Category: City News

Actor Anil Nedumangad drowns

Trivandrum Life

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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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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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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Trivandrum youth sets internet on fire with edit skills

Jisha Surya

TrivandrumLife>> A person who is a magician and mentalist can do wonders. What if he is also a good editor? Meet Trivandrum-native Sandeep Fradian, who is the man behind several viral videos. Sandeep, a resident of Vanchiyoor, has effectively utilized his creative skills during lockdown. The short duration videos he created during the lockdown have become viral hits. Sandeep’s popularity shot up when US internet sensation Zach King selected his video as ‘Magic of the month’ from around 6000 submissions three months ago. Twenty-three year old Sandeep was drawn towards…

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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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Anand Mahindra invests in Trivandrum-based startup

Jisha Surya

TrivandrumLife>> It began with a tweet of businessman Anand Mahindra in June last year. Fed up with reports of deaths of sanitation workers during cleaning of septic tanks, Mahindra wondered what was preventing widespread adoption of scavenging machine ‘Bandicoot’ developed by a group of young students. “If funding is needed to produce in scale, count me in,” he had tweeted. Following this tweet, chief executive officer of Genrobotics Vimal Govind M K didn’t think twice before sending a mail to Mahindra. Now, Bandicoot has won Rs 2.5 crore investment from…

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Orthodontist arrested for online harassment

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TrivandrumLife>> At a time when cyber harassment against women is a major topic of discussions, an orthodontist at Medical college Thiruvananthapuram was arrested for harassing his cousin by sending her morphed pictures in order to create trouble in her family life. Varkala-native Dr R Subu, 43, assistant professor at Orthodontics department, is the accused.   The complainant in the case is a 27-year-old woman residing under Ayiroor police station limits. As per the complaint, the woman’s close relatives, including husband’s father, received her morphed images, which eventually created a rift…

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