Mission League's Kunjettan is no more
Source: Cath News India
P.C. Abraham, popularly known as "Kunjettan" (little brother), who founded Cherupushpa (little flower) Mission League, died on Aug. 11 in a hospital in Kerala nine days after he was involved in a road accident.
St Alphonsa coin released
Source: Express News Service
BHARANANGANAM: Amid welling up of pious and fond thoughts of Saint Alphonsa as an eternal symbol of love, suffering and compassion, a commemorative coin in her name was released here on Sunday in the presence of a sea of faithful and a galaxy of dignitaries.
Kerala to set up first Islamic i-firm
Source: The Economic Times
MUMBAI: The Kerala government, in partnership with a few private entrepreneurs, will set up India's first government-controlled Islamic investment company.
Kerala to set up 100 IT zones
Source: PTI
New Delhi, Aug 16: Kerala will set up about 100 IT zones, Techno-Lodges, over the next five years to attract more IT companies to the state and would invest about Rs 20-25 crore in the project.
Kerala Minister Mons Joseph resigns
Source: The Hindu
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Public Works Minister of Kerala Mons Joseph submitted his resignation to the Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan this morning to pave way for swearing-in of his party leader P. J. Joseph as Minister on Monday.
Kerala Bishops plead govt to not legalise homosexuality
Source: Christian Today India
"We will send a lakh cards to the Prime Minister and President requesting not to legalise homosexuality," says Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC), which reiterated its opposition to the Delhi HC ruling that decriminalised gay sex between consenting adults.
Nigerian online fraudster lands in police net
Source: DHNS
The Kerala police have arrested a Nigerian national, a member of the notorious '419' fraudsters or 'Nigerian bank fraudsters' who have duped several people in South India of crores of rupees through an email racket.
Murali — Master of subtle portrayals
Source: The Hindu
Actor Murali, who died on Thursday night, was part of a dwindling breed of character actors in Malayalam cinema who took the silver screen by storm in the 1980s and 1990s.
The girl who moved Gandhi is no more
Source: DH News Service
The girl, Kaumudi, or Kaumudi Teacher as she came to be known later, passed away aged 92 at her house in Kannur on Tuesday. Gandhiji himself had wrote about Kaumudi's gesture in 'Harijan' as well as other journals.
Signs of ancient port in Kerala
Source: The Telegraph: Calcutta
New Delhi, Aug. 2: A village in Kerala's Periyar delta may be the site of a port that has remained untraced for centuries although ancient Indian and Greek texts had described it as an Indian Ocean trade hub, researchers have said.
Wandering off the Beaten Path in Kerala
Source: domain-b.com
The crusty model of penance and austerity, Parasurama, would never have imagined that his trusty, weather-beaten old axe would transform into the hauntingly beautiful Kerala — an undulating verdant stretch of land bordered by the delicate lace of the waves of the Arabian Sea
India to protect farmers in goods agreement with ASEAN: PM
Source: xinhuanet
NEW DELHI, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ensured that the India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement would protect the interests of Indian farmers by yielding no tariff concession to ASEAN countries, said a senior Indian government official on Monday.
Cocoa cultivation rising in southern states
Source: The Economic Times
Kochi: Robust trend in bean prices triggered by a global shortage of cocoa has prompted some southern states to spread the cultivation to more area.
Ravi Kissan details gruesome Raavan elephant attack
Source: IndiaFM
The much talked-about elephant attack in the Athirapilly jungles of Kerala during the shooting of Mani Ratnam's Raavan, which left one mauled and dead, was far more gruesome and perilous than what has been made out to be.
Early breastfeeding less among urbanites
Source: Express News Service
KOZHIKODE: Even after declaring Kerala as a 'baby-friendly' state, the number of infants in Kerala who are denied exclusive breastfeeding by their mothers is around 30 percent.
Jail warden held with ganja
Source: DNA
Kochi: Amid allegations of a thriving ganja trade in Kerala's prisons, a jail warden was arrested on Monday with half a kilo of the banned weed. Thrissur Police nabbed Vijay Gopal, head warden of Viyyur Central Prison, while he was transporting ganja in his two-wheeler.
Infopark Kochi export records 87 pc increase
Source: Express News Service
KOCHI: Infopark Kochi has doubled its exports for the year 2008-09, with the gross turnover increasing to Rs 463 core, registering a growth of 87 percent, according to reports from Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and SoftwareTechnology Parks of India (STPI).