THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the curtains set to go up on the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) within four days, the condition of the roads leading to major theatres is enough to put the city to shame. For the regular delegates of the IFFK, the situation will be a repetition of last year. Just like the previous year, the authorities have woken up for a last-minute face-saving exercise. Work is progressing...
08:55:00 AM Dec 05, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Roofs that fall apart, stairs that shake under ones feet, rooms that turn pools of water during rains and unusable toilets - these are a few in the long list of problems faced by the postgraduate students and research scholars of Kerala University, who are living in the hostels at Kariavattom Campus. The inmates, of both ladies and mens hostels, are living in fear after mishaps of big and small...
09:23:00 AM Dec 02, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The integrated multi-layered CCTV security system set up at the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore was formally inaugurated by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Wednesday. The security system consists of 58 CCTV cameras set up at vital locations in and around the temple that would ensure surveillance 24 X 7. Speaking at the function, Chandy said the State Government was committed to...
08:59:00 AM Dec 01, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: On the eve of the World AIDS Day on Dec 1, the Kerala government on Wednesday announced a monthly pension of Rs.520 for all those infected with HIV-AIDS. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters that this was the first such scheme being implemented in the state. "A monthly sum of Rs.400 would be given to each HIV-AIDS patient and in the case of the death of the patient it...
06:01:33 PM Nov 30, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a bloody kind of protest that MLT students took out in front of the Secretariat here on Monday. While the people protesting for various reasons or demands have come up with a number of innovative posters written in different hues, this time around the Secretariat witnessed writings in blood. The Statue Junction turned a lab when hundreds of protestors resorted to taking out blood with syringes writing...
09:39:00 AM Nov 29, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: For the first time in Kerala, food made behind bars is about to be marketed outside and the project will make a beginning with the humble chapati priced at Rs 2 each. Additional Director General of Police (Prisons) Alexander Jacob said this facility would be inaugurated on Monday evening by Tamil actor Cheran at the Poojapura central jail here. "We are able to provide chapati at just Rs 2...
04:36:33 PM Nov 28, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: If you are an average Malayali who is ready to spend lakhs and crores for a dream home and still thinks what is in a name, its time to rethink. Thiruvananthapuram-based designer Prasanth Nair has come up with an innovative idea - HomeLogos, where each house would carry a unique logo. Prasanth, the brain behind the initiative, is the creative designer of 12th Century Designs which makes HomeLogos for...
10:54:00 AM Nov 28, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Beneficiary selection in the next phase of the slum rehabilitation programme at Karimadom colony would hopefully be less tiresome for the City Corporation. The local body is planning to carry out biometric identification of beneficiaries to avoid controversies, which had affected the first two phases of the project in Karimadom. The slum rehabilitation project under the Basic Service to Urban Poor (BSUP) project at Karimadom aims to rehabilitate 560...
09:57:00 AM Nov 26, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation (KEPCO) has put forward an idea before the City Corporation to get rid of the tonnes of animal waste in the city. A proposal to set up a Carcass Utilisation Plant (CUP) at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore on 50 cents of land has been mooted by KEPCO and it is under the consideration of the Corporation. The KEPCO officials had done...
08:33:00 AM Nov 25, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In view of the Sabarimala pilgrimage season, the Southern Railways have announced additional Sabarimala/ Winter Special trains. Certain trains have also been sanctioned temporary stops at Chengannur and Thiruvalla till January 19, 2012, said an official release here on Wednesday. Advance reservation for the additional Sabari/ Winter special trains would begin on November 22. The trains are: Train no. 06009 Chennai Central-Kollam Weekly Special, 06010 Kollam - Chennai Central...
08:42:00 AM Nov 24, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A major fire which broke out from a shop at Aryasala here on Monday night resulted in five shops being completely gutted and partial damage to another six shops.No casualties were reported as none of the staff were present inside the shop and those who were in the vicinity escaped after noticing the fire. More than nine units of the Fire and Rescue Services were pressed into service to...
10:45:00 AM Nov 22, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Malayali has taken to foreign cuisine like bee to honey. Continental, Thai, Arabic, Italian... every flavour has takers here. The new tastes have expelled many number of desi snacks and recipes out of business. The list is growing by the minute with all kinds of recipes available at the click of a mouse, more number of cookery shows flashing on the TV screens than movies and reality shows and...
11:11:00 AM Nov 21, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the flow of Sabarimala pilgrims to the city set to begin from next week, the City Corporation has come up with elaborate arrangements with regard to parking and other amenities. Mayor K Chandrika told a press conference here on Wednesday that the parking for buses carrying pilgrims which used to be parked in front of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and its premises has now been arranged at Attukal...
08:57:00 AM Nov 17, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The second edition of the Hay Festival, a three-day cultural fete featuring poets, storytellers, novelists, journalists and filmmakers, begins on Thursday. The highlight of this year's edition will be presentations of various poetic works from across the globe and a Poetry Gala with K Satchidanandan, Simon Armitage, Twm Morys, Anupama Raju, Eurig Salisbury and others. Lyndy Cooke, executive producer of Hay Festival Kerala, said this year's programme celebrates the...
06:21:47 PM Nov 16, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Constant tiffs among film organisations and escalating costs have led to a crisis in the Malayalam movie industry, known for classics like "Perumthachan" and "Ajayan" and stalwarts such as Mammootty and Mohanlal. The industry can boast of making the first 3D film in India, "My Dear Kuttichathan", and the first cinemascope film in southern India titled "Thacholi Ambu". But after scaling great heights in the 1980s and 1990s, it...
05:54:27 PM Nov 16, 2011