THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala Government will organise the Onam Week celebrations on a grand scale from August 27 to September 2, Minister for Public Works and Tourism PA Mohamed Riyas announced today. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the state-level celebrations at Nishagandhi open air auditorium in the state capital on August 27 at 6 pm. Noted danseuse […]
KOCHI:Kerala is all set to turn a new leaf in urban garbage clean-up operations with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launching the Rs 2,400-crore Kerala Solid Waste Management Project (KSWMP) on Sunday, amid the second phase of ‘Malinya Muktham Navakeralam’ campaign which is bolstering the infrastructure to achieve the target in the current financial year. Minister […]
HRISSUR:More than thirty people were injured after a private bus overturned near Kanimangalam in Kerala’s Thrissur district on Friday. “More than thirty people have been injured after a private bus overturned in Thrissur. Injured persons have been shifted to two private hospitals and Thrissur Taluk government hospitals,” State Revenue Minister K Rajan said. The minister […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:With the Onam season round the corner, Tourism Minister P A Mohamed Riyas today launched the website for Kerala Tourism’s Global Pookkalam contest Season -3. ‘Viswa Manavikathayude Loka Ona Pookkalam’, is the theme of the floral decoration competition, for which the participants can submit entries online from any part of the world up to September […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Reaching out to children to spread the message of the ongoing waste-free campaign ‘Malinya Muktham Nava Keralam,’ the State Suchitwa Mission has announced an Onam greeting card contest for school students across the state. The winners at the state and district levels will get cash prizes ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 2,000. Students of […]
KOCHI:A graphene-manufacturing unit of excellence will shortly open at Maker Village in the city as a Rs 94.85-crore joint endeavour of the Union and Kerala governments, a top bureaucrat said today. The proposed project aimed at boosting the production of the valuable allotrope of carbon will mark a new chapter of innovation in the country’s […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Seeking to create proper awareness in young minds on keeping the surroundings clean and hygienic, lessons on scientific waste management will be included in textbooks from next academic year, Minister for General Education and Labour V Sivankutty said here today. The Minister was speaking after honouring the Haritha Karma Sena (HKS) members at a function […]
KOCHI:Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL), a leading emerging markets FMCG company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State Government of Tamil Nadu. As a part of this MoU, GCPL will establish a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the state, making an investment of INR 515 crore over the course of the next five […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:‘Holiday Heist’, the month-long ground-breaking campaign conducted by Kerala Tourism to woo tourists through an engaging and thrilling bidding experience on WhatsApp, turned out to be a resounding success with travelers from across the country making a whopping 80,000 bids to visit the state’s prime destinations at unbelievably low prices. The bidding game, conducted in […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala assembly unanimously adopts resolution urging Centre to rename state as ‘Keralam’ The resolution was moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who urged the central government to change the state’s name to ‘Keralam’ in all languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India. The resolution was accepted by the Congress-led UDF opposition […]