Woman’s presence holds up temple treasure assessment
September 20th, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 20 (IANS) The presence of a woman in a team appointed to take stock of the precious items in a vault of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here ... Read more...
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South Zone TT: Sharath, Shamini emerge champions
September 9th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 9 (IANS) Sharath Kamal and Shamini Kumaresan emerged the men's and women's singles champions at the Indian Oil Servo National Ranking South Zone Table Tennis Championships which concluded ... Read more...
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Stocktaking of Kerala temple treasure begins
July 5th, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 (IANS) Two committees appointed by the Supreme Court Thursday started taking stock and estimating the value of the jewels, gems and precious metals kept inside one of ... Read more...
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10K run augurs well for India: Linford Christie
May 24th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 24 (IANS) Endorsing the TCS World 10K run to be held here Sunday, former World sprint champion Linford Christie Thursday hoped that the event would inspire a new ... Read more...
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136 elite athletes for world 10K Run
May 23rd, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 23 (IANS) The TCS World 10K Run, to be held here Sunday, has attracted as many as 21,060 entries, including 89 elite male and 47 elite female runners ... Read more...
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Kerala IT firm to lure youths to intelligent gaming
May 12th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 (IANS) Schogini Systems, a Technopark IT firm, is trying to wean young minds from blood-thirsty computer games to intelligent gaming.Schogini Systems has charted out this strategy of ... Read more...
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Age row could have been avoided: Gen Singh (Lead)
May 8th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh Tuesday said he wished the controversy over his age could have been avoided.Asked what he feels over the issue, sad ... Read more...
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Single largest gathering of women at Kerala festival
March 7th, 2012 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) It's been an all-women's affair in this Kerala capital since the wee hours of Wednesday for the "Attukal Pongala" festival when boiled rice in earthern pots ... Read more...
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Documentation of Padmanabhaswamy temple’s treasure begins
February 27th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 27 (IANS) The documentation of the temple treasure unearthed at the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple last year began Monday morning with a joint meeting of the two ... Read more...
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Documentation of Padmanabhaswamy temple treasure begins
February 20th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 (IANS) The documentation of the treasure unearthed at the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple last year began Monday morning with a joint meeting of the two committees ... Read more...
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Documentation of temple treasure could take time: Travancore ex-royals
February 9th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) The documentation of the treasure unearthed at the famed Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple last year could take a very long time according to Travancore's erstwhile royal ... Read more...
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Kerala temple treasure: Trial documentation on Feb 9
January 22nd, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) A joint-sitting of Supreme Court-appointed committees Sunday decided on a Feb 9 trial run of documenting the treasure unearthed at the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple."On Feb ... Read more...
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Yesudas completes 50 years as singer!
November 13th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Nov 13 (IANS) Singing legend K.J. Yesudas will celebrate his golden jubilee as a singer Nov 14 as it was on this day half-a-century ago that he recorded his ... Read more...
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Kerala temple treasure’s documentation begins Nov 9
October 15th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 15 (IANS) Documentation of the nearly Rs.1 lakh crore-worth treasure unearthed at the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala would begin Nov 9, said the head of a ... Read more...
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North hills of Kerala on alert amid fear of Maoist entry
October 13th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 13 (IANS) The forest districts of north Kerala have come under special police vigil upon fears of infiltration by Maoist guerillas, Chief Minister Ooommen Chandy told the state ... Read more...
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Five-tier security for Kerala treasure temple
September 29th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 29 (IANS) The security cover at Kerala's Sree Padmanabhaswamy, where around Rs.1 lakh crore worth treasure was found stashed away, will be upgraded from three-tier to five-tier, an ... Read more...
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Kerala temple’s vault B not to be opened now: Supreme Court
September 22nd, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Opening vault B of Kerala's Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple will be considered only after the around Rs.1 lakh crore worth of treasure unearthed from the other ... Read more...
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Don’t open Kerala temple’s vault B for now: Supreme Court
September 16th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Reserving its order on opening vault B of Kerala's Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, the Supreme Court Friday said it would take into account the traditions and ... Read more...
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UAE-based media group to produce film on Marthanda Varma
September 14th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 14 (IANS) With the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple now becoming the cynosure of all eyes, a UAE-based group has begun work to produce a film on the life ... Read more...
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Specialised agency to value Kerala temple treasure
September 6th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 6 (IANS) A joint sitting of the Supreme Court appointed committees on the Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple Tuesday decided to set up a highly specialised agency for valuing ... Read more...
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Kerala temple’s Vault B shouldn’t be opened, apex court told
September 2nd, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court was Friday told by Travancore's erstwhile royal family that the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple's Vault B should not be opened and the ... Read more...
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Nagal extends Sinha in MCC-Adidas junior tennis
August 31st, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) Top seeded Vishwesh Sinha of Maharashtra led the boys singles field into the quarter-finals with a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4) win against Sumit Nagal of Delhi ... Read more...
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Padmanabhaswamy temple panel to decide Sep 2 on unopened vault
August 26th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court-appointed committee Friday decided to wait till Sep 2 to take a call on whether to go ahead with taking inventory of the rare ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan denies he called ex-royal family smuggler
August 23rd, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 23 (IANS) Following widespread censure, former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan Tuesday backtracked on his allegation that the ex-royal family of Travancore smuggled jewels from the Sree Padmanabhaswamy ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan flayed for ’smuggler’ slur against ex-royal
August 22nd, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 22 (IANS) Social groups and political leaders Monday criticised Kerala opposition leader V.S. Achuthanandan for alleging that the head of the erstwhile royal family of Travancore smuggled jewels ... Read more...
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Priests warn against opening Kerala temple’s vault (Lead)
August 12th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 11 (IANS) A group of priests who conducted an astrological examination or 'devaprasnam' at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here has concluded that family members of those who open ... Read more...
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Priests warn against opening Kerala temple’s vault
August 11th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 11 (IANS) A group of priests who conducted an astrological examination or 'devaprasnam' at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here has concluded that family members of those who open ... Read more...
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‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’; test of audiences’ patience (Kannada Movie Review)
July 31st, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
"Film: "Hare Rama Hare Krishna"; Cast: Srimurali, Pooja Gandhi, Roopasri, Padma Vasanthi, Siddaraja Kalyankar, Achyuthkumar, Kote Prabhakar and Mico Nagaraj; Producer: Shivakumar and Vinod Sindhia; Writer-Director: Ashok Kumar; Music Director: Ilayaraja, ... Read more...
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Treasure belongs to Kerala temple: BJP
July 16th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said the wealth unearthed from the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here belonged to the deity and "evil ... Read more...
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Supreme Court bars opening of Kerala temple’s sixth vault
July 8th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday said the sixth vault of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala will not be opened till the treasures recovered so far ... Read more...
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Crowds throng Kerala temples on Vishu
April 15th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 15 (IANS) People across Kerala Friday thronged temples on the occasion of Vishu, the traditional New Year that is believed to signal good luck. Children, especially, hoped for ... Read more...
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Kerala to webcast temple festival
March 16th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala) March 16 (IANS) Billed as the first of its kind initiative, Kerala's tourism department will webcast the last two days of the seven-day 'Arattupuzha Pooram', a mass celebration ... Read more...
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Sreesanth’s inclusion makes cricket fans in Kerala happy
February 8th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 8 (IANS) Cricket fans in Kerala were happy and relieved that S.Sreesanth has been included in India's World Cup squad as a replacement for an injured Praveen Kumar.Sreesanth said he ... Read more...
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Justin Bieber more influential online than the Dalai Lama, Obama!
January 2nd, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 2 (ANI): A social media index has claimed that teen sensation Justin Bieber is more influential online than either the Dalai Lama or US President Barack Obama.San Francisco-based social ... Read more...
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Construction major Sobha group has sponsored 291 marriages! (Lead)
December 19th, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Palakkad (Kerala), Dec 19 (IANS) Renowned construction major Sobha Group sponsored 41 community marriages during the weekend as part of its corporate social responsibility programme, taking the number of such weddings organised ... Read more...
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