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The Hindu - Kerala

Sat, 05 Jul 2008

•	Rein in State leadership, Baby tells Congress high command
	Discusses textbook controversy with Arjun Singh

•	Engineer dons khaki
•	Stop banking on rain, look elsewhere for power
•	Wild ways
•	Slice of an epic in animation
	It is interesting to note how the animation film Ghatotkacha, directed and scripted by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, follows the familiar formula of mainstream films. The protagonist, Ghatotkacha, is drawn from the Mahabharata and is ...

•	Next issue
	Are the so-called reality shows on Malayalam television channels crossing the limits? Or do they represent nothing more than an outlet for entertainment-driven escapism, considering their seemingly growing level of mass popularity? Please send in ...

•	Imparting a new meaning to Theyyam
	Twenty-year-old Akhilesh, who hails from a family of traditional Theyyam artistes, is engaged in an effort to give a new meaning to the age-old ritual art form: He would like to exploit its potential as a tool to spread messages of social ...

•	Single-window system
	Students will be allowed time till 5 p.m. on Saturday to go through the first provisional allotment list for Plus One admission on the web site ...

•	Market intervention
	Food and Civil Supplies Minister C. Divakaran has announced market intervention programmes to prevent price rise during the Onam ...

•	Power of prayer
•	Homage paid to Umerali Thangal
	MALAPPURAM: Sunni leader and Wakf Board chairman Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal, 66, who died here on Thursday night, was buried at the Shihab family graveyard at Panakkad, near here, on Friday. The burial was witnessed by thousands. ...

•	Empowering women to oppose crimes
	The recently-launched community policing programme (Jana Maitri Scheme) is helping police to curtail crime against women. Another major contribution of the government-initiative system in the city is the empowerment of the fair sex. ...

•	Government contractors to stop work on projects
	Cite rise in prices of construction materials

•	SEZ at Cheemeni to boost industrial production
	Proposal to develop SEZ as joint venture

•	‘Support water conservation’
	Speaker opens rainwater harvesting programme

•	Burning issue
•	Ban orders in Kodungalloor
	Kodungallur: A hartal called by the SNDP and Merchants’ Association in Kodungalloor on Friday was total. Normal life was hit for the third consecutive day, as shops and business establishments remained closed. Private buses kept off the ...

•	Pennies do the vanishing trick
	One may be pleased to see them, but they seem to be paling into insignificance and oblivion. This is the fate of the coins of smaller denominations. The one paisa coins vanished from the market a long time ago. The coins made of copper ...

•	In Thiruvananthapuram Today
	Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurates the launching of the networking of water, sanitation, hygiene, Science and Technology Museum, 10 a.m....

•	University told to submit documents
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Upa Lok Ayukta N. Krishnan Nair has given the University of Kerala time till July 8 to produce the necessary documents relating to the conduct of the examinations for selection to the post of university assistant. If ...

•	No end in sight to this farmer’s woes
	Even court orders and Cabinet decision failed to move the authorities

•	PKV day celebrations
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary Veliyam Bhargavan has called upon party cadres to observe the death anniversary of P. K. Vasudevan Nair on July 12 with appropriate programmes. In a statement here on ...

•	Help promised to farmers who have repaid loans
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran said here on Friday that the government was taking steps to help the farmers who got excluded from the Central government’s loan waiver scheme because they had repaid their loans ...

•	Minister announces market intervention schemes
	Thiruvananthapuram: Food and Civil Supplies Minister C. Divakaran on Friday announced market intervention programmes to prevent price rise during the Onam season. The steps include new-look Onam fairs to take on big retail chains. ...

•	Oust JSS, CMP from UDF: Youth Congress
	Thiruvananthapuram: The Youth Congress has demanded the ouster of Communist Marxist Party (CMP) and the Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS) from the United Democratic Front (UDF). In a statement here, Youth Congress general ...

•	LDF to hold rallies on July 14
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The LDF has decided to hold rallies across the State on July 14 as part of a nation-wide campaign being launched by the Left parties against the ‘wrong’ economic policies of the United Progressive Alliance ...

•	Action against panchayat likely
	Resolution not to teach controversial social science textbook in class VII

•	Plea for action against attacks on ashrams
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Four Hindu organisations have urged Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to take serious note of the continuing attacks against sanyasis and their ashrams in the State and to take immediate action to stop such interference ...

•	Central nod awaited
	Project to modernise prisons

•	Plus One: changes can be made till 5 p.m. today
	Thiruvananthapuram: The students will be allowed time till 5 p.m. on Saturday to go through the first provisional allotment list for Plus One admission under the single-window system on the web site...

•	Holiday today
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The educational institutions in the State will remain closed tomorrow, according to an announcement from the Director of Public Instruction here today. It is as part of the decision to observe July 5, 6, 12 and 13 as ...

•	Voters’ list revision
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Complaints against the photo-affixed draft voters list published after the delimitation of the Assembly constituencies can be submitted at the taluk or village offices till July 14. They will be accepted in the polling ...

•	SAY results published
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A total of 20,429 candidates qualified for higher education at the Save-a-Year (SAY) examination and improvement examination conducted by the Directorate of Higher Secondary Education, the results of which were published ...

•	Phone facility for jail inmates
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Minister for Home and Tourism Kodiyeri Balakrishnan commissioned a coin-booth telephone facility at the Central Prison, Poojapura, on Friday. The Minister said the government wanted to improve the facilities in the prison ...

•	PKV death anniversary observance
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary Veliyam Bhargavan has called upon party cadres to observe the death anniversary of P. K. Vasudevan Nair on July 12 with appropriate programmes. In a statement released ...

•	New recruits join police force
	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 200-plus newly recruited police personnel held a ceremonial parade at the Special Armed Police parade grounds on Friday morning marking the finale of their nine-month-long training. The parade symbolising unity, ...

•	Row over ‘body search’ of schoolgirl
	School Principal terms media reports baseless

•	Vegetable farming taken to schools
	Scheme to be launched in 50 schools

•	Epidemic prevention drive in Amachal
	Thiruvananthapuram: The district health administration has intensified epidemic preventive measures in Kattakada panchayat from where dengue fever was reported. District Medical Officer Kumari G. Prema said here on Friday that a ...

•	In Kochi Today
	Talk on ‘prevalence of cardiac diseases in elderly’ for senior citizens, 10.30 a.m. Ernakulam Branch of SIRC of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India: Diamond jubilee celebrations, indoor ...

•	Want information? Pay Rs.53,860
	KOCHI: The District Planning Officer, Palakkad, has asked an information seeker under the Right to Information Act to pay Rs.53,860 towards the cost of providing information relating to use of MPs’ funds. The cost includes Rs.13,000 for ...

•	End agitation, says Vellappally
	KOCHI: Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP) general secretary Vellappally Natesan has called for an end to the ongoing agitation over the Class VII textbook, spearheaded by the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Catholic church, so ...

•	TVS autorickshaw launched
	Kochi: TVS Motor Company has launched its new passenger autorickshaw in the State. Company vice-president (Corporate Communications) Cecil K. Dewars told reporters here on Friday that TVS King is a futuristic product with a good combination of ...

•	Directive to Union Ministries High court round-up
	Ban on plastic bags below 50 microns thickness

•	Merit evening
	KOCHI: A merit evening was held at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s auditorium on T.D. Road on Friday under the auspices of the Sahodaya School Complex. Judge of the Kerala High Court Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the merit ...

•	Rehabilitation package for Moolampilly evictees
	KOCHI: The ten families whose land was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act at Moolamppilly for the proposed Vallarpadam International Container Transhipment Terminal will also be included in the rehabilitation package, said S. Sarma, ...

•	State to stress single-SEZ status for SmartCity project
	If Centre declines, two master plans will be needed

•	Red Ribbon Express provides counselling to many
	Train will be at Ernakulam Junction till 5 p.m. today

•	Student run over by city bus
	KOCHI: An 11th standard student of Darul Uloom School, Pullepady, was run over by a private bus near the Ernakulam Town Hall bus stop on Friday morning. The City Traffic Police said that Fazini T. M. (16), daughter of Mohammed Kutty, ...

•	Hostage contacts parents
	KOCHI: Confirming that he is alive, P.K. Abhilash, who was captured by tribal rebels in Sudan on May 13, phoned his parents at Gothuruthu near here on Wednesday. This was the first time that Abhilash could contact his family since he was ...

•	Withdraw textbook: Dheevara sabha
	ALAPPUZHA: The Akhila Kerala Dheevara Sabha (AKDS) has joined the campaign against the Class VII social science textbook, alleging that the book contained portions that were “anti-constitutional, anti-reservation and ...

•	‘Left branding nuclear deal as anti-Muslim’
	ALAPPUZHA: All India Congress Committee (AICC) minorities department chairman Imran Rehman Kidwai has said the anti-Muslim shade given to the Indo-US nuclear deal is a ploy of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Inaugurating the ...

•	Country bomb found
	KANNUR: A locally made bomb was unearthed from the premises of a school at Koduvally near Thalassery here on Friday. The police said that the crude bomb was found inside a broken PVC pipe in the toilet of the Koduvally Government Vocational ...

•	Complaint boxes at all Thodupuzha schools soon
•	CPI to tone down demand for mayor’s post
	In view of Left parties’ need to focus on national issues

•	Traders urged to ensure success of hartal, march
	Ban on entry of retail majors sought

•	Woman killed in blast
	KOLLAM: A 33-year-old housewife was killed when a cooking gas cylinder in her house exploded on Saturday morning at Neendakara near here. The victim was identified as Sheena Titus. She was busy with the morning chores of preparing lunch for ...

•	Fisherman drowns
	KOLLAM: A fisherman drowned when a fishing boat capsized off Vellanathuruthu in Alapad on Friday morning. Two others in the boat were injured. The deceased was identified as Bhuvaneshwaran (33). The accident took place while they were ...

•	Underpass: eight shops to be removed
	KOLLAM: Eight shops in the Chinnakada clock tower area will be removed to facilitate the construction of the Chinnakada underpass. The decision was taken by the corporation after an on-the-spot study of the area by Mayor N. ...

•	DYFI, SFI activists protest outside school
	KOTTAYAM: The DYFI and SFI activists took out a march and held an open teaching of the controversial contents in Social Science textbook of Class VII in front of a private management school in Puthuppally for alleged refusal to distribute the ...

•	A proud moment for CMS College
	Prof. Sudarshan delights all at his alma mater

•	In Kozhikode Today
	Kerala Socialist Youth Federation: Delegates meet. Jaya auditorium, 9 a.m. Khadi Gramodyog Emporium: Njattuvela mela 08, exhibition and sale of plants. Sweet Meat Street, 10 a.m. Organising ...

•	Walk-in interview
	KOZHIKODE: DOEACC Centre Calicut is conducting a walk-in interview for the selection of MCA faculty and software engineers in Information Security and Multimedia for various projects. The appointment is on contract basis. Interested candidates ...

•	Textbook row: plea to recast panel
	KOZHIKODE: The district unit of Kerala Sarvodaya Mandalam on Friday appealed to the State government to reconstitute with “impartial members” the expert committee formed to study the controversial Class VII social science textbook. ...

•	Vegetable prices to remain high
	Grocers bought them when lorry stir was on

•	Red Ribbon Express arrives on July 8
•	‘Left stand will help communal forces’
	Come clear on N-deal: MVR tells CPI(M)

•	Announcement against textbook in mosques
	Kozhikode: An announcement demanding withdrawal of the controversial Class VII Social Science textbook was made at mosques in the State on Friday, according to a statement issued here by the Coordination Committee of Muslim Organisations. ...

•	Training in fish farming
	KOZHIKODE: The National Aquariculture Society will conduct a four-day training programme in ornamental fish farming from July 9. The training will be given by scientists of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute. Those completing the ...

•	Change in syllabus sought
	KOZHIKODE: The Calicut University Staff Organisation has criticised the undue importance given to writers with CPI (M) leanings in the textbooks prescribed in the Malayalam syllabus for the degree course of the Calicut University. The ...

•	NIT-C interview
	KOZHIKODE: The walk-in interviews for ad hoc lecturers in various departments at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C) will be held at NIT-C, near here, on July 10, 11 and 14. For more details please visit website, ...

•	Announcement against textbook in mosques
	Kozhikode: An announcement demanding withdrawal of the controversial Class VII Social Science textbook was made at mosques in the State on Friday, according to a statement issued here by the Coordination Committee of Muslim Organisations. ...

•	Heritage steam locomotive unveiled
	PALAKKAD: Palakkad Railway Divisional Manager A.K. Harit unveiled YP 2204, a heritage steam locomotive, at the Olavakkode Divisional Office, here on Friday. This meter gauge, passenger-class locomotive was imported from Germany in 1954 and ...

•	Line doubling to be over by December
	PALAKKAD: Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager H.R. Harit has said the doubling of the broad gauge line between Shoranur and Mangalapuram will be completed by December this year. The work on the new Kannur-Valapattanam and the ...

•	Engagements - Palakkad
	Vijnana Ramaneeya Ashramam: Annadanam, 1 p.m; Satsang (Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi); Arathi 8 p.m. Sree Sathyasai Community Centre, Koppam: Yoga class for men, 6.30 a.m; Yoga class for women, 4.30 ...

•	Parliamentary panel visits ITI, IL units
	PALAKKAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation of Lok Sabha headed by N.N. Krishnadas, MP, visited the Kanjikode units of Central public sector undertakings Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) and Instrumentations Limited (IL) ...

•	Paddy field conversion at Aranmula
	Eco-groups blame administration, local bodies

•	Minister to hold meet on hill highway project
	CPI team say environmentalists’ objections have no basis

•	Postponed
	THRISSUR: The entrance examinations for MBA Agribusiness Management course of the College of Cooperation Banking and Management under the Kerala Agricultural University was postponed from July 5 to July 19. For more details visit: ...

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