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  1. An elephant is `stolen’

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    / March 26, 2012 / Leave a comment
    In Hindi, they would say “bada haath maara”. Or rather in this case, it was a `haathi’. A man from Kerala was arrested by the police for `stealing’ an elephant. The man had `stolen’ to pledge it to repay a loan. UNI reports that Ashraf, a resident of Kerala was looking...

  2. Mammootty as volleyball coach

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    / March 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Malayalam superstar Mammootty will do a Kabir Khan, a la Shahrukh Khan in Chak de India. But no, not in hockey but in volleyball. Mammootty has apparently agreed to play the role of a volleyball coach in V K Prakash’s new sports-based film. Prakash was reportedly impressed by the teaser video,...

  3. Kerala elephants to get I-cards

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    / March 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    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...

  4. Kerala’s official drink

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    / March 19, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Kerala now has an official drink. And not surprisingly, it is the tender coconut water. After all, the word `Keralam’ means the land of coconut trees. Finance minister K M Mani announced this while presenting the state budget and said an integrated coconut development project with assistance from the Coconut...

  5. Retire a year late in Kerala

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    / March 19, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Kerala has raised the retirement age of state government employees from 55 to 56. Justifying the decision, Finance minister K M Mani said, “We are the only state where state government employees retire at age 55, but given the life expectancy, which is the highest in the country at 74...

  6. Over 85 % polling in Piravom in Kerala

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    / March 17, 2012 / Leave a comment
      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...

  8. 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...

  9. Kerala could be monkey’s own country too !

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    / February 20, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It is a huge task getting expert coconut pluckers in coconut country, Kerala. Exasperated by this shortage, two agriculture officials in the state have proposed using monkeys to do the job. Monkeys are used in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia for the purpose, reports Deccan Chronicle. The proposal explains that a...

  10. Mullaperiyar – a sponsored hysteria

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    / February 17, 2012 / 17 Comments
    The hysteria, the hype, the fear and the anxiety created by the political fraternity and their caucus on the Mullaperiyar water bomb has now developed cold feet. The politicians, left, right and centre, flowered, and as usual, started off a political game, with an eye on the Piravam by-election. Every...

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