Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan on Saturday inaugurated the third IT park in the state - Phase 1 of Infopark Koratty - and said that nearly 200,000 jobs in information technology sector would be created in the next two years.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Election Commission on Friday rebuffed Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan for his reported statement that central police force (CPF) personnel would be confined to barracks during by-polls to three assembly seats in the state tomorrow.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Election Commission has directed Union Minister Vayalar Ravi to repay the money incurred by him during his travel to Kannur while campaigning for the Congress candidate for the by election slated for November 7.The EC has given this direction following a petition by the Communist Party of India-Marxist that the union minister had misused his official machinery while campaigning for the Congress...
Timpu (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Thiruvanathapuram, Oct 28: Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has asked the Tamil Nadu Government to agree to its demand for a new dam at Mullaperiyar as the present one had outlived its life.Speaking to reporters here, Achuthanandan said, “Forty lakh Click Here To Read the Full Post
Times of India (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Centre would take steps to ensure that insurance coverage under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) benefitted all deserving people, Union minister for labour and employment Mallikarjun Kharge said. Though there was demand for increasing the insurance cover from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000, the centre's priority was to stabilise the scheme first, he told reporters here today. After...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Election Commission sought Kerala CM V S Achuthanandan's response on a complaint by Congress that he had violated the model code of conduct in force for the November 7 bypolls, by making certain announcements at an official function.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan said stringent instructions would be given to tourist boat operators to ensure the safety of passengers following the Thekkady boat tragedy that claimed 45 lives.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
A magistrate court at Cherthala near Alappuzha on Monday issued bailable arrest warrants against Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan
A little about .... (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Cherthala (Kerala) Oct 6 - ANI: A judicial court issued an arrest warrant against Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan on Tuesday in connection with a defamation case filed against the news paper Deshabhimani.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
A local court in Kerala's Alappuzha has issued an arrest warrant against Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan in connection with a defamation case filed against the Communist Party of India-Marxist organ 'Desabhimani' in 2004, when he was its chief editor.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
A judicial probe would be held into the boat tragedy at Thekkady in Kerala's Idukki district which claimed 36 lives, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan announced on Thursday.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Marxist regime in Kerala for the terrible boat tragedy in Thekkady and called for steps to ensure that such mishaps did not occur again. "I urge the authorities concerned to take appropriate steps to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again," she said in a statement. What seems to have fuelled the not-so-veiled attack is...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As the number of dead in the Thekkady boat tragedy rose to 41 -- including 10 vacationers from Delhi -- on Thursday, it became evident that just a few basic safety measures could have prevented the huge loss of human lives, and that better disaster management could have minimised the death toll after the mishap. While eyewitnesses said there were no life jackets in working condition,...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
THEKKADY (Kerala): The toll in the Thekkady boat mishap climbed to 39 with eight more bodies being fished out today even as the Kerala government ordered a judicial inquiry into the tragedy. ( ) The mishap occurred when the state-run double decker boat 'Jalakanyaka' carrying 74 tourists tilted after several tourists moved to one side on sighting elephants in the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary on the banks...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
THEKKADY (Kerala): The toll in the Thekkady boat mishap climbed to 39 with eight more bodies being fished out today even as the Kerala government ordered a judicial inquiry into the tragedy. ( ) The mishap occurred when the state-run double decker boat 'Jalakanyaka' carrying 74 tourists tilted after several tourists moved to one side on sighting elephants in the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary on the banks...
