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Involve tribals also in Makara ritual: Tantri

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The chief priest of the Sabarimala temple, Tantri Kantararu Maheswararu, on Tuesday urged the Travancore Devaswom Board to involve tribals also in lighting the Makara Vilakku since it was their tradi

Thousands pledge solidarity with VS

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Social activists, actors, writers and religious heads pledged solidarity with Chief Minister Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, who fasted for seven hours at Martyrs Column here on Monday, demanding a countrywide

Kerala's Left Front calls shutdown for endosulphan ban

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Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has called for a state-wide shutdown on Friday to protest the central government's stand not to clamp a ban on pesticide endosulphan, blamed for many deaths

Kerala CM begins day-long fast for ban on endosulfan

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Stepping up pressure on the Centre for a nationwide ban on endosulfan pesticide, Kerala Chief Minister V.S Achuthanandan today began a day-long fast here along with peoples' representatives, politic

Kerala pesticide unity goes for a toss

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The united stance taken by the state on endosulfan came apart on Saturday, with ruling and opposition leaders sparring over the issue.

This is sad as it calls for a mature political response than m

Guj ex-DGP hits out at SIT chief

Former Gujarat DGP Mr R.B. Sreekumar had submitted before the Supreme Court as early as in May last year that the SIT probe into the murder of Congress MP Mr Ehsan Jafri was going haywire.

He pointed

Pillai gets notice for criticising Kerala CM while on parole

Former Kerala Minister R. Balakrishna Pillai, undergoing imprisonment in a corruption case, has been slapped with a notice by the prison authorities for lashing out at Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanan

Opp. allies lobby for Cabinet berths

The major partners of the Opposition United Democratic Front — the Indian Union Muslim League and Kerala Congress (Mani) — have formed an axis to wrest more Cabinet berths in case the coalition comes to power.

Liquor sales in Kerala reach 'dizzy heights'

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Liquor sales in Kerala for the 2010-11 fiscal touched dizzy heights, reaching an all-time high of Rs.6,730.30 crore compared to Rs.5,539.85 crore in 2009-10, according to an official.

According to th

Kerala: Stark vote fall in Muslim pockets

There’s been a drop in polling percentages in most of the Assembly segments in the traditional Muslim fortresses of Malappuram district, in contradiction to the uptrend across the state.

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