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State receives good
pre-monsoon rain
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
The State received widespread pre-monsoon showers since Thursday morning even as the South West monsoon set in over the South Andaman sea and conditions are favourable for its advance over the south Bay of Bengal. The Met authorities here said the rain was precipitated by a trough of low pressure along the Kerala-Karnataka coast. The current rain had nothing to do with the monsoon, which was expected to set in over Kerala around June 7. However, the ongoing rainfall activity over the south peninsula was likely to increase. Seven to eight stations in the State received heavy rain during the 24 hours which ended at 8.30 a.m. on Friday. While Cherthala and Mankombu received 11 cm of rain, Kumarakom 10 cm and Thiruvalla, seven cm. Thiruvananthapuram city received 3.25 cm and the Airport 3.3 cm of rain till 5.50 p.m. today. — Special Correspondent
BJP leader's clarification
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
The BJP leader K. Raman Pillai said on Friday that he was relieved from his post as general secretary of the State unit of the party on a request made by him on health grounds. In a statement here, Mr. Pillai said that he had met with a car accident on December 28 and had been bedridden for four months. He also had two head surgeries on January 20 and February 12. Though he had requested the State president, P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, that he should be relieved of the responsibilities as general secretary, Mr. Pillai had not accepted his request. So, he raised matter with the party leaders, Venkaiah Naidu and Sanjay Joshi and they agreed to consider the matter. "Thus, I was allowed to step down when new State office-bearers were named." Mr. Pillai added that Mr. Joshi had wanted him to hold responsibilities relating to the elections. "When I pointed out that it would cause more difficulties, I was given charge of the publications division and the silver jubilee celebrations." — Special Correspondent
Public holiday
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
The Government has declared June 2 as a public holiday for Koothuparamba and Azhikode on account of the bypolls being held to the Assembly on that day in those two constituencies. The Government has asked institutions which come under the Shops and Commercial Establishments Act to give a paid holiday to their staff on that day. It will be a holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act also. — Special correspondent
PSC special sitting
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
The Kerala Public Service Commission has disposed 50 of the 70 complaints received at the special sitting held in the Ernakulam District Office earlier this month. The remaining complaints have been forwarded to the head office for further action. — Special correspondent
Memorandum submitted
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
The Kerala State Electricity Board Officers' Association (KSEBOA) on Friday submitted a memorandum to the Governor, R. L. Bhatia, pleading for a total change in the power policy of the Union Government. The memorandum was signed by nearly one-lakh power consumers, who were approached by the KSEBOA during a Statewide signature campaign. In a press release, the organisation's general secretary, B. Pradeep, and the national secretary of the Electricity Employees' Federation, K. R. Unnithan, said they had also discussed the issues in the power sector with the Governor.
"The Governor told us he was not in favour of privatisation of the power sector. He wanted the employees' organisations to help the KSEB prevent power theft. We told him about the changes that had happened in the power sector after a recent meeting the representatives of various organisations had with the Union Power Minister. — Special Correspondent
Medical camp
KOLLAM
: The Ochira Star Hospital will conduct a super specialty medical camp in Ochira on Sunday. The camp will focus on diabetes and related diseases. Free examination of blood sugar level and ECG will be done at the camp, to be held at the Shekha Auditorium. The Rajya Sabha Member, N.K. Premachandran, will inaugurate the camp. — Staff Reporter
Guidance programme
KOLLAM:
The Saint Thomas Evangelical Church of India will organise an `Education guidance programme' for students and parents at the church hall on Sunday. The subjects to be covered under the programme include `How to handle pressure in student life, effective parenting and how to study'. For details, contact: 9847905775. — Staff Reporter
New loan scheme
KOLLAM:
The Canara Bank has launched a loan scheme to finance development of kitchen gardens with vermicomposing units for bio-degradation of household wastes. In a statement here, the Assistant General Manager of the bank, P.P.J. Nair, said under the scheme, loans can be taken up to Rs. 15,000 without irrigation infrastructure and up to Rs. 25,000 with irrigation infrastructure. Mr. Nair said the loans would be sanctioned on simple terms and conditions at rates of interest of 8.5 per cent to 10 per cent. The repayment period is 30 months for the Rs. 15,000 scheme and 60 months for the Rs. 25,000 scheme. The bank will launch the scheme in association with local residents' associations and the `Nagarathil oru Naattinpuram' scheme of the Agriculture Department. — Staff Reporter
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