Rabiya’s autobiography released

LK on April 19th, 2009

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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Google Flags ceokerala.com

LK on April 19th, 2009

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 [...]

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Advani to visit Kerala.

LK on April 9th, 2009

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 [...]

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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, [...]

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Sabarimala Annual Festival

LK on March 30th, 2009

The Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala opened at 5.30 p.m. Yesterday for the 10-day annual festival that begins Today. Temple Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru, assisted by Melshanti (chief priest) N. Vishnu Namboodiri, performed the preparatory rituals. The festival flag will be hoisted between 9.30 a.m. and 10.50 a.m. by the Tantri. The ‘utsavabali’ and ‘sreebhoothabali’ will [...]

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