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IMA office bearers

KOLLAM: V. Samuel and Radhakrishnan M.P. have been elected president and secretary respectively of the Kollam branch of the Indian Medical Association. The other office-bearers are B. Haridasan and Deepthi Prem, vice-presidents, B. Shine, treasurer, Ajit Rony, joint secretary and D. Sreekumar, State working committee member. All of them took charge at a function held here on Sunday. — Staff Reporter

TDB plan

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Travancore Devaswom Board is planning to develop the regional centre of the Kshetra Kala Peedham based at the Koyikkal Palace, Attingal, and offer more courses in temple arts, Board member Punalur Madhu announced here on Tuesday. He was addressing students who had passed out of the centre in various disciplines. Culture Director B.Unnikrishnan and Kala Peedham director Thakazhy Sankaranarayanan were present. — Staff Reporter

Music classes

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The AMT School of Music at Nalanchira is offering vacation classes in music from May 1. Classes will be held in guitar, violin, organ and piano and western choral music. For details, dial 9387405090. — Staff Reporter

Campaign tour

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: LDF candidate contesting the Assembly elections from the Thiruvananthapuram East constituency V.Sivankutty will start the first leg of his campaign tour on Wednesday. — Staff Reporter

Astrologers' plea

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 26th Akhila Bharatha Jyothisha Sammelan concluded here today with a call to incorporate astrology in the academic curriculum from the high school. A resolution adopted by the meeting urged all the state governments to take steps in this direction. — Staff Reporter

Award for Veena expert

THRISSUR: The Veena maestro R. Venkitaraman has been selected for the Sangeetharathna title instituted by the Sruthibharati Academy of Fine Arts here. According to a press release from the academy office-bearers, T.K. Devanarayanan and A. Ananthapadmanabhan, here on Tuesday, the title will be presented to Mr. Venkitaraman at a function here on April 16. This is the eighth award given to the renowned music personalities by the academy, which is the music training institute of the Kerala Brahmana Sabha. — Staff Reporter

Indian flight rescheduled

KOZHIKODE: Citing operational reasons, Indian, formerly Indian Airlines, has rescheduled its IC-997 Kozhikode-Doha-Bahrain flight to 4.30 p.m. on April 12, 13 and 14, according to a press release from the airline. — Staff Reporter

Mango exhibition from May 5

KOZHIKODE: The annual mango exhibition and sale conducted by the Calicut Agri-Horticultural Society will be organised from May 5 to 8 at Gandhi Park, near Fourth Gate, here. The decision to conduct the event was taken at a meeting of the organising committee held here recently. Mango varieties from Kerala and outside, besides other fruits, will be exhibited at the show, Calicut Agri-Horticultural Society secretary James Jacob said in a press release. As has been the practice, a mango-eating contest will also be conducted as part of the show. — Staff Reporter

Kathakali recital

KOZHIKODE: The Thodayam Kathakali Yogam in association with Sopanam, Kozhikode Chapter, will stage a Kathakali recital at the Padmashree Kalyana Mandapam at Tali here on April 12, from 9 p.m. to dawn. The P.S.V.Natya Sangham, Kottakkal will stage `Santhanagopalam' and `Rajasuyam', on the occasion. Noted kathakali exponent Kottakkal Chandrasekharan will be honoured at the public meeting to be conducted before the Kathakali recital. Talks will be delivered on the contribution of Kalamandalam Hyderali and Venmani Haridas to the genre of kathakali music, as part of the progrmme. — Staff Reporter

Ghazal meet held

MANJERI: The Readers' Forum of Manjeri Public Library organised a ghazal meet here on Sunday. M.T.A. Rahman, manager, State Bank of Travancore, presented ghazal. E. Sulaiman, convener, Readers' Forum, presided over the function.

— Staff Reporter

Jamia anniversary

MALAPPURAM: Jamia Islamiya ducational institutions run by the Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation at Karakunnu, near Manjeri, will celebrate their fifth anniversary on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Minister for Cultural Affairs A.P. Anil Kumar will inaugurate the function on Thursday afternoon.

- Staff Reporter

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