http://www.thehindu.com/ The Internet edition of The Hindu, India's national newspaper en-us Copyright 2009 The Hindu Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/hindux.gif http://www.thehindu.com/ 468 50 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450240100.htm Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam stations to have international standards Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450510200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451040200.htm Nedumbassery: Air India on Thursday expanded its international operations from Kochi by introducing a new flight in the Kochi-Kozhikode-Jeddah sector with five services a week. The central zone Inspector General of Police Vincent M. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451090200.htm Nedumbassery: Air India on Thursday expanded its international operations from Kochi by introducing a new flight in the Kochi-Kozhikode-Jeddah sector with five services a week. Central zone Inspector General of Police Vincent M. Paul ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451180200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451200200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452850300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453970300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453990300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454660500.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455360600.htm The Koyilandy municipality will launch a project that will make use of plastic carry bags to manufacture plastic bricks. BIJU GOVIND takes a look. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455660800.htm KOZHIKODE: The Integrated Development Centre (IDC) based at Thamarassery in the district has been selected for the Best NGO Award instituted by the Union Agriculture Ministry. The award will be presented by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455770900.htm PALAKKAD: Palakkad district will account for 50 per cent of paddy production in the State going by the marked increase in production. In 2007-08, the share of the district in total production in the State was 46 per cent. In 2008-09, the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070458770200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459870300.htm Thiruvanantapuram: Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has congratulated Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee forgiving Kerala many benefits in the Railway budget presented by her. In a pressnote on Friday he hailed the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459980300.htm Nedumbassery: A handbag of Praveen Gopi of Ottapalam, a passenger from Dubai, was stolen after he landed here at the Cochin international airport along with his family members on Friday morning. The bag was found missing when Praveen, ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460520500.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459830300.htm Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies: Biospectrum-2009, symposium on ‘Second Green Revolution: Priorities, Programmes, Social and Ethical Issues,’ Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, 9 a.m. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450550200.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Applications have been invited from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates for the software development programme offered by the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) at the Cyber Shree ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450770200.htm Thiruvananthapuram: A high-level official meeting of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) here on Wednesday decided to make advance preparations for the Karkidaka Vavu Bali on July 21 in temples under its purview all over the State. The ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450860200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454040300.htm Expert panel to evaluate expressions of interest Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454140400.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454150400.htm Thiruvananthapuram: Seven persons were killed in rain havocs in different parts of the State during the last 24 hours. Revenue Minister K.P. Rajendran visited the house of Rasid and Shaniba, brother and sister, who were electrocuted in ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454430400.htm Rs. 320 crore allocated for development projects in State Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454460400.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State secretariat of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) has appealed to the CPI(M) to ensure that all policy decisions of the ruling LDF are taken collectively. The RSP State secretariat said in a statement here on ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454620400.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan’s son V.A. Arunkumar has said that he will go in appeal before the Division Bench of the Kerala High Court against the single judge’s order on Thursday dismissing his plea ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455590800.htm Two-day meeting beginning today considered crucial for party, LDF government Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459110300.htm Governor R.S. Gavai was given unprecedented security when he arrived to inaugurate the third All India Health Science University Vice-Chancellors’ Conference at the Achutha Menon Centre auditorium here on Friday evening. Earlier, ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459270300.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Applications have been invited from teachers in affiliated colleges of the University of Kerala and from the varsity’s teaching departments for the IT-enabled orientation programme scheduled at the Academic Staff ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459430300.htm Thiruvananthapuram: The DCC is organising a civic reception in honour of veteran Congress leader K. Karunakaran who is celebrating his ‘Navathi’ on Sunday. DCC president V.S. Sivakumar said the reception would be held at the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459790300.htm Thiruvananthapuram: Even though medical science and the health-care sector have witnessed a lot of new and positive changes, one should contemplate whether the common man is enjoying the benefits of this progress, Governor R. S. Gavai has ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459800300.htm Thiruvananthapuram: The 11th national conference of the Association for Prevention and Control of Rabies in India will be held here on July 4 and 5. The theme of the conference is ‘Intra Dermal Rabies Vaccination (IDRV): the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459810300.htm The mass vaccination programme against Japanese encephalitis, a vector-borne disease with high mortality rate, will be held in the district from July 15 to August 5. Under the programme, 7, 48,605 children in the age group of 1-15 years ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459840300.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As per the directions of the Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, the Chief Passport Officer and Joint-Secretary of the External Affairs Ministry, Manikyam, will visit the passport office here and hold ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459860300.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi, in its report has confirmed that the death of Stanley Felis, 52, at a private hospital at Kottiyam in Kollam district recently was not due to A(H1N1) ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460270400.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thiruvananthapuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070461061800.htm The incident occurred in Nagpur due to engine failure Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450610200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451000200.htm KOCHI: Vice-Chancellor of the proposed Kasargod-based Central University, Jancy James, has called for a conscious effort on the part of parents and teachers to ensure that the students were fit for their chosen course. Delivering the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451420300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451430300.htm BMS takes out protest march; plea to increase bus fares Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452020300.htm KOCHI: In the 2008-09 financial year Rs. 2.77 crore was distributed as unemployment wages through various local self-government bodies in the district, said T.K. Sujatha, district employment officer. The number of beneficiaries who received ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452380300.htm KOCHI: The Kochi metro railway project should be implemented strictly on the lines of the Delhi metro project, the State government has reiterated. Law Minister M. Vijayakumar has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Urban ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453950300.htm KOCHI: The special squad of the District Collector on Thursday seized 11 sacks of rice and 450 litre kerosene found illegally stored in a shop at Ambalamedu. Two cooking gas cylinders meant for domestic use was also seized from a hotel at ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453960300.htm KOCHI: The interview for selecting lecturers for the Faculty Improvement Programme in the English department at Maharaja’s College will be held at the office of the Principal on July 7 at 11 a.m. Those eligible for the programme as per ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454900500.htm Government order upheld Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455600800.htm Check veracity of job offers, says Pravasi association Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455690900.htm IMA member highlighted the issue Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455750900.htm KOCHI: Plant growth stimulants from fish waste — it’s the new organic way of farming being attempted at a lab in Kochi. A researcher at the School of Industrial Fisheries of the Cochin University of Science and Technology has ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455790900.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455811000.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070458880200.htm KOCHI: Come July 6, Kerala will witness the onset of the regatta season. The Champakkulam boat race on that day will herald this year’s season of snake boat races. It will mark the festivities that coincide with the season of the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070458900200.htm KOCHI: The Ernakulam District Residents’ Apex Council (EDRAAC) is gearing up to meet the monsoon. As a first step against the epidemic threat, the apex council will organise 100 preventive medical camps. Medical camps are being ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070458970200.htm KOCHI: Youngsters in the city have whole-heartedly welcomed the Railway budget, terming it as ‘people-friendly and attractive’. The youth gave a ‘very good’ rating for Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459280300.htm KOCHI: The BJP 64th division committee blocked the traffic along the Pookaranmukku road protesting against the delay in repairing a few roads in the area. Krishnadas, State vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha inaugurated the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459370300.htm KOCHI: The doctor-patient relationship was looked anew at a discussion held at the People’s Doctors Forum, a platform of doctors, who are trying to look, find and debate some of the key issues faced by patients as well as ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459380300.htm Proposal to extend Jan Shatabdi resented; more trains hailed; mixed reaction to commercial complexes Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459390300.htm Delay in completing construction of bridges causes cost escalation Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459730300.htm The National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kerala State Planning Board, Indian Law Institute Kerala Branch: Workshop on ‘Human rights of women - reforms for effective legal protection’, Chief Justice of ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460710900.htm Bio-pirates on the prowl to secure patents on Pokkali: Vandana Shiva Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kochi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460861000.htm Kochi: Even as a debate on whether the latest petrol and diesel price hike was warranted, a city-based non-governmental organisation, armed with evidence to the contrary, attributes the rising debt of oil public sector units (PSUs) to factors ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Alappuzha http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453040300.htm ALAPPUZHA: The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam will hold rights declaration rallies, protesting the neglect towards the Ezhava community by the State and Central governments. At a press conference after a leadership summit ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Alappuzha http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454810500.htm ALAPPUZHA: Five persons were arrested by the Cherthala police here on Thursday for creating unrest at a meeting of the SNDP Yogam. The arrested, along with around 50 others, had taken out a march to the Ashwini Residency Hotel, where the Yogam ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kalpetta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451890300.htm KALPETTA: Madakkimala near Kambalakkad in the district was witness to a jumbo rescue effort on Friday after an elephant, brought to the area for transporting timber, got trapped in a marshy land. It required the combined forces of the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kalpetta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453770300.htm KALPETTA: Sulthan Bathery First Class Judicial Magistrate M. Thushar on Friday granted bail to four CPI(M) leaders and one Congress(S) leader who were accused in the case of alleged abduction of V.N. Saseendran, vice-president of the Poothadi ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kannur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451300300.htm KANNUR: The Ayurveda Hospital Management Association (AHMA) will organise a seminar on ‘Scope of surgical specialty in Ayurvedic hospitals’ here on Sunday. Association State joint secretary I. Unnikrishnan said here on Friday that ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kannur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451320300.htm To improve construction sector Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kannur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453080300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kannur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453110300.htm KANNUR: Syndicate Bank (Kannur Region) has honoured nanotechnology engineer P.V. Vinod for his achievements in the field. A press release on Friday said that Mr. Vinod, a senior nanotechnology engineer, focused on research and development in ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kattappana http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451910300.htm KATTAPPANA: Even as the workers on Friday continued to remove portions of large blocks of rocks that fell on the road at Calvary Mount on Kattappana-Idukki route on Tuesday, landslips were reported from other parts of the district also. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kollam http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453070300.htm KOLLAM: A Central Travancore chapter of the Infant Jesus High School Tangasseri Alumni Association is proposed to be formed. A meeting in this connection will be held on August 9 at Hotel Dynasty, Thiruvalla. Old boys of the school from the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kollam http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453130300.htm KOLLAM: Heavy rain accompanied by strong wind on Thursday night inflicted major damage to the power supply system in the Karunagapally division of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB). Major sections under the division such as ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kollam http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453140300.htm KOLLAM: Several decisions for protecting the Ramser-listed freshwater Sasthamcotta Lake were taken at a meeting called by District Collector A. Shajahan with various district-level department heads and environment activists here on Friday. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kollam http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453150300.htm SP conducts on-the-spot study; seeks people’s cooperation Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kollam http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453170300.htm KOLLAM: The Kerala Dalit Federation (KDF) has registered its protest against the failure of Buta Singh, chairman of the National Scheduled Castes Commission, to visit the Chengara agitation site during his visit to the State recently. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kottayam http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452980300.htm KOTTAYAM: The body of an engineering student returning home to Thrissur from Kollam was found near the overbridge at Pothy, near Kaduthuruthy, on Friday. The police said the body was identified as that of Sidharth, 21, a sixth semester B.Tech. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kottayam http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452990300.htm High female literacy rate does not reflect on work participation Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451120200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451130200.htm Kozhikode: Traditional rejuvenation methods of Kalari and some rare healing methods used by tribal medicine practitioners will be showcased at a five-day Kalari and traditional rejuvenation camp ‘Ayur-Karkidatam-09,’ organised by ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451370300.htm KOZHIKODE: Four schoolchildren and the driver of the tourist bus in which they were travelling were injured when the vehicle lost control and hit a house at Kaithampoyil market, near Thamarassery, here on Friday. The students were among a ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451870300.htm Benoy Viswom visits fever-hit areas in district Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452670300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454030300.htm Cultivation on 15,000 hectares of fallow land Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454400400.htm Say it is a pro-Kerala budget with emphasis on people’s needs Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Kozhikode http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454750500.htm KOZHIKODE: The Kerala Shastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) has objected to the terms of the proposed agreement that the State government is reported to have struck with private medical college managements. The KSSP has asked the government to ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Malappuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450880200.htm Stress on role of education in developing child’s personality Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Malappuram http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453180300.htm MALAPPURAM: The Kerala State Angavadi Workers and Helpers Confederation has urged the State government to drop its pre-primary education programme introduced in schools. Promotion of pre-primary classes in schools would adversely affect ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Palakkad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453120300.htm PALAKKAD: Public Works Minister Mons Joseph has said that the Malabar region will get special consideration in developing basic infrastructure. Inaugurating the Ittakadavu bridge connecting Kulukkaloor and Pulamthodu panchayats in ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Palakkad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454530400.htm PALAKKAD: Uncertainty prevails over the proposed coach factory at Kanjikode in Palakkad district, as the railway budget presented by Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday made no mention of the project. The Railway Minister ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Pathanamthitta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452390300.htm PATHANAMTHITTA: Work on the cardiology centres at Appachimedu and Neelimala-Top on the Pampa-Sannidhanam trekking path is fast progressing. The aim is to complete them well before the next Mandalam-Makaravilakku festival. Chief Engineer ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Pathanamthitta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453190300.htm PATHANAMTHITTA: A good number of workers and staff on duty at Sabarimala and Pampa have been put to hardship on account of unavailability of medical care facility. Sources said several staff members and workers suffering from viral ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Pathanamthitta http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453200300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thrissur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453000300.htm Thrissur: Three persons were injured and 14 houses damaged as the monsoon rain lashed the district on Friday. At Kodannur, a house owned by Alappadan Davis collapsed in the heavy rain. Anto (15) and Aancy (12), children of Mr. Davis, were ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thrissur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453020300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Thrissur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453050300.htm Thrissur: The Karumarakkad Siva Temple, near Wadakkanchery, was burgled on Thursday night. The sanctum sanctorum of the Siva temple was found broken open and twelve sovereigns of gold jewellery and five kg silver jewellery went missing, the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009