Infosys Ltd will set up a new campus at Technocity here, estimated to cost Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion), providing a boost to the IT sector in the state.
In a boost to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala on Wednesday retained the Piravom assembly seat with its candidate Anoop Jacob winning by a margin of 12,070 votes. While Anoop Jacob (Kerala Congress-Jacob), a constituent of the UDF, garnered 82,756 votes, Left Democratic Front's S M J Jacob got 70,686 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party's K R Rajagopal polled 3241 votes. There were nine candidates in the fray.
The stage is set for the re-entry of K Muraleedharan, son of veteran leader late K Karunakaran, to the Congress as the state leadership is planning to formally appeal to party president Sonia Gandhi to take him back. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said he and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will meet Gandhi early in February to request the re-admission of Muraleedharan, who broke ranks with the parent body six years ago.
Kerala on Tuesday said it is ready for joint control with Tamil Nadu and the Centre, if a new dam is built in place of the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar reservoir, over which the two states are locked in a dispute.
Ratcheting up its pressure in the snowballing Mullaperiyar dam row with Tamil Nadu, the Kerala Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution insisting on a new dam to replace the 116-year old reservoir.
The Centre will soon send two ships to strife-torn Yemen to evacuate Indians, including Keralites
Routes abandoned by long-haul Gulf carriers like Emirates and Etihad have given Indian low-cost carriers an opening. But can they compete with Air Arabia?
Says the company encroached on people's land; will decide later if two of its wind mills can continue.
In a setback to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, a vigilance court in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday ordered a probe to ascertain if he had any role in the 1992 palmolein oil import deal as the then finance minister in the K Karunakaran government.
Congress candidate R Selvaraj defeated the CPI-M's F Lawrence by a comfortable margin of 6,334 votes in the June 4 bypoll whose outcome has come as a morale-booster to the one-year old Oommen Chandy ministry. Selvaraj had resigned as CPI-M member of the assembly in March this year citing serious differences with the party leadership, causing the byelection, before joining Congress
Is Andhra Pradesh heading towards President's rule? Yes, if the intense speculations are any indication, the Centre is contemplating to bring the state under its direct rule for some time.
'Once I went to meet an MLA with a complaint, but he refused to even listen to me.' 'I was insulted. That is when I decided not to vote for anyone.'
In a new turn in the palmolein graft case, a special vigilance court on Monday gave sanction for a further probe that could bring former chief minister and Congress leader Oommen Chandy under the scanner. The court order, which also asked the investigating agency to submit a report within three months, came following the prosecution plea seeking a further probe on the ground that some more persons were likely to be named accused in the case.
Voicing Kerala's readiness to walk the extra mile to resolve the Mullaperiyar Dam row, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said he was even willing to enter into a tripartite agreement and enact a law assuring Tamil Nadu that it will get "same quantity" of water from the new dam.
Moving the submission on the issue at the outset, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy it was unfortunate that Tamil Nadu had not taken into due account the anxieties and fears of Kerala arising out of the existing dam, even in the backdrop of frequent tremors in the area.
As V S Achuthanandan came under attack for his controversial remarks against the family of slain National Security Guard officer Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the United Democratic Front tried to raise the issue in the Kerala Assembly, but a discussion on it was put off for Wednesday as the Chief Minister was not present in the House. At the beginning of Zero Hour, Opposition leader Oommen Chandy sought to move an adjournment motion on the issue.
Tennis legend Steffi Graf was appointed the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala on Wednesday.
The high command's choice of Thennala Balakrishna Pillai and Vayalar Ravi for the election to the Rajya Sabha appears to have prompted the resignation.
In what could be the first, state-sponsored airline company in the country, the Kerala cabinet on Wednesday gave an in-principle approval for setting up an aviation company in the joint sector to operate international services.
It has decided to drop proceedings in the palmolein import case in which former CM figures as an accused.
Seven girl students were taken into custody on Tuesday after they waved black flags against Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.
Opposition leader Oommen Chandy has said the incident must not be taken lightly.
New Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has cleared the names with the Congress high command. The ministers will be sworn in on Sunday.
While Muraleedharan said his party would actively work for UDF's victory, Chennitala said he was happy that all Congressmen were reuniting under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi.
Villagers found the body of Maniappan Raman Kutty, which had almost been decapitated, in Nimroz province's Dilaram district, said local police chief Bahdur Khan.
Kutty's wife, two children and aged parents have been in prayers since they come to know two days back about the kidnapping of Kutty.
US-based Outsource Partners International, a leading BPO firm specialising in finance and accounting services, has plans to open its third service centre in the country at Thiruvananthapuram.
As the curtain falls on the campaign for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday, April 24, a ringside view of the closing ceremonies.
The Kerala Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, on Wednesday rejected as "baseless", the Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan's charge that a consultancy firm had been given Rs 2 crore for preparing the agreement between the state government and the IT proj
People were asked to rate their chief minister's work as excellent, good, bad or average. The ratings were prepared by accumulating `excellent' and `good' rating points and then subtracting `bad' points from it.
Kerala has sought patents for 966 medicinal plants in accordance with the provisions in the Geographical Indicator Act, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, told the assembly on Monday.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday called for more private investments in the state's IT sector and asked IT majors in US and other countries to consider Kerala for expanding their operations.
Opposition members were up on their feet, holding up placards and banners seeking the resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and other ministers over corruption allegations.
Air-India has informed the Kerala government that it would start budget flights to Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait, state finance and excise minister Vakkom Purushothaman told the assembly on Friday.
Justice K Padmanabhan Nair had remarked that the 'sandalwood mafia had direct access to the state Forest Minister Vishwanathan' while hearing an anticipatory bail application of the four accused in the Walayar sandalwood theft case.
So far, 162 bodies have been recovered from the areas in the state affected by tsunamis.
The 100 acres of land that the government would provide for the project would also be taken back unconditionally. A high-level team from DIC is expected to visit the state next week to sign the agreement.
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