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Friday, Jun 17, 2005

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Cabinet to meet today

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet will meet on Friday to decide, among other things, date for the Assembly session proposed to be held in July. The session assumes importance in view the announcement by the National Congress (Indira) leader K. Karunakaran that members supporting him would resign rather than vote for the Government. — Special Correspondent

Rectify delimitation anomalies: CPI(M)

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPI(M) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has urged the State Election Commission and the Government to take effective steps to rectify anomalies in the delimitation of wards. In a statement here on Thursday, Mr. Vijayan pointed out that the decision to hear complaints from different districts on ward delimitation had resulted in skirmishes and said that this could have been avoided if the hearing on complaints from different districts had been held in the districts concerned. — Special Correspondent

Best officer

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sub Lt. Rajesh S. Kumar, a product of the Kazhakoottam Sainik School, has won the sword of honour given to the best all-round officer in the 63/217 course of the Naval Engineering College, INS Shivaji, Lonawala, Pune. He also secured the President's silver medal for second in overall order of merit and bagged the first rank in the electrical and electronics stream. — Special Correspondent

Employees stage protest

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Employees of Public Works and Water Resources Departments held a demonstration and dharna under the banner of a joint council before the Chief Engineer's office here on Thursday in protest against the move to make direct appointments to the post of Divisional Accountant.

Amrita TV now in U.S.

THIRUVANANTHAPRUAM: Amrita Television has started telecasting is programmes in the U.S. Its chief general manager Sudhakar Jayaram said here today that it had started its distribution in the U.S. in GlobeCast World Television on the DTH platform using Telstar-5 satellite. — Special Correspondent

Assumes charge

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: P. Kesavan, a senior officer of the Indian Information Service, has taken over as Deputy Principal Information Officer, Press Information Bureau, Thiruvananthapuram. He was earlier Editor of Yojana (Malayalam), Thiruvananthapruam. He has also worked as News Editor, Doordarshan Kendra, Thiruvananthapuram. — Staff Reporter

Heavy vehicle strike from July 1

Thrissur: Heavy vehicles will stay off the road across the State from July 1 as part of an indefinite strike called by the Bus and Lorry Operators' Coordination Committee in protest against the Government's decision to make speed governors compulsory. This was announced at a meeting here on June 15. — Staff Reporter

Governor opens jubilee fete

THRISSUR: Governor R.L. Bhatia inaugurated the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Little Flower College, Guruvayur on Thursday with a call to give increased emphasis on Information Technology (IT). Recalling that IT has drastically redefined the education sector the Governor said even while absorbing the gains made by IT, there must be efforts to retain the basic values of education. Speaker Therambil Ramakrishnan presided. Calicut University Vice-Chancellor Syed Iqbal Hasnain, Archbishop Mar Jacob Thumkuzhy and P.K.K. Bava, MLA, were among those who spoke on the occasion. — Staff Reporter

AISF march

KOZHIKODE: The Kozhikode District Committee All India Students Federation conducted a march to the office of the Deputy Director Education to protest against the educational policies being followed by the State Government. AISF central committee member K.K.Jyothi inaugurated the march.

The federation will intensify its programme by holding protests at the centre of the entrance examination organised by the management associations in Kochi on July 24. Protests marches will also be taken out to counselling centres on July 1. - Staff Reporter Citizen Forum awards presented

Thrissur: Speaker Therambil Ramakrishnan presented the Kerala Citizen Forum Awards for 2005 at a function here on Thursday. Among those who received the awards were Kalamandalam Hyderali, Kathakali musician, K. K. Rahulan, former SNDP president, Fr. Francis Alappatt, director, Jubilee Mission Hospital, V. P. Nandakumar, entrepreneur, and A.L. Sebastian, Kerala Congress leader.

Bank jubilee

KASARAGOD: The platinum jubilee celebrations of the Adur Serice Cooperative Bank will be held on June 20. Kasaragod District Cooperative Bank president P.C. Raman will inaugurate the platinum jubilee memorial bank building on the same day. - Staff Reporter

AISF march

KOZHIKODE: The Kozhikode District Committee All India Students Federation took out a march to the office of the Deputy Director Education to protest against the educational policies being followed by the State Government. AISF central committee member K.K.Jyothi inaugurated the march. - Staff Reporter

Approved

KOZHIKODE. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has approved the proposal of DOEACC Centre, Kozhikode, to increase the intake of its MCA programme from 50 to 60. There are 30 merit seats and 30 management seats with the effected increase. Contact For more details, visit www.cedtic.com or contact DOEACC Centre, Post Box No.5, NIT Calicut Campus PO, Calicut--673601. (Ph: 0495 2287266 for details. - Staff Reporter

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