Hike on power tariff likely

Thursday, March 29, 2012: The Kerala State Electricity Board would approach the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) with a plea for a substantial hike in power tariff. The hike will come into effect if commission approves.
The board is expecting clearance for a hike of 35 paise per unit. Power tariff in the state was last increased by 43% in 2002 when A K Antony was the chief minister.

Load-shedding in Kerala from Monday

Thursday, March 29, 2012: The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has decided to impose half an hour load shedding across Kerala from Monday in the view of the rising power demand and lack of sufficient rains is creating power crisis in the state.
Half an hour load shedding will be between 6.30 pm and 10.30 pm.

Minister KB Ganesh Kumar rules out resignation

Thursday, March 29, 2012: Minister KB Ganesh Kumar has said that the situation does not warrant his resignation as Minister.
In the UDF meet on Wednesday, R Balakrishnapillai had said that his party would change the minister and before the UDF meet Pillai had called a press meet and flayed Ganesh too.
When mediapersons asked Ganesh about this, Ganesh replied he would’nt resign now. When the media queried him about Pillai saying that the party had made a mistake in appointing Ganesh as an MLA, he said this should come from the people of Pathanapuram.

Padmapriya in ‘Trivandrum Lodge’

After the hugely successful Beautiful, director V K Prakash, scenarist and actor Anoop Menon and actor Jayasurya will come together again in Trivandrum Lodge. The shooting of the film will start in mid April.
Padmapriya will play the heroine in Trivandrum Lodge, which is being produced by Time Ads’ P A Sebastian.
Beautiful became some kind of a sensation, which virtually helped the careers of everyone involved in the film. Anoop Menon had announced a project with Traffic director Rajesh Pillai but it has now been postponed.
Jayasurya is currently shooting for Saji Surendran’s laugh riot Husbands in Goa.

Muslim League confident of fifth cabinet berth

Thursday, March 29, 2012: IUML Kerala unit President Panakkad Hyderali Shihab Thangal on Thursday said that Anoop Jacob and the fifth minister from IUML would take oath together.
‘If Congress completes the proceedings, including seeking permission of the High Command, the oath taking ceremony can be held very soon’ ,he said.
KPCC Chief Ramesh Chennithala earlier said that the KPCC meeting scheduled on April 3rd would discuss on the Muslim League’s demand for an additional berth in the Oommen Chandy cabinet.

One killed after being hit by train in T’puram

 Thursday, March 29, 2012: A middle-aged man was killed after being fatally knocked down by a train near Kaniyapuram in Thiruvananthapuram district on Thursday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Rajendran(50) from Kandal, police said.
The Kazhakootam police have begun investigation into the incident