Year: 2020

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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21-year-old Arya Rajendran to be the next Mayor

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TrivandrumLife >> The youngest councilor of Thiruvananthapuram corporation is set to become the youngest Mayor in the country. Twenty-one-year-old college student Arya S Rajendran, who was recently elected as the councilor of Mudavanmugal ward, has been chosen by the CPM district committee to be the next mayor of city Corporation, a post which is reserved for women this term. Arya, an SFI leader and state president of Balasankham, will be elected on December 28, when the council would meet to select Mayor, deputy mayor and other standing committee heads. Arya…

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Actor Anil Nedumangad drowns

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Actor Anil P Nedumangadu, 48, drowned at Malankara dam on Christmas day. He was on a break between shooting of the film ‘Peace’ at Thodupuzha. The incident occurred by around 3 pm when Anil went to take bath in the Malankara dam along with his friends. A known theatre and film actor, Anil has done notable performances as a villain in Kammattipadam and a police officer in ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’. Born in Nedumangad, Anil had worked as a programme producer in various TV channels. He started getting noticed in movies through…

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Two murder convicts escape Nettukaltheri open jail

Jisha Surya

TrivandrumLife>> One of the fastest settled rape case has got a bizarre twist. Kattakada-native Rajesh Kumar, who was awarded death sentence for rape and murder of a school girl in Vattappara in 2013, has escaped from Nettukaltheri open prison along with another murder convict by around 5 pm on Wednesday. Police have issued a look out for the duo – Rajesh Kumar and Tamil Nadu –native Srinivasan. Both were serving jail term at the annex of the open jail for the past eight month. Rajesh and Srinivasan were engaged in…

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Sugathakumari passes away

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TrivandrumLife>> Renowned poet and social activist B Sugathakumari passed away on Wednesday. She was 86. Sugathakumari was under treatment for Covid 19 at Medical college hospital Thiruvananthapuram. Her condition worsened after she was diagnosed with bronchopneumonia, a complication developed due to Covid 19 infection. In her literary career spanning over seven decades, Sugathakumari had written several poems and won prestigious awards, including Kendra Sahitya Akademy Award, Kerala Sahitya Academy Award, Vayalar award, Ezhuthachan Puraskaram and Saraswathi Samman. Apart from literature, Sugathakumari had given a significant contribution to social and environmental…

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

Jisha Surya

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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Covid fatalities cross 500 in Thiruvananthapuram

Jisha Surya

TrivandrumLife>> More than 500 persons in Thiruvananthapuram have lost lives to Covid so far. With the five deaths reported on Tuesday, official number of deaths has reached 504, making the district highest in the fatalities related to Covid 19.   Ernakulam, which recorded the second highest number of Covid deaths, has recorded around 190 deaths. Case fatality ratio in the district – 0.75 – too is higher than all other districts. While the official figure has crossed 500 mark, the unofficial number of deaths recorded by health volunteers has crossed…

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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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Kudumbashree launches ‘Pink Cafe’ in KSRTC Bus

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TrivandrumLife>> After the famous Milma food truck, ‘Pink Cafe’ run by Kudumbashree will be functioning in old KSRTC bus. Two months back, KSRTC took the policy decision to convert their old buses into restaurants. Following this, Kudumbashree approached KSRTC with a request to run cafe in the bus. The first Pink Café in KSRTC bus started its operation at East Fort on Wednesday. KSRTC also invested to convert the bus to use it as a restaurant. Other interior design works and basic amenities were arranged by Kudumbashree. A Yuvashree Enterprise…

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