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IBS to acquire Canadian aviation software major

In an attempt to step up its efforts to become a major technology provider in the global aviation industry, Technopark-headquartered IBS Software has entered into a multi-million-dollar agreement with Massachusetts-based Kronos Incorporated to acquire AD ... read..

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Re-polling underway in 2 Kerala Lok Sabha seats

Re-polling in Kerala's Kannur and Kasargode Lok Sabha seats was underway on Sunday after it was ordered by the state's Chief Electoral Officer following complaints of bogus voting which was later verified.... read..

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Woman official to verify Kerala nikab wearing voters

Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena on Saturday said a woman poll official would verify women voters, coming to polling booths with faces covered.... read..

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Official result in Kerala LS polls to be out after 8 p.m on Thursday

The official results of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala will be out only after 8 p.m. on May 23, said an election official.... read..

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Seven BJP/RSS workers sentenced to life for murder of Kerala CPI-M worker

Twelve years after the brutal murder of a CPI(M) activist, a court near here sentenced seven BJP/RSS workers for life.... read..

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Senior Congress leader Kadavoor Sivadasan dead

Veteran trade unionist and senior Congress leader Kadavoor Sivadasan passed away at a private hospital here early on Friday morning, party sources said. He was 87 and was under treatment for pneumonia.... read..

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Three more booths in Kerala go for re-poll on Sunday

Kerala Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Teeka Ram Meena on Friday ordered re-polling in two booths in the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency and in one booth at Kasargode on May 19.... read..

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Re-poll ordered at four booths in 2 Kerala LS seats

Following complaints of bogus voting, Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena on Thursday ordered re-poll in three booths in Kasargode and one in Kannur Lok Sabha constituencies on May 19.... read..

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IUML bastion Ponnani hasn't returned a single Congress candidate in 68 years

It's been represented by stalwarts like G.M. Banatwala, Ebrahim Suliamn Sait and E. Ahamad of the IUML but the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency in North Kerala hasn't returned a single Congress candidate since the first General Election in 1951. That's all ... read..

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Family issues behind Kerala mother-daughter suicides

A suicide note recovered on Wednesday from the home of the 41-year-old mother and her 19-year-old daughter, who set themselves ablaze a day before, has revealed that family issues were behind the extreme step, and was not provoked by the risk that their h... read..

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Loan recovery: Mother, daughter sets themselves ablaze

A 41-year-old mother and her 19-year-old daughter, here on Tuesday, set themselves afire as they were unable to bear the news that their home would be seized by bank officials for non-payment of housing loan.... read..

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Masala bond corrupt deal, not good for Kerala: Congress

Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday said the Rs 2,150 crore masala bond is a corrupt deal that will be financially detrimental for the state.... read..

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KPSC head's request to pay for wife's trips rejected

A request by M.K. Sakeer, Chairman of the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC), asking the state government to bear expenses of his wife whenever she accompanies him on official trips has been rejected.... read..

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2 Kerala CPI-M leaders held for killing 2 Congress workers

State Crime Branch police on Tuesday arrested two leaders of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) from Kasargode district on charges of murdering two Youth Congress workers.... read..

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UDF confident of winning all 20 Kerala LS seats

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala on Monday claimed to be confident of winning all the 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state, which went to the polls on April 23.... read..

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2 in custody for smuggling gold worth 8cr in Kerala

Two people on Monday were nabbed from the Thiruvananthapuram airport and taken into custody for carrying 25 kg gold worth Rs 8 crore.... read..

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KPSC head asks Kerala to pay for his wife's travel

Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Chairman M.K. Sakeer has asked the government to foot the travel expenses of his wife whenever she accompanies him on official trips.... read..

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54-year-old tusker opens Thrissur Pooram fest in Kerala

The opening of the famed Thrissur Pooram festival here on Sunday was attended by more than 10,000 people after an order disallowing a 54-year-old tusker from taking part in the festivities was reversed on Saturday.... read..

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Breaking the glass ceiling in a male world: How an all-women construction group built a Kerala house (IANS Special Series)

In a small, tucked-away village in Kerala stands a 475-square feet house which is known across the region not because of who owns it, but because of those who built it. And it's not a building constructed by some famous architect but by a group of 20 dail... read..

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