http://www.thehindu.com/ The Internet edition of The Hindu, India's national newspaper en-us Copyright 2009 The Hindu Sun, 08 Nov 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/hindux.gif http://www.thehindu.com/ 468 50 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850180200.htm The State Bank of Travancore presented ‘Honesty Awards’ to schoolchildren in connection with the bank’s Vigilance Awareness Week that concluded here on Saturday. K.P. Somarajan, director, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850250200.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850260200.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110851020500.htm THIRUVANATHAPURAM: Nearly 50,000 parents of children with special needs across the State will attend a one-day awareness camp to be organised by the Department of General Education later this month. The programme will be held in all the ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110853560300.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854610300.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110855280600.htm Polling peaceful; record turnout of 79.06 per cent registered in Kannur Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850060200.htm Thiruvananthapuram: Cinema is a medium that can be used to highlight social problems, but it is not the responsibility of the film maker to offer solutions, said P.Sukumar, director of Swa Le , a film that was recently ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110851100700.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110851150700.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Audit and Accounts Association has registered its protest against the dismissal of S. Anil Kumar, an employee of the Accountant-General’s (AG’s) Office here, on the charge of destroying a surveillance camera ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110853510300.htm Thiruvananthapuram: In a bid to promote grassroots enterprise and rural technology, the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is organising a Rural Innovators Meet (RIM- 2009) at the VJT Hall here from November ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854180300.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad will launch a mobile science exhibition from Sunday to spread the message of science in various parts of the district. The exhibition being organised in association with the State ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856470400.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The silver jubilee celebrations of the Silent Valley National Park scheduled to be held on November 15 and 16 have been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. The celebrations will now be held on November 21 and ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856480400.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Vellayani Sreekumar has been elected president and Christopher Vincent general secretary of the Pravasi Malayalee Welfare Association. — Special Correspondent ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856490400.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The BJP has sought an assistance of Rs.5 lakh each to the families of the four children who drowned in Eruthumkadavu in Kasaragod recently. Party spokesman M.S. Kumar said here on Saturday that a higher assistance for the ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856500400.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The medical check-up of the 346 candidates advised by the Kerala Public Service Commission for appointment to the Thiruvananthapuram-based battalion of the Special Armed Police (SAP) will be conducted at the SAP Unit ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856510400.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The founding day flag of the Bharat Scouts and Guides was released by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan at the PR chamber of the Secretariat on Saturday. The function was attended by the Director of Public Instruction ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856520400.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government has issued a circular asking the superiors of State and Central government departments, public sector units and boards to persuade their colleagues to wear helmets while using two-wheelers. Majority of the ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850010200.htm KOCHI: Political parties and their candidates asked for their votes in the byelection. A section of the electorate of the Mulavukad panchayat, however, felt they were better off utilising the opportunity to highlight their plight by staying ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850030200.htm Kochi: The Ernakulam District Legal Services Authority will organise a legal awareness programme on November 9, the National Legal Services Day. Justice Kurian Joseph, executive chairman, Kerala State Legal Services Authority , will ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850170200.htm Kochi: Indonesian Navy ship KRI Diponegoro will dock here on Sunday on a three-day port call. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel (Navy) Arsyad Abdullah, the 1,700 tonne SIGMA (Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach) class corvette ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110853040300.htm UDF says high turnout will help front; LDF too expresses similar opinion Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854160300.htm KOCHI: The National Child Development Council has invited entries for the print and visual media awards for reports on child welfare, their rights and problems. The entries are to reach the regional office of the council in Kozhikode by ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854170300.htm KOCHI: A faculty development programme on recent trends in microwave technology will be organised at the electronics and communication department of the Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kakkanad. The programme will begin on ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856530400.htm Polling percentage at 64.44 shows a reversal of voter apathy Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Alappuzha http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856540400.htm Minor incidents of clashes between rival groups at a few places Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kannur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856550400.htm Amid security arrangements on an unprecedented scale in the segment Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kottayam http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854560300.htm KOTTAYAM: A departmental inquiry has been instituted into the death of a pregnant woman at the Kottayam Government Medical College Hospital on Saturday. According Hospital Superintendent P.K. Balakrishnan, three doctors from outside the ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850360200.htm Kozhikode: The city traffic police will observe ‘Road Safety Week’ from November 9 to 16 as part of its efforts to bring down the numbers of accidents. City Commissioner of Police S. Sreejith will inaugurate the programme at ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850380200.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110851120700.htm KOZHIKODE: The Calicut University is hosting a national seminar and other events on November 11 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, first Education Minister of free India. The Union government had directed all ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110851130700.htm KOZHIKODE: The KPCC Samskara Sahiti will organise a two-day drama festival from Monday. ‘Marappalam,’ a play by Sahiti Theatres, Thiruvananthapuram, will be staged on Monday. ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110853810300.htm KOZHIKODE: The All Kerala Retail Ration Dealer’s Association has urged the Director of Civil Supplies to put in place a system for correcting errors in photo-affixed ration cards and also for issuing new ration cards. In a ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110853990300.htm Kozhikode: The National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT-C) team represented by Ambily Mary Thomas and A.V. Venugopal emerged winners in the intercollegiate debate organised by the Literary and Debating Club of NIT-C in association with ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854200300.htm Kozhikode: The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has clarified that it has no plans to recover the operating profit it had earlier disbursed to dairy farmers. An official release issued by Milma chairman P.P. ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854320300.htm KOZHIKODE: As part of the Arogya Keralam programme, a super-specialty medical camp was conducted on Saturday at Government Lower Primary School, Velliparamba. The camp was organised by the Medical College Hospital Unit – Cheruppa, ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854330300.htm KOZHIKODE: Industries Minister Elamaram Karim has said that to achieve food security, the Kudumbasree units should take up more collective projects. He was distributing prizes to those Kudumbasree units which had been doing collective ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854580300.htm Hartal observed in Ochiyam panchayat Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854600300.htm Kozhikode: A driver of a private bus was killed and 55 persons sustained injures when the vehicle collided with another private bus at Thazhapadanilam near Kunnamangalam in the district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as K. ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Malappuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856450400.htm Malappuram: Union Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran on Saturday came out in support of K. Muraleedharan’s return to the party fold. The latter was expelled (from the party) in May 2005. “I personally feel that ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Palakkad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110850350200.htm PALAKKAD: P.N. Viswanathan, Municipal Councillor, has urged the District Collector and the Tourism Department authorities to take steps to protect the banks of the Kalpathy river where the Kalpathy music and car festival will start from ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Palakkad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854430300.htm PALAKKAD: The Southern Railway will run special trains weekly between Ernakulam and Bangalore. A Railway release said Train No. 0675 Ernakulam–Bangalore Special will leave Ernakulam Junction at 6.50 p.m. on Mondays between ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Palakkad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854450300.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Pathanamthitta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854480300.htm KWA suspends pumping of water to storage tank Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Pathanamthitta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854500300.htm Customer service centres at Pampa, Sannidhanam Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Pathanamthitta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854510300.htm PATHANAMTHITTA: Adityan, 19, of Tholikad Sreenilayam in Punalur was killed when a speeding private bus rammed his motorcycle at the Elavumthitta Nellanikkunnu junction, near Aranmula, on Saturday. He was a Computer Engineering student at the ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Pathanamthitta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854520300.htm PATHANAMTHITTA: K. Jayavarma of the Congress has been elected president of the Thiruvalla East Co-operative Bank for the fifth time at a director board meeting held at Eraviperoor, near Thiruvalla, on Saturday. The panel of the United ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Pathanamthitta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856570400.htm PATHANAMTHITTA: Leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy has said the Congress had made its stand clear on the re-induction of K. Murleedharan into the party fold and the statements made by individuals in this regard should be taken as their ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thrissur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854100300.htm Thrissur: Director of the Museums and Zoos Department P. Vijayakumari Amma has issued order to dismiss a temporary employee of Thrissur Zoo in connection with theft of two barn owls from the zoo on Wednesday. Report in 15 ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thrissur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110854570300.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 Thrissur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110856560400.htm Excise check-post at Amaravila will get the trained sniffer dog Sun, 08 Nov 2009