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State Bank of Travancore (SBT) to open office in Dubai 2008-04-25 09:25:00 Another good news to Indians especially Malayalis who is living in the middle east region,particularly UAE.According to the media reports ,State
Bank of Travancore (SBT) is to open a representative office
in Dubai
in three months' time.SBT managing dierctor M. Ramaswamy also explained that the Bank will offer personalized services to the non-resident Indians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who maintain accounts with the bank.SBT's strong operations in the Middle East include 'Rupee Drawing Arrangements' with 21 Exchange Companies in the region.The bank also has Speed Remittance Facility with Exchange Companies in the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait.Recently Federal Bank also started it's office in Middle east.Also Read,Federal Bank opens office in Abu DhabiWork on Kochi Smart C
Mohanlal withdraws from stunt act -'Burning Illusion' -'Fire escape'- of Vismayam 2008 2008-04-24 03:14:00 We don't know whether it is because of the pressure from fans,friends and relatives or the uncertainty over the outcome of the dangerous daredevil act,Mohanlal gave up his idea of performing 'Fire escape' or 'Burning
illusion' stunt
as a part of inaugural program of 'Vismayam 2008' ,the magical mega show.It is reported that ,the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists,'AMMA', also asked Mohanlal to move away from performing the dangerous act.The AMMA president Innocent asked him to change his mind.Any way ,what ever be the reason,Mohanlal decided not to perform the dangerous Act.Now it is the turn of Gopinath Muthukad ,the magician who trained Mohanlal the stunt, to come up with some kind of face saving act,and he already called the decision unfortunate as months of hard work has gone wast
Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan to lay foundation stone for KSRTC shopping complex in Angamaly 2008-04-22 06:57:00 Chief Minister
V S Achuthanandan will lay the foundation stone of an eight-storeyed shopping complex on the KSRTC premises in Angamaly.The Kerala Transport Development Financial Corporation (KTDFC) will construct the shopping complex under the BOT system spending around Rs 30 crore.The shopping complex with 18350 sq. metre plinth area will have a cellar floor, a terrace floor and a conference hall. Facilities will be provided to park 130 cars and 500 motorbikes in the cellar and the parking area. The structure is designed in a traditional Kerala style.Also Read,Textile park to come up in Kannur,Kerala Rs 100 cr Titanium Sponge Factory to be setup in K... National Institute of Fashion Technology - NIFT to... Najim Arshad -Idea Star Singer 2007Gopika -The gorgeous Malayalam movie actressBhav Read more:Chief
Kovalam, Kumarakom, Munnar, Fort Kochi made special tourist zones 2008-04-22 06:51:00 Kerala Tourism Minister K.C.Venugopal informed the state assembly that Kovalam, Munnar, Kumarakom and Fort Kochi
have been declared as special tourist
zones under the Kerala Tourism (Conservation and Preservation of Areas) Bill, 2005.All development activities, including construction, in special tourist zones will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines issued by a committee set up for the purpose, he said.The committee comprising the Tourism Secretary, the Local Self-Government Secretary, the Tourism Director, the Archaeology Director and the Chief Town Planner will prepare a sustainable tourism development plan for these special tourist zones.Also Read, Dr Moopen's Group announces Rs 1,500 crore 'Medcit... Kerala beauty Parvathy Omanakuttan,wins Pantaloons... Sudheer Kadalundi s
Kerala institute -Sri Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences-to make heart valves from calves 2008-04-22 06:49:00 Kerala will become the first state in the country to make human heart valves from bovine calves
.At present these valves are made in India from imported pericardial tissues and jugular veins of bovine calves.According to the managing director of Kerala Livestock Development Board Ani S. Das ,the project to begin in three months time at Kulathupuzha bovine farm and expects the first valve to be ready in 18 months time.The pericardial tissue and jugular vein from the bovine animals that are slaughtered will be handed over to Sri Chitra Thirunal Institute
for Medical Sciences
and Technology where the heart valves would be made.According to him the central government has in principle approved the project.Sri Chitra institute was established by an Act of parliament as an autonomous institute. It Read more:Kerala
Magicians protests over Mohanlal's 'Burning Illusion' daredevil stunt 2008-04-22 06:41:00 Malayalam superstar Mohanlal's plans to perform a stunt
called 'Burning
Illusion' in Thiruvananthapuram April 27 has split the magician community in Kerala.Mohanlal is to perform the daredevil act ahead of an international magicians meet and he has been training for the past 18 months under the guidance of Gopinath Muthukad, who heads the Magic Academy here. The superstar says he wants to motivate the Kerala youth by his act.But Samrat, another leading magician, Monday advised Mohanlal against it, saying it was a difficult stunt and that Muthukad had once failed in his attempt to perform it.The 'Fire escape' stunt, to be held at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, is a curtain raiser for the four-day 'Vismayam 2008', a programme in which nearly 1,000 magicians from across the world are expec
Plastic banned in Kerala 2008-04-22 06:38:00 The Kerala
government banned the use of all varieties of plastic materials below 50 microns in thickness in the state effective from 21st of April 2008.The government issued a notification regarding the same.Those who violate this would have to pay a fine of Rs One lakh, including one-year imprisonment.The Corporation and Panchayat secretaries had been entrusted with the implementation of the ban.Also Read,Nayantara-highest paid malayali actress-top in so... After success of 'Mulla' Meera Nandan in Tamil Textile park to come up in Kannur,Kerala Rs 100 cr Titanium Sponge Factory to be setup in K... National Institute of Fashion Technology - NIFT to... Najim Arshad -Idea Star Singer 2007 Kerala Education,courses info! Malayalam movie world____________________________________________________ Read more:Plastic
Nayantara -highest paid malayali actress-top in south India 2008-04-21 09:03:00 According to the latest reports Nayantara
will be paid whooping one crore for appearing in the female lead opposite Vijay in the new film directed by Prabhu Deva.By doing this film Nayantara will become the highest
paid actress
in South India
.Nayantara will thus become the highest paid Malayalee actress, ever to have recorded in Indian film history.Nayanthara's latest movie ‘Yaradi Nee Mohini' became the topper in Kollywood box office.Also Read,All star Malayalam movie ‘Twenty Twenty’ (Twenty 2...Nayanthara says 'No' to Rs 1.5 Crore Ad. Offer!Mohanlal's new movie- Karthika Thirunal Karthikeya...Joshi's Next movie | Robinhood | -Hero PrithvirajGopika -The gorgeous Malayalam movie actressBhavana-The glamorous girl-next-doorMeera Jasmine in love!Meera Jasmine says 'YES' to glamour role Read more:south India
Textile park to come up in Kannur,Kerala 2008-04-21 08:07:00 While speaking at a development seminar, Kannur Vision 2020,Union Minister of Textiles Shankersinh Vaghela has said the central government will consider sanctioning projects like an integrated textile park in Kerala
's Kannur district.Vaghela asked the authorities to provide about 100 acres for the project.Kannur district,is a major handloom textile centre in Kerala.He said if the textile industry here forms a special purpose vehicle (SPV) in association with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS), his ministry's consultant for textile parks, and forward a proposal, he would give priority to it.Vaghela Saturday inaugurated the ninth centre of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) near in Kannur.Also Read,National Institute of Fashion Technology - NIFT to
Rs 100 cr Titanium Sponge Factory to be setup in Kerala 2008-04-21 07:50:00 The Rs 100 crore TitaniumSpongeFactory
, first of its kind in the country, is coming up in Kollam.The project is being carried out by the Kerala
Minerals and Metals Limited in tie up with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Ministry of Defence.According to the medai reports the State Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran said the first phase of the project will be completed by June 30 next year.The entire production of 500 metric tonnes per annum will be consumed by the ISRO and other defence organisations,according to the minister.Also Read,Dr Moopen's Group announces Rs 1,500 crore 'Medcit...Kerala beauty Parvathy Omanakuttan,wins Pantaloons...Sudheer Kadalundi set new Guinness record: plays t...Work on Kochi Smart City to begin OctoberMohanlal, Meera Jasmine bag Mal Read more:setup
National Institute of Fashion Technology - NIFT to open center in Kerala 2008-04-21 05:50:00 The hand loom city of Kerala
,Kannur, will get the NIFT.NationalInstitute
of FashionTechnology
(NIFT) is opening its new center in Kannur Kerala.The ninth center of the NIFT will be inaugurated in Kannur Saturday by Textile Minister Shankersinh Vaghela.The center will start functioning from a temporary facility in June, the center will come up in three years at a 12-acre plot near Kannur University campus, 10 km from Kannur town.The Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) is the nodal agency for establishing the NIFT center here.Also Read,Najim Arshad -Idea Star Singer 2007Mohanlal's Onam Movie -'Kargil'-Another movie with...Vismayam 2008-Actor Mohanlal to perform daredevil ...Vismayam 2008-Magic festival in KeralaWedding Bells for Rimi Tomy - Marriage on April
Vismayam 2008-Actor Mohanlal to perform daredevil stunt -"Burning Illusion" 2008-04-17 08:47:00 Superstar Mohanlal will perform
a daredevil stunt
"Burning
Illusion" here April 27.He was practising the stunt under guidence of well know magician Gopinath Muthukad for quite sometime now.This is being held as part of the curtain raiser programme for the Vismayam 2008, a programme where close to a thousand magicians from all over the world will take part from May 1 to 4.Mohanlal will perform the daredevil stunt "Burning Illusion"at the Chandrasekharan Nair stadium Thiruvananthapuram.The event is jointly organised by the Kerala Police and the Kerala State Youth Welfare Board.Also Read,Vismayam 2008-Magic festival in KeralaWedding Bells for Rimi Tomy - Marriage on April 27...Thrissur Pooram festival started in KeralaThe top five Malayalam movie (film) songs of the s...Top five Malayalam mov Read more:Actor
Vismayam 2008-Magic festival in Kerala 2008-04-17 08:33:00 Over 1,000 magicians from across the country and abroad will participate at a four-day magic festival here from May 1.The mammoth festival, called Vismayam 2008, is being held under the joint auspices of the Department of Tourism and the Magic
Academy of veteran magician Gopinath Muthukad.Tourism Secretary V. Venu said that more than five stages are being set up for exhibitions of magic, culminating in a record-setting mass magic show for world peace.Foreign magicians who will attend the festival include Fukai Masahiro and Kiyoka Fukai from Japan, Jorge Blass from Spain, Mirko Callacy from Argentina, Kenrick McDonald from the US and Marcel Oudejans from South Africa.Vismayam 2008 will be inaugurated by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan at the University Senate Hall.Also Read,Wedding Bells Read more:Kerala
Thrissur Pooram festival started in Kerala 2008-04-14 08:50:00 The weeklong celebration of Thrissur Pooram, one of Kerala
's most popular festivals, began last week. The celebration will end on Pooram Day April 16.The biggest of all festivals in the state, 'Thissur Pooram' is dedicated to Lord Shiva.Ceremonial flag hoisting at the two main participating temples of Thiruvambadi and Paramekkavu took place on Thursday.The festival is also known for the magnificent display of fireworks.Celebrated in the Malayalam month Medam (April/May), the two-century old festival was introduced by Rama Varma Maharaja of the erstwhile Cochin state.The final Pooram will be held on April 16 and the famous Sample fire works or Vedikkettu will be held on April 14.The festival is also one of the major tourist attractions in the state.Also Read,Dr Moopen's Group announces Rs 1
Dr Moopen's Group announces Rs 1,500 crore 'Medcity' in Kochi (Cochin) 2008-04-11 08:40:00 Dubai-based Dr Moopen's Group
plans to set up a complex of hospitals in a 'Medcity', spread over 30 acres in Kochi
to cater to medical tourists from India and abroad.Group's Chairman Azad Moopen said construction work on the Rs 1,500 crore
project is likely to start within six months.The project is expected to generate 15,000 jobs for doctors, nursing and paramedical staff.The group has already started talks with the state government and the Kerala State Industries Development Corporation (KSIDC), to get single window clearance for the project.The group has set up a new joint venture called DM Healthcare (P) Ltd as a strategic partner for the Medcity. About one-third of the proposed Rs 1,500 crore investment would be made by DM Healthcare while the remaining would be invested by other part
Kerala beauty Parvathy Omanakuttan,wins Pantaloons Femina Miss India title 2008-04-10 09:57:00 Parvathy Omanakuttan, a 20 year-old English Literature graduate from Mithibhai College, Mumbai, won the coveted title of ''Pantaloons Femina
Miss India
World'' (PFMI) 2008 at a glittering finals here.Parvathy Omanakuttan, says she wouldn't mind trying her luck in Bollywood provided the offers are good.To win the crown from the other equally beautiful finalists yesterday, Parvathy, who already had the PFMI South title under her belt, combined her beauty with brains on being asked whether the rise in divorce rate in India was a result of Western influence. ''A spouse is not someone who completes you, but shares your completeness'' was Parvathy's winning reply that impressed the judges including ex-Miss India and Bollywood beauty Zeenat Aman, designer J J Vallaya and Rina Dhaka, actresses Tab Read more:Femina Miss
, Kerala
Sudheer Kadalundi set new Guinness record: plays tabla for over 102 hours 2008-04-10 09:13:00 40-year-old Sudheer Kadalundi in Kerala set a new Guinness
record Monday by playing the tabla for 102 hours and 45 minutes, bettering his own 2005 feat of 57 hours.Sudheer Kadalundi ended his marathon tabla session at 2 a.m. Monday at Kadalundi, 25 km from here. He began playing the instrument Wednesday (April 2).The village had formed a 500-member committee with the panchayat president as chairman for organising the event.As per reports ,Four cameras were continuously recording the event. Besides, some prominent personalities came to attest the event every eight hours.Groups of playback singers and instrumentalists kept Sudheer company. As per the Guinness guidelines, the thalam (beat) that was played during a four-hour period should not be repeated in the next four hours and one particul Read more:Guinness record
Work on Kochi Smart City to begin October 2008-04-10 08:29:00 The director board of the proposed Rs.15-billion Smart
City project Kochi
n Kerala late Wednesday evening decided that the work on the project would commence in October
. Chairman of the board and state Fisheries Minister S. Sarma said the consultancy for the preparation of the master plan would be agreed upon within the next 10 days. Dubai Internet City (DIC) officials, who will be building city, were also present at the second full board meeting of the Smart City project after the agreement was inked last May.Also Read,Mohanlal, Meera Jasmine bag Malayalam cinema's best actor awardsBPCL-GAIL Joint venture to market CNG in Kerala, Karnataka...Kochi Metro rail project work to start next monthCochin Smart City deal InkedNotable Kerala news!Kerala Education,courses info!Malayalam movie wo Read more:begin
British woman molested in Kerala 2008-04-29 07:18:00 The autorikshaw drivers or Kozhikode (Calicut) was famous for thier good behaviour and gentleman approach to customers.But the recent incident ruined that image.The Kerala
Police has arrested two men over an alleged sexual assault on a young 20 year old British
tourist. According to the police, the woman
, was allegedly molested after getting into a rickshaw.The woman accidentally boarded the wrong bus from Kozhikode. After getting off near Kunnamangalam she hired a rickshaw to take her back to her starting point. She reportedly got into a dispute with the two men when they tried to drop her off some distance from the main Kozhikode bus terminal.After that, she claims they molested her.Also Read,Qatar Airways announces flights to KozhikodeSubhiksha to enter Kerala telecoms retail industr..
Qatar Airways announces flights to Kozhikode 2008-04-29 07:11:00 Qatar Airways
announced plans to operate scheduled flights
to Kozhikode in Kerala from June 15, 2008. Kozhikode is airline’s third gateway in Kerala. Qatar Airways will operate daily non-stop services between Doha and Kozhikode using an Airbus 320 aircraft. The airline already serves Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala and six other cities across India.The addition of Kozhikode, its ninth destination in India, takes the airline’s frequency into the country up to 58 flights a week.Also Read,Subhiksha to enter Kerala telecoms retail industr...Harbhajan Singh 'slaps' Sreesanth-episode over-Har...Emirates Airlines to start service to Calicut from...RAK Airways (Ras Al Khaimah Airways) launches dail...State Bank of Travancore (SBT) to open office in D...Mohanlal withdraws from stunt act Read more:Qatar
Subhiksha to enter Kerala telecoms retail industry 2008-04-28 08:14:00 Retail chain and mobile phone retailer Subhikshaha has announced its move to enter
the mobile retail markets of Kolkata and Kerala
.Subhiksha already has 700 mobile stores across the country.Subhiksha competes on price, and offer some of the best prices on various brands of mobiles and accessories, while offering offers to exchange customer's existing handsets as well.Kerala has around 11 Subhiksha mobile stores operational, in cities like Kochi, Trissur and Calicut. Subhiksha plans to open another 51 stores during the year, across various towns in the state, to strengthen its presence in telecom retailing through its stand alone stores and the inclusive shop-in-shop model in its own supermarkets.Also Read,Harbhajan Singh 'slaps' Sreesanth-episode over-Har...Emirates Airlines to start serv Read more:industry
Harbhajan Singh 'slaps' Sreesanth-episode over-Harbhajan banned from IPL 2008-04-28 08:06:00 The 'Harbhajan slaps
Sreesanth ' episode is over and the final result is out.Harbhajan banned from IPL.The whole episode was unfortunate,we dont know what provoked Bajji,But Sreesanth is seen crying while teammate VRV Singh
and Punjab team owner Preity Zinta console him, after the end of the IPL T20 match at MohaliThere are different versions of the story .According to one version ,after the 10th match which Kings XI Punjab won over Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab pacer S Sreesanth approached Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh and said "Hard Luck Buddy".In return Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth under his left eye. Sreesanth was seen crying on the ground after this incident.Harbhajan had a hearing today, and Harbhajan banned from IPL.After viewing the tapes by the host broadcaster, m
Emirates Airlines to start service to Calicut from July 2008-04-28 07:49:00 Following the launch of daily service by RAK Airways from Calicut (Kozhikode), the national airline of Ras Al Khaimah, Dubai-based Emirates
Airline yesterday announced operation to Calicut airport in north Kerala from July 1.Calicut is Emirate’s third gateway in Kerala.The airline would be operating six flights a week in the Dubai-Calicut sector. Emirates would offer top of the class facilities on the aircraft.Flight Ticket charges(fare)Emirates announced introductory fares of Rs.7500 on the one way route and Rs.14, 995 on the two-way between July 1 and August 15 as an introductory offer.Emirates, which operates daily service to Trivandrum and Cochin, was seeing excellent potential in Calicut in view of large number of people from the northern region living in UAE.Also Read,RAK Airways ( Read more:Airlines
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