Local body polls to be conducted at one go: EC

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• State Election Commission has decided to conduct the local body polls at single phase. The decision came after the verdict of High Court on Tuesday ordering the conduct of polls at one go. [..]

‘KTDC formulating medical tourism package’

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• The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation is working out a medical tourism package seeking to cash in on growing worldwide interest in the state as an ideal destination to combine treatment with holidaying. [..]

High-level committee to inspect Mullapperiyar dam

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• The five member high-level empowered committee constituted by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court to examine the safety aspects of the Mullaperiyar dam has decided to visit the dam. [..]

Chandy flays Govt over delay in Panchayat polls

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• Opposition Leader Oommen Chandy today severely criticized the LDF government for delaying the panchayat polls. [..]

LDF state Committee meet begins in T’puram

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• The State committee of the ruling LDF, meeting here today, will discuss the stand-off between Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and the Revenue Department over the ordinance to set up a township at Munnar by taking over land currently in the possession of Tata Tea. [..]

Rescuers struggle to reach trapped Chile miners

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• Officials had no details about those trapped on Thursday in the mine located 28 miles (45 km) from the northern city of Copiapo and 450 miles (725 km) north of the capital, Santiago, but said they could survive for days in the shelter. [..]

CCTVs to be installed at Sabarimala temple

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• A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) to invite tenders for installing closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) at Sabarimala. [..]

Hand chopping case: Four accused denied bail

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• The Ernakulam Principal sessions Court today denied bail for the four accused in the hand chopping case in Thodupuzha. [..]

Voters decide on Kenya constitution

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• Voters in Kenya have waited for hours to cast ballots on a new constitution that could spell a new era for the country - curtailing the president's enormous powers and giving citizens a bill of rights [..]

Media misinterpreted my statement, claims Chandy

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• Opposition leader Oommen Chandy today denied that he hasn’t said that Congress would accept K. Muraleedharan’s support in the upcoming Panchayat election. Chandy, who came up with an elucidation on his statement, flayed media that they have misinterpreted his words. [..]