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Titanium Oil Leak: District administration imposes two-day ban on fishing, tourism

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TrivandrumLife>> District administration imposed a two-day restriction on fishing and tourist activities off the Veli, Vettucaud and Sanghmukham coast due to the oil spill from state-owned Travancore Titanium Limited. Oil spill was alerted by fishermen in the wee hours of February 10. The glass furnace of the factory broke and the furnace oil reached the sea through a drain. Though the leak was rectified immediately after the alert, around 2000 litres of oil is suspected to have reached the sea. District collector Navjyot Khosa, who inspected the affected beaches on…

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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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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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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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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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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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Appu Bhattathiri to direct Kunchacko, Nayanthara

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TrivandrumLife>> Thiruvananthapuram-native and state-award winning editor Appu Bhattathiri is set to direct his first feature film. The film titled ‘Nizhal’ will have Kunchacko Boban and Nayanthara as lead. Actors Dulquer Salmaan and Fahadh Fazil released the first look poster of the movie on Sunday through their social media pages. According to sources, film will be a thriller. Thirty-year-old Appu was the editor of several award-winning films like Oraalppokkam, Ozhivudivasathe Kali, Manhole, Veeram and Ottamuri Velicham. He has also edited movies like Kunjiramayanam, Lily, Theevandi etc. Trivandrum Lifetrivandrumlife.com

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KSRTC, secretariat staff lock horns over parallel service

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TrivandrumLife>> The daily commute of staff to Secretariat during Covid 19 is snowballing into a major controversy. Following an altercation between officials of motor vehicles department and some Secretariat staff, chief secretary Viswas Mehta has directed transport secretary K R Jyothilal to give exemptions to secretariat staff with valid IDs cards for hiring parallel vehicles. On October 14, a contract vehicle hired by a group of secretariat employees was issued fine by the officials of motor vehicles department. Following this, some secretariat staff entered into altercations with MVD officials. Based…

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