PM to inspect CWG venues today

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• Against the backdrop of construction delays and missed deadlines, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit a few Commonwealth Games venues here today for an on the spot inspection of the facilities. [..]

Queen’s Baton Relay to reach Kerala tomorrow

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• The Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) of the Commonwealth Games-2010 to be held in New Delhi in October would reach here from Kanyakumari tomorrow. [..]

Commonwealth Express to reach T’puram today

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• A special exhibition on wheels named ‘The Commonwealth Express,' showcasing the history of Commonwealth Games and the details of its forthcoming edition in New Delhi, will arrive at Thiruvananthapuram Central today as part of its four-day tour to the State. [..]

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. [..]

Kandal park: Centre to move SC against HC verdict

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• he Union ministry of Environment and Forests and has decided to move to Supreme Court against the Kerala High Court’s verdict, staying the Centre’s order for closure of Kandal park in Pappinisseri. [..]

MP demands for more food grains for Onam

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• Demanding more food grains from the Centre for the Onam festival, a Kerala MP said in the Rajya Sabha that instead of rats eating the surplus rice, the commodity could be given to his state. [..]

New draft plan for Kochi metro: E Sreedharan

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• Delhi Metro Chairman E Sreedharan informed that new draft plan would be submitted for Kochi metro project. The cost would be raised from 3000 crore to 5000 crore. [..]

Sonia hoists national flag at AICC headquarters

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• New Delhi, Sunday 15 August 2010: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today unfurled the national flag at the AICC headquarters here in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his Cabinet colleagues and office-bearers of the party. Amid playing of the national anthem and patriotic songs, Gandhi took salute from Sewa Dal workers who [..]

Periyar park:Kerala suspends 2 eco-tourism projects

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• Kerala Government has suspended two of its eco-tourism projects -- Tiger Trail and Jungle Patrol -- at the Periyar National Park in Thekkady in the wake of the controversy over Madhya Pradesh's proposed "Patrolling the Tiger Land" scheme. [..]

President to dedicate ‘parnasala’ today

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• President Pratibha Patil will arrive at Pallipuram here by helicopter on Friday morning. She is scheduled to inaugurate the Parnasala at the Santhigiri Ashram, Pothencode, at 10 a.m. [..]