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  1. Maradona magic in Kerala

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    / October 23, 2012 /
    If Kerala, the land where soccer is religion is going crazy, blame it on the man responsible for the infamous `hand of God’ goal. Diego Maradona, the God of soccer for lakhs of football fans in God’s own country is in Kannur on Tuesday and Wednesday to inaugurate a jewellery...

  2. Metro Man Sreedharan’s new journey

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    / July 6, 2012 /
    Delhi Metro man E Sreedharan will in all likelihood board the Kochi Metro. The Kerala government has said that Sreedharan will be in charge of the Kochi Metro Rail project. Fortunately, this is a decision on which both the UDF and the LDF are on the same page. Former CM...

  3. Italian marines granted bail

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    / May 30, 2012 /
    The two Italian marines, accused of killing two Kerala fishermen, have been granted bail by the Kerala High court on surety of Rs 1 crore each. Two Indians need to give guarantee and the marines have been ordered not to leave Kerala Kochi without the permission of the court. They...

  4. Sreesanth’s toes to go under the knife

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    / May 3, 2012 /
    The temperamental bowler last played for India in the Test series in England last summer, and has only played one first-class match before picking up the toe injury. Sreesanth, who had preferred ayurvedic treatment instead of going for a surgery in December last, had originally hoped to be fit in...

  5. Kerala elephants to get I-cards

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    / March 23, 2012 /
    Before Nandan Nilekani’s Aadhaar project gives cards to people in Kerala, the state’s elephants will have their I-cards. The Forest department will issue elephant data books to owners of the elephants, which will contain all details of the elly, including its photo, physical features, health details etc. The Times of...

  6. Over 85 % polling in Piravom in Kerala

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    / March 17, 2012 /
      Kerala certainly showed the way on Saturday when a record 85.6 per cent of the electorate voted in the Piravom Assembly constituency in Ernakulam district of Kerala. The byelection which was caused due to the death of TM Jacob, the food and civil supplies minister in the Oommen Chandy...

  7. Try Kerala Police `danda’ on Italian cowboys

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    / February 23, 2012 / 2 Comments
    The two trigger-happy Italian Marines who shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast need to be tried under our laws. And it is good to hear that our government has decided to let the “law take its own course”.  While the phrase has been debased since it was...

  8. Kochi instead of Kozhikode !

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    / January 17, 2012 / 3 Comments
    It was a Thiruvanthapuram-Kozhikode-Kochi-Agathi Alliance Air flight that had taken off from Thiruvananthapuram on Monday morning. 32 passengers were on board. After a while, the crew announced that the flight had laned in Kozhikode but the passengers were stumped when they realised they had landed in Kochi instead. `The Times...

  9. Kerala’s IPL is Bandh

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    / September 19, 2011 / 3 Comments
     By T S Sudhir   For a change, it wasn’t the Keralite who flashed the red flag. The BCCI, under new president N Srinivasan, decided to terminate the Kerala IPL team, Kochi Tuskers’ contract for defaulting on annual payment of Rs 156 crore. This means, IPL Season 5 will feature...

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