Thiruvananthapuram News

Weak rupee set to benefit seafood exporters in Kerala

Primary commodity exporters in the state are set to benefit with the rupee Friday crashing to its lowest level against the dollar in the last six years - to Rs.49 to a dollar.

Chandy demands probe into Smart City deal

Kerala Leader of opposition Oommen Chandy Friday asked Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to initiate a probe into the agreement signed by the government for the Rs.15-billion Smart City project. He alleged that Achuthanandan had a 'secret agenda' in giving special concessions to the project.9:01 PM on October 10

Weather permitting, India's moon mission lifts off Oct 22

Weather permitting, Chandrayaan 1, India's first mission to the moon, will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh Oct 22, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair said Friday.7:01 PM on October 10

Maldivians cast their votes in far away Kerala

A large number of Maldivian nationals settled in Kerala queued up in front of their consulate office here Wednesday to cast their votes in their country's presidential elections.8:02 PM on October 08

Kerala banks increase education loan portfolio

Banks in Kerala have reported a huge increase in the number and amount of education loans sanctioned in the year ended June 30, 2008.6:33 PM on October 08

Kerala MP Veerendrakumar bags Vayalar literary award

Lok Sabha MP from Kerala M.P. Veerendrakumar was Wednesday chosen for this year's Vayalar Rama Varma Award for Malayalam literature.6:31 PM on October 08

Indian Air Force integrates military, civilian radars in south India

An integrated command and control system commissioned here Wednesday has enabled the real time networking of all military and civil radars in south India to qualitatively enhance the surveillance capabilities of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a broad swathe from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and large parts of Sri Lanka.5:01 PM on October 08

Terrorists killed in Kashmir are not from Kerala: police

The police here Wednesday denied that the suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba guerrillas killed in the Kashmir valley early this week were from Kerala.1:30 PM on October 08

Opposition wants Achuthanandan's son probed in Smart City deal

Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan's statement that the Rs.15-billion Smart City project will not come under the new special economic zone (SEZ) guidelines has hit a fresh controversy -- with the opposition accusing his son of being involved in the decision and demanding an independent probe.6:03 PM on October 07

Kerala-based SunTec ties up with eServGlobal

Communication and payment service major eServGlobal has signed a partnership agreement with the city-based billing solutions provider SunTec, the latter announced here Tuesday.6:02 PM on October 07

Finally Kuttanad package goes into implementation mode

Three months after the central government cleared the Rs.18.4-billion ($409-million) Kuttanad package, the Kerala government Tuesday decided to set up two committees to oversee the implementation of this.4:02 PM on October 07

Transdot all set to 'clean up' Kerala

Into a decade of starting its sewage treatment division, city-based Transdot is all set to 'clean up' Kerala using its latest membrane bio-reactor (MBR) process, considered to be the most advanced waste water treatment technology.2:00 PM on October 07

Kerala medicos end protest after government assurances

After their day-long token protest and the state health department assurances that their demands would be looked into, protesting doctors and medical students called off their indefinite strike here Monday.9:01 PM on October 06

School for NRK children gets an official nod

A school for the children of non-resident Indians of Kerala got an official nod Monday after Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan cleared a proposal for it.9:00 PM on October 06

NRI deposits go up marginally in Kerala banks

Deposits by non-resident Indians (NRIs) in Kerala banks went up 6.6 percent in the April-June quarter this fiscal to touch Rs.318.65 billion ($7 billion), bankers' committee said.5:32 PM on October 06