Tag: Thiruvananthapuram

Phase III of Arteria to begin on Jan 8

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TrivandrumLife: Arteria, which turned city walls into beautiful canvasses, is entering its third phase. Tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran will inaugurate third phase works at 8am on Friday at LMS junction. Phase III works involves renovation of the wall paintings. Arteria, a city beautification programme, was launched in 2015 when Biju Prabhakar was the district collector. Walls in the city were an eyesore with dirt, posters and banners at that time. With the support of artists in Thiruvananthapuram, Tourism department launched that project. Walls around University stadium, Chandrashekharan Nair stadium, Mascot…

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City gets the youngest mayor; Arya Rajendran assumes charge

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TrivandrumLife>> The newly formed council, led by Left Democratic Front, has elected 21-year-old Arya Rajendran as the 44th mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. By securing 54 votes, including three votes of independent councillors, Arya scripted history by becoming the youngest mayor in the country. Arya, who represented Mudanvanmugal ward, has been functioning as state president of Balasangham, the children’s wing of CPM, when CPM assigned her for the local body election. After the failure of mayor candidates Pushpalatha and Oleena, LDF decided to choose between senior councillor Jameela Sreedharan and youngster…

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Winning streak since 1995: Three-decade-old LDF rule continues at Trivandrum Corporation

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TrivandrumLife: The CPM-led Left Democratic Front retained its rule in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation in the local body elections. Despite NDA launched a major campaign, it couldn’t bring an end to LDF rule, which is continuing unchallenged since 1995. In the 100-seat council, LDF won with 51 seats, a seat more than the winning margin of 50 seats. NDA won 34 seats while UDF had to be satisfied with mere 10 seats. Other independent candidates won five seats. Though LDF won the council, it faced severe setbacks in the election with the…

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KSUM, CREDAI forge ties for technical support in real estate sector

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TrivandrumLife>> Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), the apex body of real estate developers, has entered into a partnership with Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) to leverage innovative technologies from startups for construction sector. Under the partnership, CREDAI will seek products and services from start-ups as part of the Reverse Pitch Programme being organised by KSUM in association with various industry bodies and corporates. In the first phase, the builders will be looking for products and services that will be handy in managing construction sites and monitoring labourers…

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Light metro: New branch, changeover station proposed for Technopark

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After a long delay, the board of Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation Limited (KRTL) has given approval for the supplement to Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the proposed light metro project from Pallipuram to Karamana. The board, chaired on October 19, has also given approval to the technical report for construction of an arm of light metro to Technopark. With the board approval, the KRTL will soon send the DPR to the union government for approval. It will also start preparation of DPR for the Technopark arm of the light metro…

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Central prison turns Covid-free in a month

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TrivandrumLife>> Central prison, Poojappura, which had turned into a Covid 19 institutional cluster, has become Covid-free now. In the latest round of testing done at the prison, the remaining 49 Covid positive inmates have turned negative. With all its inmates turning negative, the prison has resumed functioning of food unit, cafeteria, petrol pump, gents beauty parlour, organic farming etc. The prison had temporarily stopped all activities in the mid August when around 470 inmates tested positive for Covid. One 72-year-old inmate Manikantan, died while undergoing treatment for Covid at Medical…

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Adani to operate Trivandrum Airport

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TrivandrumLife>> The Union Cabinet, on Wednesday, approved proposal to lease out Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Adani Enterprises for a period of 50 years. Though Adani Enterprises had won the bid to operate and manage the airport over a year ago, the state government had been opposing it. The state-run Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) had participated in the bid, which was finally won by Adani in February 2019. Challenging the decision, the state had argued in high court and supreme court that they must be given preferential treatment considering…

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Online fraud victim gets money back on timely intervention of cyber cell

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TrivandrumLife>> A woman in the city was robbed of Rs 70,700 in an online fraud. However, due to the timely intervention of the cyber cell of Thiruvananthapuram city police, around Rs 70,000 was recovered immediately. The woman, a native of Aramada in Poojappura station limits, was cheated by a person who called her mobile phone acting as an SBI officer. Though the victim suspected when he mentioned about activation of the credit card which she received recently, the accused convinced her by giving details of her bank account number. Thus,…

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Kumarichantha market turns ‘superspreader’ in the city

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TrivandrumLife I July 8 >> Like Koyembedu market in Chennai, the Kumarichantha market in Thiruvananthapuram has emerged as the ‘superspreader’ in the city. Within a span of few days, more than 150 patients in three wards in Poothura, Manikyavilakam and Puthanpally have tested positive for Covid 19. The health department authorities are planning to conduct antigen test on around 15 % of the population in these three wards. Around 53 persons were tested positive for Covid from Poonthura alone on Wednesday alone. The district administration and police have closed the…

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Week-long Triple Lockdown from Monday in Trivandrum

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TrivandrumLife>> Due to looming threat of community transmission, a triple lockdown has been announced in city Corporation limits on Sunday. The week-long triple lockdown will come into effect at 6 am on Monday (July 6). DGP Loknath Behra said that all major roads will be completely closed during lockdown. Not a single vehicle will be allowed on road, he said. Only hospitals, medical shops and shops selling essential items will be allowed to function in the city limits. All offices, including secretariat, will remain closed. On Sunday alone, the district…

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