Kasaragod, India News

KOZHIKODE: The Indian National Trade Union Congress-led Steel Employees' Union has demanded a sub-regional office of the Employees State Insurance Corporation here for the convenience of the beneficiaries of the scheme who now have to travel to Thrissur.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Electricity Board is seriously contemplating the setting up of a 1,300-MW thermal power project at Cheemeni in Kasaragod district.

PATHANAMTHITTA: There was every reason to suspect that the Communist Party of India was behind the violence at Koyilandy, Nadapuram and Kasaragod, P.K. Kunhalikutty, State general secretary of Indian Union Muslim League, said on Saturday.

KOCHI: The Kerala Electricity Workers' Federation will organise rallies across the State in protest against the move to convert the Kerala State Electricity Board into a company.

KOZHIKODE: A satellite campus could be started at Vadakara if land and other infrastructure were made available, the Vice-Chancellor of the Central University in Kasaragod, Jancy James, has said.

MANGALORE: District Crime Intelligence Bureau police here on Sunday seized a "panchaloha" idol from two persons hailing from the neighbouring Kasaragod district of Kerala.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet on Wednesday cleared proposals for reorganisation of panchayats and municipalities with upgrading of seven panchayats into municipalities and merging of 16 other panchayats with nearby municipalities or city corporations.

RESCUED: A file photo of cattle being transported MYSORE: The authorities in the border districts of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have joined hands to check illegal transportation of cattle and prevent spread and outbreak of diseases in domestic animals keeping in view the presence of a variety of wild animals in the forests on the inter-State ...

Kasaragod: The president and vice-president of the Meencha grama panchayat near the border town of Manjeswaram were removed on Monday following a no-confidence motion supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India .

BANGALORE: The Kannada Development Authority has organised a weeklong convention on linguistic harmony at Kasaragod and cultural programmes in dance, drama, poetry, films and other sectors in 10 places of Kasaragod district in Kerala, commencing from Saturday.

MANGALORE: A team from the Puttur Town police station on Wednesday tracked down a three-month-old infant that had been stolen from its mother and sold to a childless family in Paivalike village of Kasaragod district in Kerala.

Thrissur: Preparations are on to welcome a 'cultural yatra', organised by the Culture Department and various cultural organisations, that will pass through Thrissur on January 15.

MYSORE: Members of Apoorva Kalavidaru from Kasaragod staged Male Ninta Mele , a play conceived of by Rathnakara Mulimane and directed by M. Umesh Salian, here on Saturday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Election Commission of India has dropped the complaint about alleged violation of the model code of conduct for the byelections by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan.

KOLLAM: The Susthira Vikasana Yatra of the Janasree Mission from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram, led by Congress leader M.M. Hassan, will enter Kollam on Sunday at Pathanapuram for a three-day campaign in the district.

Kasaragod: People exposed to pesticide Endosulfan in Kasaragod district continue to suffer.

Thiruvananthapuram: In what is seen as a huge setback for Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front , the Election Commission of India yesterday directed the state government to shift a top district administrator.

MANGALORE: Officers of the Puttur subdivision of the Dakshina Kannada Police on Wednesday nabbed a 46-year-old man who, the police said, has confessed to murdering 18 women by poisoning them with cyanide.

'Tourist spots in district not properly maintained' Kozhikode: Home and Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has asked officials to complete tourism projects estimated at Rs.300 crore in the Malabar region this financial year.

KANNUR: Allahabad Bank chairman and managing director K.R. Kamath has said that the bank is on an expansion spree in the south.