Kochi LNG terminal to be commissioned soon: Minister

Friday, October 21, 2011: The Union Petroleum Ministry has promised that the LNG receiving and re-gasification terminal here will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2012.

Speaking to the reporters here on Friday, Union Petroleum Minister S. Jaipal Reddy opined that the project will be commissioned in the 33.4 hectares of land.

The first Phase of the LNG project would have a capacity of 2.5 million tonnes, which can later be expanded to 5 million tonnes.

Pillai’s telephonic talk: Case registered against scribe

Friday, October 21, 2011:Thiruvananthapuaram Medical College police have today registered a case against Pradeep C Neduman, reporter of a private channel and channel MD Nikesh Kumar as per Court directive in connection with Ex-Minister Balakrishna Pillai’s phone controversy.

The Thiruvananthapuram Additional Chief judicial magistrate Court directed this while hearing a plea filed by Babu, a native of Paravur, seeking action against the channel reporter for prompting Pillai to talk through phone while he was serving his prison term.

Walkout over Ice cream parlour case

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Opposition on Thursday staged a walkout in the Assembly over the denial of permission for an adjournment motion on the allegation that the investigation into the suicide of two girls in Kozhikode in 1996 was sabotaged.

Moving a notice seeking leave for the adjournment motion, K K Lathika said that Assistant Commissioner of Police Radhakrishna Pillai submitted a report saying that there was no scope for a re-investigation in the case with the intention of sabotaging the ice cream parlour case.

Youths held for sexual abuse of boys

NARAKKAL: In a major breakthrough in busting the activities of antisocial elements who indulged in unnatural sexual offences, the Narakkal police have nabbed five accused, including two juveniles. The three accused are Chelsy of Valappu, Nikhil of Moolambilly, and Sumith of Murikkumpadam. Two juveniles were produced before the juvenile court.

Prison phone calls; Govt to seek central agency’s assistance

Friday, October 21, 2011: Terming as “alarming” the incidents of international telephone calls made by prisoners from state jails, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday said the state would seek the help of a Central investigating agency, if necessary, to probe them.

As many as 120 mobile phones were seized from prisoners during a recent raid conducted in jails and some of them were found to have been used to make calls to foreign countries, Chandy said in the assembly on Friday.

Pillai’s telephonic talk: Case registered against scribe

Friday, October 21, 2011:Thiruvananthapuaram Medical College police have today registered a case against Pradeep C Neduman, reporter of a private channel and channel MD Nikesh Kumar as per Court directive in connection with Ex-Minister Balakrishna Pillai’s phone controversy.

The Thiruvananthapuram Additional Chief judicial magistrate Court directed this while hearing a plea filed by Babu, a native of Paravur, seeking action against the channel reporter for prompting Pillai to talk through phone while he was serving his prison term.