Kerala, India News

Known as 'God's Own Country' Kerala is one of India's most economically successful states.Governed by a democratically-elected communist government, it can boast a literacy rate of over 90 per cent.

Some months ago, a news item in the Bangalore edition of a national paper carried this headline, 'Three shortlisted for Mysore varsity post'. Since I am a former academic, and have known many past graduates and teachers of Mysore University, I read on further.

Kerala News: Malayalam superstar Mohanlal will be commissioned into the Territorial Army Thursday by army chief Gen.

Hampi After arriving in Hospet at 6.45am and following up with a bus to Hampi later, I found myself traveling thro' what looked like a huge scene from a Greek film set! Everywhere you looked, giant granite boulders were scattered thro'out this equally lush countryside, often piled high with amazing looking 'hills' of boulders! Scattered between ...

Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala government would continue to pressurise the centre to take up the long-pending demand for a railway line between Thalasssery and Mysore, which would give a big boost to the development of the Malabar regionof the state, Law Minister M Vijayakumar said on Tuesday.

Kochi, Jul 3 : The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry today welcomed the Railway Budget for giving due importance to Kerala.

Kochi : The decision of the national JD leadership to dissolve the Kerala unit led by M.P. Veerendra Kumar, will be 'ignored with contempt' by party workers in the state, a top JD leader said on Sunday.

Activists of the Kannada Protection Force in Karnataka Sunday stormed into exam centres and disrupted railway recruitment examinations in protest against the appearance of north Indian candidates, especially from Bihar, in large numbers.

Kozhikode, Jul 4 : Hailing Union Railway Minister Mamata Bannerjee and her deputy E Ahamed for giving a fair deal to Kerala in the Railway Budget for 2009-10, city MP M K Raghavan today said the proposals, including eight new trains, were in fact an 'Onam gift' for the state.

The railway ministry has earmarked Rs.1,026 crore for various projects in Karnataka for the current fiscal, up from Rs.680 crore in 2008-09, Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa said here Saturday.

Kozhikode, Jul 3 : The Malabar Chamber of Commerce today said credit goes to Minister of State for Railways E Ahamed for several new measures, including eight new trains for Kerala announced in the Union Railway Budget 2009-10, today.

NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has sanctioned eight new trains for Kerala, including one weekly 'Duronto' between Ernakulam and New Delhi.

Kerala got a fair share of the budgetary proposals of Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee tabled in parliament Friday.

Indian athletes continued their impressive run at the Asian Youth Games in Singapore, winning three medals Thursday to take their tally to six.

Besides hotels and resorts, properties like ayurvedic centres, homestays and houseboats are also available online.

New Delhi: On the backdrop of two stimulus packages that were announced in December last year and January 2009, Volvo Buses India is eyeing 35% growth in domestic sales this year at 550-600 units as against around 440 units sold in 2008.

Nehru Trophy Snake Boat Race - Up-comeing Events in Bamboostix island Resort Alleppey.

BANGALORE: Office bearers of Kerala unit of the BJP have urged Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, to issue a letter of acceptance to construct the link road between Byrakuppa and Aanamalam along the Kerala-Karnataka border.

The Railway Protection Force have arrested two persons, who were reportedly among the five-member gang which had allegedly robbed two women passengers of their jewellery while travelling on the night of May 27 near Yeliyur in the taluk by the Bangalore-Mangalore Mangala Express train.

The Nanjangud Police have unearthed the mystery behind the body with bullet wounds found in Nerale village near Kaulande, Nanjangud taluk on Tuesday.