Clashes at several places in Kerala as campaign ends

September 16th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala assembly Wednesday unanimously passed two bills - the Kerala Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Bill 2009 and the Kerala Municipality (Amendment) Bill 2009 - that will now reserve 50 percent seats in local government bodies for women. Last month, the liaison committee of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) had asked the V.S.

August 17th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan's cabinet was expanded on Monday with the induction of three more ministers. State Governor R.S.

August 3rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Tourism has been awarded the 2009 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award in the marketing destination category and has been selected as "best in class" from amongst 236 entries worldwide. The award ceremony will take place Sep 25 during the PATA Travel Mart 2009 in Hangzhou, China, according to a Kerala Tourism release issued here Monday.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday ended its two-day central committee meeting here to resolve the factional war in its Kerala unit, with speculation rife that Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan may be dropped from the politburo.

July 10th, 2009 PANAJI - Known more for its beaches, Goa now wants to cash in on the tourism potential of backwater tourism on the lines of Kerala. The state tourism authorities will develop infrastructure along the coconut palm-lined Mandovi and Zuari rivers, which flow into the Arabian sea, to ensure that beaches are not the state's only big draw.

May 23rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday said that conditions were favourable for the onset of monsoon in Kerala by Sunday. The IMD said on its website that the conditions were also favourable for further advance of the monsoon into some parts of south Arabian Sea, some parts of extreme south peninsula, parts of south Bay of Bengal and some more parts of central Bay of Bengal during the same period.

May 17th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Four people were killed in this Kerala capital Sunday after clashes between groups of two communities forced the police to open fire, an official said. Confirming the deaths, Inspector General of Police Arun Kumar Sinha told IANS that the clashes at Bheemapally near the international airport here began late Saturday and continued Sunday.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit Kerala on a daylong election campaign today.

April 10th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - With campaigning in Kerala for the Lok Sabha election slowing down due to the Easter weekend and the coming Malayalam New Year Vishu, the bad weather forecast for the coming week will further impact the process ahead of the April 16 poll. Polling for Kerala's 20 Lok Sabha seats takes place April 16 with the campaigning ending on April 14 - when Vishu will be celebrated.

April 8th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Sonia Gandhi's whirlwind election campaign tour to Kerala, where she touched down at four places Wednesday, lashing out at the Left government in the state, drew huge crowds. Gandhi arrived in Kozhikode Tuesday night and her first stop Wednesday morning was at Vadakara in north Kerala.

April 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It could be the global meltdown impact - at least for the Congress in Kerala. A senior party leader said in Thiruvananthapuram that the party headquarters there functions as the control room and the campaign cell.

March 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will launch her party's election campaign from Kerala and will hold a series of public rallies till May 11. 'My campaign starts from tomorrow (Saturday) and I will hold a series of public meetings in all corners of the country till May 11 without missing a single day,' Mayawati told reporters here.

March 4th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will arrive here Thursday to kick off the party's campaign in the coming Lok Sabha poll, by taking part in the public meeting to conclude the state-wide march of Ramesh Chennithala, head of the Kerala unit of the Congress. Speaking to IANS, Chennithala said Rahul Gandhi's visit 'has come as a shot in the arm for us'.

February 3rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala government Wednesday gave its nod to set up a 2,400 MW thermal power plant in the state facing shortages of electricity supply. Chief Minister V.S.

January 10th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Congress Sunday announced the launch of three-phase 'save Kerala campaign' targeting the Left Front's 'poor governance' in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections due in April-May. The first phase of the campaign would begin with a series of seminars and lectures by experts in various parts of the state, state Congress president Ramesh Chennithala told reporters here.