Pandian Express likely to get LHB coaches by year end

Edit The Times of India 02 Jun 2016
Madurai. The Madurai - Chennai Egmore Pandian Express - one of the flagship trains of Madurai railway division, may get LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches by end of this year, divisional railway manager, Sunil Kumar Garg told mediapersons here on Wednesday ... Once the Punalur section is opened, loading is likely to improve since cement factories will load their consignments in the section, he said ... RELATED. From around the web....

IMD predicts excess rainfall

Edit The Hindu 02 Jun 2016
Rains over north-west India would be 8% more; over Central and South India 13% more and over north-east India 6% less than what these regions historically got ... According to that, at least 8 of 14 meteorological stations Minicoy, Amini, Thiruvananthapuram, Punalur, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Thalassery, Kannur, Kasargode and Mangalore ought to report rainfall of 2.5 mm or more for two consecutive days....

Portrait of a teacher

Edit The Hindu 28 May 2016
An old portrait of K. Janardhanan Pillai B.A. L.T. (b.1875-d.1965) still adorns the walls of the century-old Government Model School in Thiruvananthapuram ... K ...M.P. Appan, the renowned poet was my father’s student at Model School and fondly recalls the details from the Hercules textbook,” says Sankaran ... Kesavan Pillai, was also a supervisor at the PWD, associated with the construction of the Punalur Suspension Bridge ... K....

Plea to restore coaches of Punalur trains

Edit The Hindu 25 May 2016
The DCC president Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, has protested against the Railway authorities slashing the number of coaches of the Punalur-Kanyakumari-Punalur passenger trains from nine to seven ... “The Punalur-Kanyakumari-Punalur train has ......

Rich platter of plans from MLAs

Edit The Hindu 25 May 2016
They will take all possible steps to ensure the revival of the traditional industries in Kollam, the newly elect MLAs of the district have said. Finding lasting solutions to the drinking water problem will also be one of their priorities, the MLAs said, while interacting with the media at a programme organised by the Kollam Press Club on Tuesday ... They are J ... Raju (Punalur and Minister-designate), R. Rammachandran (Karunagapally), N ... Mr ... ....

CPI opts for new faces in Cabinet

Edit The Hindu 24 May 2016
All CPI Ministers in the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Cabinet will be new faces. The party’s nominees are E. Chandrasekharan, V.S. Sunil Kumar, P. Thilothaman, and K. Raju. The party has also chosen V. Sasi to be the Deputy Speaker. Mr. Chandrasekharan, elected from the Kanhangad constituency in Kasaragod district for the second time, will be the leader of the CPI legislature party. Mr ... Mr ... Raju from Punalur for the third time. Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... ....

CPI to send new faces to State Cabinet

Edit The Hindu 22 May 2016
All CPI Ministers in the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Cabinet will be new faces. The party’s nominees are E. Chandrasekharan, V.S. Sunil Kumar, P. Thilothaman, and K. Raju. The party has also chosen V. Sasi to be the Deputy Speaker. Mr. Chandrasekharan, elected from the Kanhangad constituency in Kasaragod for the second time, will be the leader of the CPI legislature party. Mr ... Mr ... Raju from Punalur for the third time. Mr ... Opposition ... Mr ... Mr ... ....

Five constituencies fail to touch 70% mark

Edit The Times of India 19 May 2016
Thiruvananthapuram. Though the state recorded a polling percentage of 77.35%on Monday, there were five constituencies that failed to cross the 70%-mark, while five others barely managed to cross the figure. They are Thiruvananthapuram (65.19%), Thiruvalla (69.29%), Attingal (69.38%), Kaduthuruthy (69.39%), Vattiyoorkavu (69.83%), Chirayinkeezhu (70.09%), Ranni (70.38%), Punalur (70.62%), Vengara (70.77%) and Aranmula (70.96%) ... ....

Severe coastal erosion in parts of Kerala, while IMD forecasts heavy rains for next two days

Edit The Times of India 18 May 2016
In the last 24 hours Konni in Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram City received 7 cm rains each, Piravom in Ernakulam, Punalur in Kollam and Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram district received 5 cm each and Thodupuzha in Idukki, Kollam, Kozha and Kanjirappally in Kottayam, Neyyattinkara and Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram received 4 cm rains each....

Incessant heavy rain to continue for 2 more days

Edit The Times of India 17 May 2016
Thiruvananthapuram ... Konni in Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram City received 7cm rain each, while Piravom in Ernakulam, Punalur in Kollam and Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram received 5cm of rain ... Navy, Coast guard and Air force have also been put on alert mode ... Meanwhile, Kannur recorded the highest maximum temperature of 32 degrees celsius followed by Kozhikode, Punalur and Thiruvananthapuram city that recorded 31 degrees celsius....

Welcome rains cool poll temperature

Edit The Times of India 17 May 2016
Thiruvananthapuram. The month-long election campaign carried out under the sweltering summer heat, culminated with heavy rains in many parts of the state on Monday - polling day ... Chengannur in Alappuzha, Perumbavur in Ernakulum, Punalur in Kollam, Pattambi in Palakkad, Neyyatinkara in Thiruvananthapuram, Vythiri in Wayanad recorded 2cm rains ... ....

Karunagapally close to 80%

Edit The Hindu 17 May 2016
Polling in the Kottarakara segment was 75.72 per cent, at Pathanapuram 74.87 per cent, Kollam 74.84 per cent, Chathannur 73.93 per cent, Chadayamangalam 73.51 per cent, Chathannur 73.93 per cent, Eravipuram 72 .91 per cent, and Punalur, 70.64 per cent ... No EVM snags ... ....

27 all-women polling stations in Kollam

Edit The Hindu 16 May 2016
Polling officials took charge of their respective stations in the district by Sunday evening following the distribution of polling materials. For the 11 Assembly segments in the district there are 1,786 polling stations. There are 27 all-women polling stations in the district ... 96, St. Aloysius HSS and No ... At Punalur constituency the all-women polling stations are AMM HS Karavaloor (43) and Government High School, Anchal West (61) ... ....
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