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Working birthday for Mohanlal 21st May 2013: Chennai, May 21 : Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, who turns 53 Tuesday, will be busy shooting for upcoming Tamil action-drama Jilla.

Still a struggler: Sangeeth Sivan 20th May 2013: Mumbai, May 20 : Despite an over two-decade stint in filmmaking business and quite a few hits to his credit, director Sangeeth Sivan calls himself a struggler in comparison to his filmmaker brother Santosh Sivan.

Ban on tobacco display leads to lower sales: Study 20th May 2013: Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 : An international tobacco control survey has found that a ban on tobacco advertisements, especially where tobacco is sold, leads to lower sales of cigarettes.

Kerala software engineer develops anti-piracy software 19th May 2013: Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 : A Kerala-based software engineer has come up with an anti-piracy device to check recording of movies in theatres using sophisticated mobile phones or handycams.

Kerala, Himachal to cooperate in rural development 18th May 2013: Kozhikode, May 18 : Kerala and Himachal Pradesh Saturday announced they will strengthen implementation of their rural development projects by sharing information about feasible models and best practices.

IPL scam: Sreesanth's phones, laptops seized; arrested quizzed jointly 18th May 2013: Mumbai/New Delhi, May 18 : Intensifying the probe into the IPL spot fixing scam, Mumbai police Saturday seized mobiles, iPhones and laptops of cricketer S. Sreesanth and his bookie relative, while Delhi Police quizzed the three arrested players jointly and a BCCI investigator joined the proceedings.

Rahul Gandhi praises Chandy, slams Kerala CPI-M 18th May 2013: Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday praised Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and asked the CPI-M to introspect and rethink its ideology.

Oomen Chandy all set to reshuffle cabinet (Kerala Newsletter) 18th May 2013: By Sanu George, Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 : Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy is all set to reshuffle his cabinet, two years after assuming office this day.

'Neram' - gem of Tamil cinema (Movie Review) 18th May 2013: By Haricharan Pudipeddi, Film: Neram; Cast: Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nizam, Simhaa, Thambi Ramaiah, Nasser, John Vijay, Charlie and Ananth Nag; Director: Alphonse Putharen; Rating: ****

Kerala figures in film on world's most amazing fireworks 18th May 2013: By Sanu George, Thrissur (Kerala), May 18 : The festivities and fireworks at the Thrissur Pooram festival have stunned two US-based filmmakers who are making a movie on pyrotechnics across the globe. They have termed it as one of the most amazing display they have ever witnessed.

Two years of rule show majority not important: Oommen Chandy 17th May 2013: Thiruvananthapuram, May 17 : Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, whose government will celebrate its second anniversary Saturday, said he has proved that the majority in the assembly is not that important.

Sreesanth's arrest shocking, unbelievbale news: Chandy 17th May 2013: Kochi, May 17: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today described the arrest of Kerala cricketer S Sreesanth as 'shocking and unbelievable' news.

Sreesanth's mother demands probe 17th May 2013: Kochi, May 16 : Giving a clean chit to Indian skipper M S Dhoni and Harbajan Singh that they had no role in the arrest of Rajasthan Royal's bowler S Sreesanth in connection with the spot-fixing scandal, Sreesanth's parents today demanded an investigation by an Independent agency.

Development projects conceived eyeing graft: Prashant Bhushan 17th May 2013: Kozhikode, May 16 : All the development projects in the country were being conceived eyeing graft, Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader and activist Prashant Bhushan today said.

'Suraksha-2013' kicks off tomorrow 17th May 2013: Kochi, May 16 : 'Suraksha-2013', a National Defence Exhibition on Science and Technology Interventions, organised by the Swadeshi Science Movement-kerala, in association with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Naval Physcial and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) will kick off from here tomorrow.

Rs 30 crore to Consumerfed for market intervention 17th May 2013: Thiruvananthapuram, May 16 : Kerala Government has decided to provide Rs 30 crore to Consumerfed for market intervention.

Kottayam to be known as Mural city 17th May 2013: Kottayam , May 16 : Kottayam, hailed as the first complete literate city in the country, will have another title to boast from May 25. It will be known as a 'Mural city', the second in the country after Shekhawati in Rajasthan.

National Computational Chemistry Workshop from May 31 17th May 2013: Thiruvananthapuram, May 16 : To keep students abreast of the latest trends and developments in computational chemistry, Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute for Basic Sciences (SRIBS) is organising a four-day national workshop on the subject here.

Auto drivers strike work 17th May 2013: Kozhikode, May 16 : Autorickshaw drivers in this city of Kerala today went on a flash strike in protest against 'unruly behaviour' of traffic police personnel at Kozhikode Railway station.

Protest against police action to exile district sports Cou. president 17th May 2013: Kannur, Kerala May 16 : The district unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has demanded that police should abandon the action of listing O K Vineesh, President of District Sports council and DYFI district secretariat member under Kerala Anti Social prevention Act-2007 (KASPA) and trying to exile from Kannur district, following the pressure of Congress leaders under their political agenda. Mr Vineesh, was also the Organising committee convener of the National Games at Kannur of the two events Basket Ball and Wrestling to be held at Kannur in the coming national games at Kerala.

Mid term pension adalat to redress grievances of railway pensioners 17th May 2013: Kerala, May 16 : The Palakkad Railway Division will conduct Mid-Term Pension Adalat-2013 on July 5 at Railway Institute, Hemambika Nagar Railway Colony, Palakkad to redress the grievances of Railway pensioners sources said today.

12 deep wounds caused Chandrasekharan's death: Forensic expert 17th May 2013: Kozhikode, May 16 : Twelve deep wounds inflicted with lethal weapons caused death of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T P Chandrasekhran in this district last year, a forensic expert informed the Fast Track Court hearing the sensational case here today.

Kerala gets five new cyber police stations 16th May 2013: Thiruvananthapuram, May 16 : Five new cyber police stations will be set up in Kerala, raising their number to six, a minister said Thursday.

IPL spot fixing: Sreesanth is innocent until proven guilty, says Tharoor 16th May 2013: Trivandram, May 16 : Terming the news of Sreesanth caught by Delhi police for spot fixing as extremely unhappy, Minister of State for Human Resource and Development (HRD) and Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said Indian pacer is innocent until proven guilty.

Ayurveda experts develop online personalised health regimen 16th May 2013: Kochi, May 16 : A group of ayurveda experts have launched a medical treatment package in cyberspace.

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