Mar Ivanios College leads in Kerala University youth fest

 Saturday, March 3, 2012: The third day of the Kerala University youth festival saw defending champions Mar Ivanios College surge ahead with 55 points. Mar Baselios College of engineering is at the second position with 35 points.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy made a surprise visit to the main venue of Sree Narayana College on the day. Chandy spend a few minutes at the mimicry venue and returned.
Starting of the Kathakali event got delayed as the organizers did not open the makeup room on time. This had led to a wordy duel between parents of Kathakali contestants and the organizers.
The contestants protested when the event began at the proposed time itself. Following protests from parents and students organizers agreed to wait till all the contestants were ready to appear on stage.
The delay in starting Kuchipudi event too raised protest among the audience. The event which was supposed to begin at 6 pm began only by 8 pm after a judge had failed to turn up on time.