Sunday, January 9th, 2011
The Kerala [ Images ] government’s attempts of garnering funds for its under construction airport ran into rough weather on Sunday when a group of NRIs questioned the ‘agenda’ behind the ‘secrecy’ of the details of private-public participation in the management and allotment of shares in the proposed airport. Matters got worse when a senior [...]
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Home Calcutta News.NetSunday 9th January, 2011 (IANS) Kerala’s IT sector made giant strides under the present Left Front government, with software exports going up from Rs.630 crores to Rs.3,200 crores, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said here Sunday. ‘In the past four-and-a-half years, the IT industry in the state has grown both in terms of exports [...]
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Arudra Darisanam 2010, Darshan of dancing lord Nataraja in TN today. Catch here all the latest news and updated reports on ArudraDarisanam. 2010 Arudra Darisanam date is falling on 22-12-2010, ArudraDarisanam festival which celebrates the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva as Nataraja in Tamil month Margazhi is observed as The day of the dancing lord [...]
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Thiruvathira Festival 2010, Kerala Thiruvathirai Kali or Thiruvathirakali recipe, and find What is Thiruvathira? Tiruvathirai Festival 2010 date is falling on December 22. Thiruvathirai festival is observed on the Tiruvathira Nakshatram day in the Malayalam month of Dhanu Masam (Dec – Jan). TiruvathiraiFestival is mainly dedicated to Lord Siva and the popular belief is that [...]
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Funerals or roadshows? Are funerals with State honours intrusive, used more for political mileage? The dead deserve a more dignified treatment says, K. KUNHIKRISHNAN. A look at the practice and the ongoing debate around the issue in Kerala… Photo: C. Ratheesh Kumar Denied dignity in death?The body of the poet A. Ayyappan at Thiruvananthapuram. A [...]
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
By IANS, Cherthala (Kerala) : Kerala’s IT sector made giant strides under the present Left Front government, with software exports going up from Rs.630 crores to Rs.3,200 crores, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said here Sunday. “In the past four-and-a-half years, the IT industry in the state has grown both in terms of exports and infrastructure. [...]
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 9 (PTI) As many as 50,000 school teachers in Kerala will get laptops and netbooks at fair prices under a state government project as part of measures to strengthen IT learning in schools. The computers will be supplied to the teachers at prices lesser than one-third of the market rates. Under the IT@School [...]
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today requested his Kerala counterpart V S Achuthanandan to declare holiday for ‘Pongal’ festival in the border areas of that state, on the lines of Tamil Nadu. In a letter to Achuthanandan, Karunanidhi recalled a plea by Kerala State Tamil Protection Council requesting the Kerala government to declare [...]
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Under fire for alleged amassment of wealth disproportionate to his known source of income, former CJI K G Balakrishnan’s younger brother K G Bhaskaran on Friday put in his papers as the special government prosecutor at the Kerala High Court. Bhaskaran, who had been working for the SC/ST Department, had been asked to go on [...]
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Congress leader Oomen Chandy, leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly, will begin his “Kerala Mochana Yatra” from Uppala in Kasargod district tomorrow. The campaign by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is aimed at creating public awareness about the alleged misrule of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, Congress sources said. Mr [...]