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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

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Ex-administrator of CSI Mission Hospital dead

KOZHIKODE: AJ Hermon, former District Governor of Y's Men's International and former Malabar district president of CSI, died at his residence in Eranhipalam on Tuesday. He was 76. He had also served as member of the Diocesan Council; member of Catholic Pastorate Committee; manager of Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode and administrator, CSI Mission Hospital- Codacal, Tirur.

Dr. Hermon is survived by his wife and three daughters. The funeral service will begin at his residence at 7.30 a.m. on Wednesday. It will be followed by a special service at CSI cathedral at 8 am, Vinod Allen, Pastor-CSI Church, said on Tuesday. — Special Correspondent

Reception

KASARAGOD: The district unit of the National Congress (Indira) is organising a reception for its president, K. Muraleedharan, who is visiting the district at Kalikadavu on May 23. The NC (I) leader will address a public meeting in the evening. Mr. Muraleedharan will attend the district convention of the party to be held at Kanhangad on June 3. — Staff Reporter

District meet

KASARAGOD: The two-day district meet of the Kisan Sabha got under way at Parappa near here this morning. The Sabha State secretary, Sathyan Mokeri, inaugurated the meeting at a function presided over by its district president, P. A. Nair. — Staff Reporter

Broadband services

PALAKKAD: N.N. Krishnadas, MP, launched the BSNL's Broadband services in the district at a function in the Town Hall here on Tuesday.The general manager, Telecom, Rastogoi, spoke on the broadband service facilities. .— Staff Reporter

Reception

KASARAGOD: The district unit of the National Congress (Indira) is organising a reception for its president, K. Muraleedharan, who is visiting the district at Kalikadavu on May 23. Mr. Muraleedharan will attend the district convention of the party to be held at Kanhangad on June 3. — Staff Reporter

District meet

Yuva Morcha

PALAKKAD: The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha will launch a march from Plachimadato Parassinikkadavu on Wednesday. The march is being organised as part of a campaign against exploitation of groundwater by soft drink companies in Palakkad and the amusement park coming up at Parassinikkadavu in Kannur. — Staff Reporter

Winners felicitated

MALAPPURAM: The Muslim Students Federation (MSF) felicitated the two winners of Civil Services Examinations from the district. M.P.M. Ishaq Kurikkal, MLA, handed over mementoes to Darris Ahammed of Manjeri and Anwar Ali of Kalpakanchery at a function held here. — Staff Reporter

ALIP meeting today

KOCHI: The first meeting of the Asian Initiative on Legal Pluralism (ALIP) will be held here from Wednesday. ALIP is holding the meeting in association with the Cochin University of Science and Technology and Max Plank Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany. The focal theme of the meeting is natural resource conflicts and resource governance in Asia. V.P. Mohankumar, Chairman of the State Human Rights Commission, will inaugurate the meeting. - Staff Reporter

Workshop on nature

KOCHI: ANMPU Media Trust, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences and Sri Chaitanya will jointly organise a two-day residential workshop on nature, titled "A prayer for all beings." The camp will begin on the Rajagiri college campus on May 23, on the occasion of Buddha Poornima. Details are available with M. Viswanathan, director, Sri Chaitanya (ph: 2375730). — Staff Reporter

Lok Ayukta warning

Thiruvananthapuram: The Lok Ayukta would initiate legal proceedings against public men who fail to submit their statement of assets as on March 31, 2005 before June 30. Public men as defined under the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act are required to file statement of assets once in two years in the prescribed form. The statement should be submitted to the Registrar, Kerala Lok Ayukta, Legislature Complex, Vikas Bhavan P.O. Thiruvananthapuram - 695033 before the stipulated dates, an official statement said. - Special Correspondent

Awards for the physically challenged

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government has announced its annual awards for employees who had, despite being handicapped by blindness or physical disabilities, performed their duties with exemplary dedication during the year 2004.

The awards in the category of the visually impaired were given to A. Harikumar (peon at the Office of the Regional Assistant Director, Social Welfare Department) and K. Somarajan (teacher at the Government Higher Secondary School, Ayithara, Membaram).

The awards for the visually impaired working in the private sector have been bagged by N.K. Mohammed Mustafa (Arabian Communications, Tirurangadi) and T.D. Raphael (Village Library, Panachukadu, Vallarpadam). The awards for employees with physical disabilities have been given to V.M. Devidasan (Muthedathukavu Coir Cooperative Society, T.V. Puram) and R. Selvaraj (Kerala Components Employees Cooperative Society, K.R. Puram). — Special Correspondent

Sanchar awards presented

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Governor, R.L. Bhatia, on Tuesday gave away the Vishisht Sanchar Padak and Sanchar Shree awards to selected employees of the BSNL, Kerala circle, on the occasion of the World Telecommunication Day celebrations held here.

The Vishisht Sanchar Seva Padak award was given to the junior telecom officer, Kozhikode SSA, K. Balachandran; the sub-divisional engineer, Kannur SSA, M.T. Vijayan, and the Deputy General Manger (planning) Thrissur SSA, K. Francis Jacob.

The Chief General Manager BSNL, Kerala Circle, S.A. Thomas presided over the function.— Staff Reporter

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