News for 'Kozhikode'

Ex-Union minister, Mathrubhumi MD Veerendra Kumar passes away

Ex-Union minister, Mathrubhumi MD Veerendra Kumar passes away

Rediff.com29 May 2020

President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders condoled the death of Veerendra Kumar.

FIR against VS in land case, says will quit if chargesheeted

FIR against VS in land case, says will quit if chargesheeted

Rediff.com13 Jan 2012

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau on Friday filed an FIR against Communist Party of India-Marxist leader V S Achuthanandan in a land allotment case even as the octogenarian former chief minister indicated that he would resign as Opposition leader if chargesheeted.

Rahul dismisses PM's 'Kerala dear to me' remark

Rahul dismisses PM's 'Kerala dear to me' remark

Rediff.com9 Jun 2019

The Congress chief, however, said he was not expecting any cooperation from the prime minister and the BJP-led central government for the development of Wayanad and Kerala.

Prakash Karat re-elected as CPI-M general secretary

Prakash Karat re-elected as CPI-M general secretary

Rediff.com9 Apr 2012

Communist Party of India - Marxist veteran Prakash Karat was on Monday re-elected general secretary for the third consecutive term at the party's 20th Congress, which concluded in Kozhikode, Kerala. Karat, 64, was elected as general secretary in 2005 at the New Delhi Congress and reelected at Coimbatore for the second term. Attended by over 700 delegates from all states, the meet, which had deliberated on the poll debacle the CPI-M suffered in West Bengal and Kerala.

NIA's 1st conviction: 3 get lifer for Kerala blast

NIA's 1st conviction: 3 get lifer for Kerala blast

Rediff.com12 Aug 2011

The quantum of punishment was pronounced by the National Investigating Agency court judge S Vijay Kumar, a day after Naseer and Shafas were found guilty. Two others were acquitted.

IPL, MNCs offer internship to IIM-K students

IPL, MNCs offer internship to IIM-K students

Rediff.com8 Nov 2011

In the two year programme, after the first year, every student has to undertake 8 week internship in an organisation.

2 women come close to reaching Sabarimala, forced to retreat

2 women come close to reaching Sabarimala, forced to retreat

Rediff.com24 Dec 2018

Bindu from Malappuram and Durga of Kozhikode were trying hard to become part of history by trying to enter the shrine under heavy police protection.

India to ratify Paris climate change agreement on Oct 2: PM Modi

India to ratify Paris climate change agreement on Oct 2: PM Modi

Rediff.com26 Sep 2016

China and the US are responsible for around 40 per cent of the world's carbon emissions.

Treat Muslims as your own, not as items of vote market: PM tells BJP

Treat Muslims as your own, not as items of vote market: PM tells BJP

Rediff.com25 Sep 2016

Contending that the definition of secularism has been distorted, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invoked Jan Sangh ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay to say that Muslims should be treated as "your own" rather than seeing them as "items of vote market".

How IIMs are trying newer ways to beat stress

How IIMs are trying newer ways to beat stress

Rediff.com19 Jul 2011

Be it with faculty or students, premium business management schools are engaging newer initiatives for stress management.

First Look: Joshiy's Sevens

First Look: Joshiy's Sevens

Rediff.com7 Jul 2011

After the suceess of Christian Brothers, director Joshiy is back with a thriller.

First Look: Prithviraj's Indian Rupee

First Look: Prithviraj's Indian Rupee

Rediff.com26 Sep 2011

The actor will be seen playing the role of a small-time real estate broker.

Malayalam actor Jagathy Sreekumar recovering

Malayalam actor Jagathy Sreekumar recovering

Rediff.com15 Mar 2012

The actor was injured in a road accident recently.

'He taught us with the help of gramophone records'

'He taught us with the help of gramophone records'

Rediff.com6 Sep 2011

What's the best advice you received from your teacher?

Pinarayi Aims For The Stars

Pinarayi Aims For The Stars

Rediff.com3 May 2021

Pinarayi is exploring the potentials of 'socialism with Indian characteristics'. The next five years under Pinarayi's watch will be a transformative period for Kerala's development, observes M K Bhadrakumar.

IT companies form local bodies in smaller cities

IT companies form local bodies in smaller cities

Rediff.com10 Jan 2011

Information technology companies in smaller cities are forming regional associations to attract investments and get their demands fulfilled at the local level, as industry body Nasscom is unable to spread its wings in many such cities. Smaller companies in places such as Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Madurai, Kozhikode, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram have created regional fora to sell their locations and also lobby state governments.

Now, a museum of Indian business history

Now, a museum of Indian business history

Rediff.com3 Dec 2010

Indian Institute of Manangement, Kozhikode (IIMK), has embarked on a plan to create a museum of Indian business history. The museum will house business-related historical artefacts, objects, sculp-tures, models, photographs, documents, illustrations etc.

After a week's delay, monsoon hits Kerala coast: IMD

After a week's delay, monsoon hits Kerala coast: IMD

Rediff.com8 Jun 2019

The news will augur well for the country as large parts have been witnessing agriculture distress and water levels in reservoirs in west and south India have dipped to low levels.

Here's to the folks of Goa, Daman and Diu!

Here's to the folks of Goa, Daman and Diu!

Rediff.com19 Dec 2011

'The 67 sorties mounted from Jamnagar broke the Portuguese's will to fight, the army columns advanced unresisted, and the Portuguese threw in the towel. The formal surrender took place about midday on December 19.' M P Anil Kumar on the liberation of Goa, Daman and Diu 50 years ago.

Good news for fliers to Saudi Arabia as seat quota hiked by 78%

Good news for fliers to Saudi Arabia as seat quota hiked by 78%

Rediff.com11 Nov 2019

Among the Indian carriers, Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, and SpiceJet operate flights to Saudi Arabia while Saudi Arabian Airlines and Flynas are the two carriers operating in India.

Coming soon: India's biggest mosque in Kerala

Coming soon: India's biggest mosque in Kerala

Rediff.com9 Feb 2011

India's largest mosque is set to come up near Kozhikode in Kerala, covering an area of 12 acres on the sprawling 'Knowledge City' complex of Islamic religious and Cultural Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya.

Protests erupt after 2 women attempt to enter Sabarimala

Protests erupt after 2 women attempt to enter Sabarimala

Rediff.com16 Jan 2019

The women devotees were surrounded by a large number of protesters after they crossed the base camp to begin the trek towards the hill shrine.

Renowned artist Yusuf Arakkal passes away

Renowned artist Yusuf Arakkal passes away

Rediff.com4 Oct 2016

Recently, he received the prestigious Lorenzo De Medici Gold Medal, at Florence Internazionale Biennale, in Florence, Italy, for his work Bacon's Man with the Child and Priest.

Meet the Malayali living in self-exile in Pakistan

Meet the Malayali living in self-exile in Pakistan

Rediff.com10 Aug 2011

In his autobiography, B M Kutty chronicles his life as a Malayalee Marxist living in the restive region of Baluchistan, reports Sahim Salim

Cyclone Tauktae intensifies, 6 dead in 2 states

Cyclone Tauktae intensifies, 6 dead in 2 states

Rediff.com16 May 2021

Gale-force winds, heavy rainfall and high tidal waves swept the coastal belt of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa as Cyclone Tauktae hurtled northwards towards Gujarat on Sunday, leaving four people dead in Karnataka and two in Goa, damaging hundreds of houses, uprooting electricity poles and trees and forcing evacuation.

8 Indian tourists die due to possible gas leak in Nepal resort

8 Indian tourists die due to possible gas leak in Nepal resort

Rediff.com22 Jan 2020

The deceased -- two couples and four children -- were part of a group of 15 people travelling from Kerala to Pokhara, a popular mountainous tourist destination. They have been identified as Praveen Krishnan Nair, Saranya Sasi, Sreebhadra Praveen, Aarcha Praveen, Abhinav Saranya Nair, Ranjith Kumar Adatholath Punathil, Indu Lakshmi Peethambaran Ragalatha and Vyshnav Ranjith.

NADA raids P T Usha School of Athletics

NADA raids P T Usha School of Athletics

Rediff.com29 Jul 2011

Continuing its drive against drug cheats following the doping scandal in Indian athletics, the National Anti Doping Agency officials conducted a surprise raid on the P T Usha School of Athletics in Kozhikode, Kerala, on Friday.

What went wrong with the IIMs?

What went wrong with the IIMs?

Rediff.com6 Dec 2017

Why are so many of the new IIMs floundering?

Tips: How to revise for a CAT exam

Tips: How to revise for a CAT exam

Rediff.com15 Jul 2011

Ambrish Awasthi, a PGP participant at IIM-Kozhikode suggests a three-point strategy to revise before your exam.

UDF conspiring to create violence: Kerala CM

UDF conspiring to create violence: Kerala CM

Rediff.com27 Feb 2011

Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan on Sunday alleged that the Congress-led United Democratic Front Opposition was hatching a conspiracy to create violence during the coming assembly polls and the death of five Indian Union Muslim League activists engaged in making bombs was an indication of that.

26/11 martyr Major Unnikrishnan's uncle dead

26/11 martyr Major Unnikrishnan's uncle dead

Rediff.com5 Feb 2011

Mumbai attack martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's uncle, who attempted self immolation to protest the government's alleged apathy in treating victims of the 26/11 strike, succumbed to injuries, police said on Saturday. K Mohanan, 56, who had suffered 98 per cent burn injuries, died at 11.55 pm on Friday night at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi. While undergoing treatment, he had also suffered a heart attack.

Effective tips to crack CAT 2011

Effective tips to crack CAT 2011

Rediff.com12 Aug 2011

In an online chat hosted by Get Ahead on August 11, Ashish Sinha, an alumnus of IIM-Kozhikode and CAT Director at T.I.M.E. addressed reader queries related to CAT 2011.

IIM-A and C role models no more: IIM-K director

IIM-A and C role models no more: IIM-K director

Rediff.com6 May 2011

Prof Debashis Chatterjee, Director of Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, speaks his mind about his vision for IIM-K, the change in the mindset of IIM students and the relevance of CAT in testing students' intelligence or managerial capabilities.

IIMK grad bags starting salary of Rs 32 lakh

IIMK grad bags starting salary of Rs 32 lakh

Rediff.com10 Mar 2011

The highest international package of $150,000 was offered by a commodities trading company while the highest domestic compensation of Rs 32 lakh (Rs 3.2 million) was offered by a Europe-based investment bank, according to an IIMK press statement.

Jayaram, Mamta in Kadha Thudarunnu

Jayaram, Mamta in Kadha Thudarunnu

Rediff.com30 Mar 2010

The two are teaming up for this latest Malayalam movie.

Major Unnikrishnan's uncle battles for life

Major Unnikrishnan's uncle battles for life

Rediff.com4 Feb 2011

35-year-old K Mohanan, a native of Kozhikode in Kerala, had poured kerosene on his body and set himself on fire outside Gate No 4 of Parliament House near Vijay Chowk on Thursday evening.

Girl student count at IIMs set to increase

Girl student count at IIMs set to increase

Rediff.com28 Jun 2010

This year, however, things are set to change. With the intention of creating more global and Indian women business leaders, IIMs have admitted a record number of girl-students for their flagship post-graduate programme.

Row over RSS leader, board member 'breaking' Sabarimala tradition

Row over RSS leader, board member 'breaking' Sabarimala tradition

Rediff.com6 Nov 2018

The RSS leader said he had not violated any customs and claimed that he ascended the 18 steps carrying the sacred offerings.

Kerala: RSS worker pulled out of autorickshaw carrying students, attacked

Kerala: RSS worker pulled out of autorickshaw carrying students, attacked

Rediff.com8 Mar 2016

A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker was on Tuesday attacked allegedly by Communist Party of India-Marxist men, after he was pulled out from his autorickshaw carrying school students in Kannur district.

IIMs see buoyant summer placements

IIMs see buoyant summer placements

Rediff.com17 Nov 2010

Some of the highest number of offers at IIM-A were made by Royal Bank of Scotland, Ernst & Young and Microsoft.