THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city police control room which is on the path of renovation will get more staff and vehicles, if things move smoothly.The proposals to increase the strength of the control room staff and its vehicles are under the consideration of the authorities. The proposal to raise the number of staff had been submitted two months ago and that of increasing the number vehicles two weeks ago. We are waiting...
10:50 AM, May 28, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Medical Entrance Examination results have brought cheer to the capital district. It became the second district (along with Malappuram) to have more number of candidates in the first 1,000 ranks, with 124 candidates making it to the list.While the district secured one rank in the top ten, it also bagged the first and second ranks in the SC and ST categories respectively.In top tenThe phone rang incessantly at...
11:43 AM, May 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Britain is keen to forge ties with the city-based Asian School of Business (ASB) for conducting collaborative studies in areas like climate change, agriculture and energy, director of the premier B-school said on Thursday. The proposal for tie-ups between British universities and the ASB came up for discussion during a meeting between British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai Mike Nithavrianakis and ASB director S. Rajeev here on Wednesday. "The...
06:19 PM, May 24, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government might be saddled with just one bidder for the post of port operator for the Vizhinjam seaport project, but fresh enquiries have started coming in from abroad with the government readying to float global tenders for constructing the port.Over the past two months, teams representing the governments of Britain, Japan, Germany and Canada had met the officials of the Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL) evincing interest...
08:50 AM, May 24, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Two Italian marines, lodged in the Central Prison here for allegedly shooting to death two Indian fishermen, would be shifted to Kochi. This was decided by the state government on Wednesday in view of the Supreme Court direction to it to take a stand on the plea of the Italian authorities to move the marines away from the Central Prison. Borstal school, where the two marines will be kept...
08:23 AM, May 24, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A high-level meeting convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, along with Agriculture Minister K P Mohanan and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob on Tuesday resolved to strongly intervene in the market to bring down vegetable prices.The facilities of the Civil Supplies Corporation, Horticorp and VFPCK will be channelised effectively and vegetables will be sold at prices 30 per cent lower than the market price. The outlets should...
11:51 AM, May 23, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A few inmates of the Poojapura Central Prison in Thiruvanathapuram have been making their way into the community's hearts through their stomachs. They make chapattis and chicken curry and sell it to eager citizens for Rs 25. Superintendent of the Central Prison B Pradeep said, "This was started as a welfare program and was a great success. About 25,000 chapattis and 2,000 chicken curries are sold daily. And there...
10:46 AM, May 22, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: City schools have come out with flying colours in the ICSE-ISC examination 2011-12, the results of which were announced the other day. In St Thomas Residential School, of the total 159 students who appeared for the ICSE (X) 2012, 149 secured distinction and 10 students secured first class. Navina Mohan and Jyotsana Karan shared the first position with 97.4 per cent. At the ISC (XII) examination Science stream, 82...
08:55 AM, May 22, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government will take all efforts to upgrade the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) as a national cancer institute, Health Minister V S Sivakumar said on Sunday.He was speaking after inaugurating a state-level workshop on Role of dental surgeons in prevention and control of oral cancer here. The Minister assured all support for the development and growth of RCC, which has been providing treatment to nearly two lakh patients...
10:22 AM, May 21, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Julien Gueguen-Carroll, an advocate, and his bride-to-be, Clara Cressy from Paris, would enter wedlock in the city at a rare Energy Wedding to be held at Isa Viswa Vidyalayam in Anayara on Friday.The wedding is hosted by the Global Energy Parliament, an international body of Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust. Energy wedding aims atspreading awareness against blindly following rituals. During the ceremony, the bride and bridegroom will be given special...
11:28 AM, May 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to set up its Kerala consulate here in the state capital, India's Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed said on Thursday. "The decision to set up the consulate in Thiruvananthapuram is because of the rule that consulates can be set up only in state capitals. There are certain rules and guidelines and they have to be adhered too," Ahamed told...
05:17 PM, May 17, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: New-found fame notwithstanding, the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple today stands at the wrong end of the garbage crisis faced by the capital city. The roads immediately surrounding the old temple have become stinking garbage dumps with waste collection coming to a standstill owing to the Vilappilsala crisis. Local people as well as shops and establishments in the neighbourhood are dumping wastes by the tonnes every day in the locality....
11:28 AM, May 16, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Higher Secondary Department results as well as VHSC results were announced on Tuesday. About 88 per cent students have passed in the plus two examination. The results were announced by the Education Minister in Thiruvananthapuram. While 112 schools had cent per cent success in the examination, about 3334 students got an A Plus in all subjects. About 2,91,746 students have appeared for the plus two examination and...
04:45 PM, May 15, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The City Corporation, shedding all decorum, has lashed out at the State Government for remaining indifferent to the plight of the city, now almost drowned in garbage. Not only did the Corporation officials boycott a meeting called by Urban Affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhy Ali on Monday to discuss landfilling of garbage, in a press meet later in the day announced that they would move the Court against the Government stand....
11:46 AM, May 15, 2012
Male: An Air India plane carrying 111 people from Thiruvananthapuram to Male narrowly escaped an accident when one of its tyres burst on landing at the airport in the Maldivian capital. GMR, which operates the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) in Male, said that flight AI263 sustained a tyre burst upon landing at 12:06 pm on Saturday. The aircraft safely taxied to the apron without incident, GMR Media Relations Manager...
03:02 PM, May 13, 2012
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