharoor to celebrate his first Onam in Kerala
September 1st, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 1 (IANS) For Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor it will be his first Onam in Kerala, his home state. He is to celebrate the traditional Thiru Onam ... Read more...
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Elephant dies in Tamil Nadu after being hit by train
July 17th, 2009 - 9:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): A grown-up and healthy elephant was found dead alongside the railway track that links Coimbatore with Palakkad on Friday.The jumbo was reportedly knocked down by the speeding ... Read more...
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Meira Kumar peppers proceedings with humour (Parliament Diary)
July 17th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar had the Lok Sabha in splits Friday, with Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde being at the receiving end of her good-natured ... Read more...
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Rains cause havoc in north Kerala
July 15th, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), July 15 (IANS) Heavy rains and landslides have wreaked havoc in northern districts of Kerala, affecting vehicular movement and causing large-scale damage to property, a legislator from the the ruling ... Read more...
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Bharat Earth Movers net up 19 percent
July 9th, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) State-run Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) posted net profit of Rs.268 crore in fiscal 2008-09 as against Rs.225 crore the year before, registering growth of 19 percent, the ... Read more...
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Bharat Earth Movers to make multi-speed rail coaches
July 9th, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) State-run Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) plans to manufacture hi-tech rail coaches for low, medium and high speed trains in technology collaboration with Alstom of France, a top ... Read more...
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Kerala to get eight new trains, two world class stations
July 3rd, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 3 (IANS) Kerala got a fair share of the budgetary proposals of Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee tabled in parliament Friday.
The small southern state which had long complained of ... Read more...
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ITI sets up data centre with Trimax in Bangalore
June 30th, 2009 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 30 (IANS) The state-run Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Ltd has set up a next-generation data centre at its main facility on the outskirts of this tech hub in collaboration with ... Read more...
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Government to write off ITI losses to hive off viable units
June 30th, 2009 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 30 (IANS) The government would write off Rs.2,820 crore (Rs.28.2 billion) losses accumulated by Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Ltd to enable the state-run undertaking hive off its viable units for ... Read more...
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Fresh trouble brews in Malayalam film industry
April 18th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 18 (IANS) In a sign of fresh trouble for the Malayalam film industry, nearly 300 members of a technician's body disrupted a film shoot in Palakkad in Kerala protesting the ... Read more...
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Rahul breaks security ring, carries around ‘frisked’ boy (Pol Prattle)
April 13th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Security concerns are so high during election time that even spontaneous actions of politicians are screened! And that's exactly what happened when Rahul Gandhi carried a ... Read more...
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Advani asks Sonia to apologise for ’slandering’ BJP
April 13th, 2009 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday asked Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to apologise for her statement that there was a greater risk from parties within ... Read more...
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Caparisoned elephants steel the show at Kerala’s temple festival
April 5th, 2009 - 10:08 pm ICT by ANI
By Juhan SamuelPalakkad (Kerala), April 5 (ANI): Nenmara Vallangi Vela, is one of the grandest temple festivals of Kerala, which also described as being second only to the famous annual temple festival ... Read more...
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NCP to field four candidates in Kerala
March 23rd, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will field four candidates in Kerala in the Lok Sabha elections.
NCP state president K. Muraleedharan, son of former chief minister and Congress leader ... 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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CPI not to renominate sitting MPs from Kerala
March 11th, 2009 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 11 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) has decided not to renominate its three sitting MPs from Kerala for the Lok Sabha elections next month, party sources said Wednesday.
The ... Read more...
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