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Veteran Malayalam Actress Aranmula Ponnamma passed away
Veteran Malayalam Actress Aranmula ponnamma dies at 96 years
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The mother of Malayalam Cinema Aranmula Ponnamma passed away at the age of 96. She died at a private hospital on Monday evening at Thiruvananthapuram. She was already in treatment due to different disease due to the old age. The funeral will be on Tuesday evening at Shantikavadam, Thiruvananthapuram. Aranmula Ponnamma is the Grand Mother of Malayalam Actor, Suresh Gopi’s wife Radhika. She was living in the house of Suresh Gopi. Her husband KrishnaPillai, son Dr. Rajashekaran and daughter Rajamma were already passed away before some years back. Her last movie was Gaurisankaram.
Aranmula Ponnamma is the daughter of KeshavaPillai and ParukuttyAmma of famous Malelathu House at Aranmula of Pathanamthitta district. Her father died when she was only 9 years old. She start to study music first from her mother itself and then from Ambalapuzha Nanu Aashan.
She got married to KrishnaPillai of CheruPilla house when she was 14 years old. She got the job of a Music Teacher at Pala at the age of 16 years. She was a classmate of Philipose Mar Chrysostom at her school days. Mother of M.G. Radhakrishnan’s mother was her classmate at the Music Academy.
Aranmula Ponnamma’s debuted drama was Bhagyalakshmi with the father of singer K.J.Yesudas’s father Augustine Joseph on the year 1945. Her debuted movie was Sashidharan in the year 1950. In that movie she got the role of Miss. Kumari’s mother when she was 36 years old only. After that she got a lot of chance in the movies, but all the roles are mother roles. She was in the film industry for almost 60 years. She got the mother role of Thikkurisi, Satyan, Prem Nazir, Sukumaran, MohanLal, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Kamal Haasan, Shivaji Ganeshan, Dileep, etc.
In 1995, she got the National award for Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Kathapurushan for the supporting actress and got the J.C. Daniel award of Kerala Government on 2006 and a lot of Kerala Government recognitions. Also she got Prem Nazir award, Madras Film Fans association award, Film Critics award, etc. She got the roles in more than 500 films as the role of mother and grand mother with four cinema generations.
Attukal Pongala 2011
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One of the most sacred and celebrated ritual attukal pongala is being commemorated in Attukal Godess temple in Thiruvanandapuram district. The Attukal Pongala is very special for women who are the only participants in the ritual. So this temple is also named after the great gathering of women as “women’s Sabarimala”. The temple has got international recognition since it found its place in the “Guinness Book of World Records” as the largest annual gathering of women. Last year at least 3 million ladies assembled to offer pongala to Attukal deity.In the pongala ritual women prepare rice porridge seasoned with jaggary, coconut gratings and ghee to offer to the goddess. The ritual begins early morning of the day. The world famous Pongala is celebrated duting Malayalam month of Makaram-Kumbham(February- March)The ritual begins earlymorning of the day. By noon the prepared porridge or pongala would be blessed by the chief priest of the temple who carries the sword of the goddess. The women folk would take back home as ‘Prasadam’.
The history of the temple is related to the well-known Chilapahtikaram, the famous poem written by Illango in the 2nd century A.D. the deity of the temple is believed to be the incarnation of Kannaki. The story says that she took rest en route to Kodungalloor. A villager of Attukal had a vision about this. it this villager s who built the temple in Attukal. The history of the Pongala starts when local woman prepared pongala to please the goddess.
Another main attraction of Pongala is the presence of celebrities. K.S.Chithra, the famous back ground singer is regular devotee of pongala. Last year Miss World runner-up Parvathi Omanakkutan arrived from Mumbai for Pongala.
New Chevrolet Beat LPG variant Launched
- Chevrolet Beat LPG
Chevrolet Beat is coming with the new LPG variant. New Chevrolet Beat LPG variant Launched with multipoint sequential injection technology. They have launched it recently. From the words of the manufacturers the car is using the LPG kit of multipoint sequential injection technology. The smartech technology developed by General Moters is using in the new Chevrolet Beat LPG variant also. The car can run 349Km with a full tank of LPG. Chevrolet Beat LPG is offering a mileage of 13.29km. The car has petrol tank of 35lt and lpg tank of 32.8lt and can use 28lt of lpg. The driver can select either petrol or LPG by using the button. Once the petrol tank will be empty, the car will automatically run with the petrol.
Specification
Engine size : 1.2 lt
Fuel: Petrol and LPG
80.04 PS @ 6400 rpm
103.8 Nm @ 4400 rpm
High pressure nylon LPG pipes are used in the car. The new Chevrolet LPG Beat can be selected in the variants of LS and LT. Chevrolet is offering the same warranty of petrol model as 1 Lakh km or 3 years. The ex-showroom price of LPG Beat at Mumbai is starting from 4.81Lakhs.
Prime Minister’s visit to kerala
- Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the largest single operator container terminal in the country the Vallarpadam Container terminal. It was Manmohan Singh himself who had laid the foundation stone in 2005. The new port will be privately operated by the Dubai port world. It is the first port the country to operate in a SEZ.
VallarPadam terminal will make Kochi a key place in the shipping world and it will reduce India’s dependency on foreign ports, over forty to forty five percentage of India’s containerized cargo is trans-shipped through Singapore, Dubai or Colombo.
The Dubai Port World is granted a 38-year contract for the management and exclusive operation. The port costs more than 3,000 corers and is expected to bring this money back through Shipping. The terminal is able to handle large container vessels and can
handle 1m twenty-feet containers a year.
Vallarpadam will be completed in 3 phases. 1: 600m quay and a water-depth greater than 15 m(this phase is complete). 2:Capacity will be increased to 1.5 million Twenty Feet Equivalent Units. Once fully operational the capacity will increase to 5.5 million.
Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the port in February 10. After that he will will go to Trivandrum on a special flight. At4 pm he
willat the Gov. woman’s college. Next he will go and inaugurate the Kerala Vikasana Congress organized by KPCC.
His schedule for 12th of February is like this.
10.00 am: 70th anniversary of Kerala sahithya academy
10.45 am: Visiting Brahmos
11.25: Inaugurating the new terminal of Trivandrum air port.
12.10: Return to Delhi
R. Balakrishnapilla got 1 year Rigorous Imprisonment in Idamalayar case
Supreme Court Judgement in Idamalayar Case
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Ex. Electricity Minister, R. Balakrishnapilla got I year Rigorous Imprisonment and Rs:10,000 fine in Idamalayar case. The other accused persons in the case also got the same. The others are Ex. KSEB Board Chairman, R. Ramabhadran Nair and the main contractor P.K. Sajeevan.
The order is based on a apael filed by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan against a Kerala High Court judgment releasing former Minister R. Balakrishna Pillai and two others in the Idamalayar dam case.
The procecution case is like this Mr. Balakrishna Pillai Electricity Minister in the UDF government from 1980-87,caused a loss of about 2 crore to KSEB by giving contract for the construction of a a power tunnel and surge shaft of the Idamalayar hidal project to now deceased K.P.Poulose at a above normal rate. First there were 11 accused, eight of them were acquitted and Balakrishna pillai and two others were sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment. But on an apeal to the High Court he was set free.
Mr Bhushan accused Balakrishna Pillai that the power terminal contract was awarded 188 per cent above the normal and contract for surge shaft 162 percent above normal. This hike was according to the special conditions put forward by the contractor.
Kerala Budget 2011 – 2012 Highlights
Kerala Budget Presentation 2011 – 2012
The last budget of the current VS Achuthanandan Government
Budget Presentation by the Kerala Finance Minister Dr. Thomas Issac
Special Package for Road Development
Rs: 250 Crores for Thiruvananthapuram
Rs: 120 Crores for Kollam
Rs: 142 Crores for Trissur
Rs: 202 Crores for Ernakulam
Rs: 180 Crores for Kozhikode
Avoiding the rental for electricity meter.
five public sector under takings will be taken.
There will be special package for road development.
There will be IT parks in cherthala and koratty.
Tourism will get 6 crores.
Chavara HNL will produce titanium.
Special study center in CET trivandrum.
Nadapuram will get modern health park.
for land acquring it parks will get 102 crores.
Vizhinjam terminal will get 100 crores.
Cherthala and koratty will get IT parks.
Kozhikodu Air port will get 25 crores for land acquring.
For the renovation of sate high ways 25 crores will be given.
For renovating water ways 95 crores will bet given.
35 roads will be developed.
250 crores Trivandrum package.
Road: 120 crores kollam pakage.
Kshema pension will be 400 rs per person.
Kochi metro will get 156 crores.
Traffic jam in Towns will be reduced.
For the endosulphan victims 20 crores.
For anganvadi worker the state share will be 1000rs.
for the handicapped the pension will be 400rs.
2rs rice for 5 lakh families more.
To reduce price hike in commodities 100 crores will be saved.
3000 ration shops will come under supply co.
for Casunut factories 52 crores will be given.
coir sector will get 80 crores.
for police station renovation 5 crores will be given.
Small scale industry sector will get 40 crore.
Hand loom sector will get 52 crores.
For woman development schemes 770 crores will be given.
300rs kerosene kit for 150 rs.
for sc/st house development 125 crores.
If rail way allows lady police in ladies compartment.
Islamic bank albarak will be started.
Cancer suraksha fund 2.5 crores.
Protecting
for coconut cultivation 30 crores.
Urinals for ladies in public places.
Free cloths for schools who change to handloom uniform.
For insuring the new born 10000 crores.
Travancore rions will be renovated.
Museums will get 1 crore.
Kannooor air port will get 10 crores.
Self employment scheme of 1.5 crores for widows and divorces.
Consumer fed will get 50 crores.
For renovation of seetha ram mills 20 crores.
Malabar spinning and weaving will develop a hand loom factory costing 15 crores.
12 crores for gas line.
for thankaserry port development 160 crores.
for ponnani port development 761 crores.
Approval fro two new state highways.
Grativity for dinesh beedi workers.
Financial support for liver and heart treatment for children.
Health sector will get 250 crores.
2296 crores for higher education sector.
REC to get 25 crores.
Medical colleges to get 10 crores.
Kinfra parks 67 crores.
Multiplexes to get tax concession for the first five years.
82 crores for arts and cultural centers.
emergency ambulance service in pamaba.
478 crores for the development of atuukal temple.
Drinking water (erumeli ) to get 8 crores.
4 crores for the computerization of registration department.
3 coastal police stations.
Fly over for sabarimala darsanam.
For sabarimala master plan first phase 100 crores.
KSRTC to get 100 crores.
Kudumbasree to get 100 crores.
Sivagiri convention center to get 1 crore.
Police department to get 32 crores.
Kochi terminal to get 5 crores.
5 crores for solving traffic jam in kochi.
For hunger less city 4 crores.
For completing japan drinking water project 400 crores.
10 new iti.
Increased the medical college junior doctor stipend to 23000.
Kochi kinfra to get an exhibition center of 400 crores.
Alapuzha to get TV thomas memorial hospital of 1 crore.
Ladies only bus for students , 6 crores.
one crores cfl lamps will be given next year.
50 colleges to get new courses.
To conduct film festivals in chitranjali studio compound 50 lakhs.
Family court in irinjalakuda
2 labs of liquor testing.
Metros to get KSFE branches.
Health projects for pentioners
Unmarried woman over 40yrs old to get pention.
Kasarkodu national unversity to get 22 crores.
For malayalam development universities 10 crores.
Development in science and development 22 crores.
kalamandalam to get 6 crores.
Malapuram press club to get 15 crores.
Journalists to get a pention of 4000 rs.
for higher education of children in orphnage scholarship.
No tax for pooja dravyankal sold near temples.
KTDC hotels in alpuzha and kozhikodu to get 5 crores.
Balasahithya institute to get 1 crores.
50 new check dams will be built.
KMML camp to get mineral research unit
Vizhinjam project will be completed in two installment
Spice root projet to get 5 crores for the first installment.
mercykutty academy to get 25 lakhs
Moinkutty vaidyar memorila award 50 lakhs.
for renvation of national games stadium 120 crores.
Sports council to get 12 crores.
Vetrinary and medical universities to get 30 crores.
Agricultural universiyt ti get 45 crores
Kochi university to get 12 crores.
Jaiva krishi to get 5 crores.
For buliding bund in kuttanadu 75 crores.
Haritha fund to get 100 crores more.
All field staff in forest department to get mobile phone.
Night shelters will be built for woman.
Barbar kshemanidi tio get 1 crore.
For treatment of children with terminal dieses 6 crores will be given.
Commision hike for ration shop owners.
Kshema padhathi for nurses in private hospitals
Share for asha voluteers increased to 300rs.
for workers for other states 10 crores.
For treatment of children with hearing problems 2 crores.
special project for cheffs.
Alapuzha master plan to get 10 crores.
Kodungaloor town museum to get crores.
For develoment of 10 state high ways 1920 crores.
Big increase in Kerala State’s Revenue – Economic Survey Report
The Economic Survey Report of Kerala State for the year 2010-11 submitted on the State Legislative Assembly Desk. As per the report, the revenue of the state showed a good increase on the revenue. The revenue is increased to 19.42%. On the previous year, it was 6.52% only. The growth rate of the public debt is decreased near to 2% but the public debt is increased than the previous year.
The public debt for the year 2010 is Rs:70,969 Crores. The Economic state of the State is is increased to 9.89% as per the report. The internal production of the State is increased 9.89% to Rs:1,59,143.62 Crores. the entire state debt is increased to Rs: 70,969 Crores. Total debt of last year was Rs: 20,176.10 Crores. The Tax revenue for the year 2009-10 was Rs: 17,625.02 crores. As per the predictions, the previous Budget was expected Rs: 20,884.23 Crores for the year 2010-11.
The Economic Survey is presented as part of the Kerala State Budget on tomorrow. The Business world is expecting a good budget from the Finance Minister Dr. Thomas Issac.
