Rabiya’s autobiography released

Sukumar Azhikode, orator and social critic, released the autobiography of K.V. Rabiya, an icon of the literacy campaign in Malappuram district, at the Tagore Centenary Hall here on Saturday.

Prof. Azhikode hailed Ms. Rabiya as a rare model for fighting against odds and making her own history in the social service front. “She is a living model for surviving the toughest of physical challenges,” he said. Malappuram district panchayat president Arimbra Muhammed received the first copy of the deluxe edition of the book from Mr. Azhikode. The standard copy was received by the former Minister A.C. Shanmukhadas.

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Search engine Google has flagged the official Web site of the Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala, www.ceokerala.com, as suspicious. Its advisory for the site says that the site carries malicious software, including five Trojans. Though the search engine lists the site at the top of its results for search terms “Chief Electoral Officer Kerala,” the listing says that the site may harm the user’s computer.

The site showed suspicious activity twice, the last being on Saturday, according to Google. Test of two pages by Google resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent.

Interestingly, the official Web site has a commercial domain (.com) and does not use the .gov.in domain reserved for government sites. Its previous site (ceokerala.nic.in), hosted by the National Informatics Centre, remains practically unattended since the last elections except for posting of the electoral rolls recently.

Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani will arrive in Kerala on April 12 to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates. He will address an election convention at the Kotta Maidan in Palakkad at 4 p.m. on that day. Later, he will arrive in Thiruvananthapuram by a special aircraft to address a public meeting to be held at the Central Stadium at 6.30 p.m.

GAIL (India) Ltd. will start work on laying a trunk pipeline for natural gas from here to Bangalore and Mangalore soon. An offshore pipeline will be laid from here to Kayamkulam to supply gas to the thermal power plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation there.

U.D. Choubey, Chairman and Managing Director of the company, said the 100-km pipeline to Kayamkulam would require an investment of about Rs.700 crore. Mr. Choubey said an ambitious project to replace petroleum fuel with natural gas would be initiated by the company. Research and development was necessary to employ appropriate technology.