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Shiv Shankar Menon signs off on a dull note

Shiv Shankar Menon is from Palakkad, Kerala. When the Indo-US Civil Nuclear agreement was finally concluded, the Member of Parliament representing Palakkad in the last Lok Sabha (also a Menon but......

BJP's O Rajagopal to contest from Palakkad

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union minister O Rajagopal is likely to contest from Palakkad in the coming Assembly elections in Kerala.Party sources said the decision was taken at......

Congress, no longer a pushover in UPA

Prakash Karat, the leader of the Petty Bourgeois Party of India-Marxist, (PBP-M), growled again on Thursday. He said in Palakkad, Karala, that the Left would vote against the Banking Act Amendment......

A panchayat fights Coke for its water

Soft drinks giant, Coca Cola, will testify before a panchayat council in Kerala's Palakkad district on December 2 to argue that its plant is not over-exploiting groundwater resources and therefore......

Kerala village to host water conference

Plachimada, a village in Palakkad district, Kerala, which has been fighting Coca-Cola for the past one year, will host a world water conference in January 2004.Indian environmentalists led by......

Kerala to take 85-acre land back from Suzlon

The Kerala government on Tuesday said it would take over the 85.21 acres in the tribal area of Attappadit in Palakkad district where power major Suzlon had set up two wind mills.Chief Minister......

Pepsi denies charges of water extraction

Pepsico on Thursday denied the charge that its plant in Pudussery in Palakkad district has been causing depletion of ground water in the arid area by over extraction of water. Reacting to the......

Palakkad is India's 1st fully electrified district

Palakkad on Tuesday became the first fully electrified district of the country. Announcing this, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, the government was working on a target of bringing......

Palakkad to be India's first electrified district

Union Power Minister S K Shinde will declare Palakkad as the country's first district where all houses have electric connection on February 16. According to LDF government, which began the process......

Coke says it has not shifted Kerala plant

Coca Colasaid on Wednesday it had not shifted its bottling plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district but was only carrying out some restructuring of plant operations. Reacting to reports in a......

Exclusive: Shaji N Karun's new film with Jayaram

Every new film of the National Award-winning director and cinematographer, Shaji N Karun is eagerly awaited. Since 1988 he has directed only four feature films but all are considered landmark films......

Was Bombay Jayashri's Life of Pi song inspired?

There are remarkable similarities between Bombay Jayashri's Oscar-nominated song in Life of Pi and Irayimman Thampi's age-old composition. We make a case for the 200-year-old melody.Almost every......

First Look: Salim Ahmed's Kunjananthante Katha

Writer-director Salim Ahmed shot to fame with his maiden venture, Aadaminte Makan Abu, which won the national award and was featured in several prominent festivals. Now he is teaming up with......

Review: Proprietors: Kamath and Kamath is atrocious

Lead actors Mammootty and Dileep are let down by a bad film in Proprietors: Kamath and Kamath, writes Paresh C Palicha.There is a herd mentality among Malayalam filmmakers to follow the successful......

Protest groups disrupt Vishwaroopam shows in Kerala

Even as Kamal Haasan's new film Vishwaroopam opened in theatres in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala amidst protests and a raging controversy, the film's screening was stopped in theatres in Palakkad and......

Kerala, Railways in tame draw

The four-day Elite Group A Ranji Trophy match between Kerala and Railways ended in a tame draw at Fort Maidan in Palakkad on Tuesday.Kerala collected two points for the first innings lead of 26......

People speak for palakkad

QNA

Q. delhi to calicut....konsi train jati hai?
PSA: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/delhi-to-calicut....konsi-train-jati-hai/24657207/answers/

Q. I want to see the obituary news of Palakkad dist.
Radhakrishnanmenon: A. Direct train nahi hai, aapko ND se Kozhikode pahunchana padega.....Kozhikhode bhi direct nahi hain, PALAKKAD express shayad connect karti hain !. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/i-want-to-see-the-obituary-news-of-palakkad-dist./24366028/answers/24657228

Q. The region of Kerala where evergreen forests are seen
Rajan: A. read manorma news either paper edition or on online edition more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/the-region-of-kerala-where-evergreen-forests-are-seen/24255093/answers/24366031

Q. if you are visiting the Silent Valley, in which state would you be in? Maharashtra Kerala Punjab Kashmir
Anil Garg: A. An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain green foliage all year round.Silent Valley National...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/if-you-are-visiting-the-silent-valley-in-which-state-would-y/23285353/answers/24255116

Q. WHAT ARE THE LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN KERALA BESIDES MALYALAM?
Nishat Khan: A. Silent Valley National Park is located in the Nilgiri Hills, Palakkad District in Kerala, South India. The area in this national park was...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-are-the-languages-spoken-in-kerala-besides-malyalam/23230562/answers/23285395

Web results for Palakkad

Work of Tanur fishing harbour launched amid festive cheer

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy launched work on the much-awaited fishing harbour at Tanur here in a festive ambience on Sunday afternoon.... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/work-of-tanur-fishing-harbour-launched-amid-festive-cheer/article4732385.ece

Call to protest against anti-farmer policies

The State conference of the Kerala Karshaka Sangam has called for protests against anti-farmer policies of the State and Central governments. The... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/call-to-protest-against-antifarmer-policies/article4732400.ece

Funds crunch halts NH-47 road-widening project

The Chengapalli-Neelambur six-lane project and the Madukkarai-Walayar four-lane project have run into rough weather yet again. Residents now have... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Funds-crunch-halts-NH-47-road-widening-project/articleshow/20145136.cms

Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan has termed the two years of the United Democratic Front (UDF) government as two years of betrayal of... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/two-years-of-betrayal-vs/article4729799.ece

Endangered species

In Kerala, Adivasis feel they are living on borrowed time. Their men are dying from alcoholism and diseases. Their women are becoming barren by the... ...

http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/middle-india/endangered-species.html

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