‘Source of inspiration'

Kozhikode: K. Karunakaran's leadership qualities and administrative acumen are sources of inspiration to all, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) State president and former Minister A.C. Shanmukhadas has said.
Expressing grief at the demise of the leader, Mr. Shanmukhadas said in a statement here on Thursday that Karunakaran had the ability to transform ordinary workers into party leaders.

K. Karunakaran passes away

Thiruvananthapuram: The former Chief Minister of Kerala and veteran Congress leader K. Karunakaran died at a private hospital here on Thursday evening. He was 93 and is survived by daughter Padmaja Venugopal and son K Muraleedharan.

Mr. Karunakaran was admitted to the Ananthapuri Hospital and Research Centre on December 10 for respiratory problems and fever. His condition worsened following a stroke on Wednesday and was on ventilator since then. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala, who announced the veteran's death at 5.30 p.m., said the funeral would take place in Thrissur on Saturday.
The Congress has announced a seven-day mourning. Mr. Karunakaran was Chief Minister of Kerala for four terms and was the undisputed leader of the Congress in Kerala for decades. He was quite active politically till the very end, making a few political appearances even after a series of hospitalisation during the last one year. His wife, Kalyanikutty Amma died 15 years ago.

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Steps to expedite road work

In order to expedite the construction of an approach road to Kothi bridge across the Kallaipuzha, the district administration has asked 17 families residing at the project site to shift to houses built for them under a rehabilitation plan at Chamundivalappu. These families have been asked to move out before December 28.

This was decided at a meeting convened by District Collector P.B. Salim on Tuesday and attended by representatives of an action committee formed by the people. Though work on the Kothi bridge was completed 14 years ago, it was not used due to the delay in constructing the approach road.

Besides the 17 families who have been asked to move out, there are 26 houses at the project site. These would be pulled down to clear the way for construction of the approach road, if an agreement for rehabilitation of families living there is not signed soon. A task force in which the Mayor and MLAs would be members is being set up to speed up eviction from the project siteand expedite road construction.

Handicrafts fete at Khadi emporium

 Mayor A.K. Premajam inaugurated the ‘Silk and Handicrafts Fest' at the Khadi Gramodyog emporium here on Monday.

The festival, being organised on the occasion of Christmas and New Year, features a variety of handicrafts and handloom products. There is a 20 per cent rebate on leather products while coir products, wooden furniture, clay products, metal products, beads and soaps are sold at 10 to 20 per cent government rebate. A variety of medicinal and ornamental plants are also on sale as part of the festival. There is a 20 per cent rebate on silk products while it is 30 per cent for spun silk.

Kozhikode Sarvodaya Sangham president K.C. Balan presided over the inaugural function and Iyyacheri Kunhikrishnan was the chief guest. . The fete will be on till January 6, 2011.

B-zone arts fete: Farook College emerges champions

After five days and nights filled with creativity, Farook College, Feroke has emerged the winners of this year's Calicut University B-Zone Arts Festival held at the Government Nursing College on the Medical College Campus here on Wednesday. St. Joseph's College, Devagiri is the first runner up while Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College is the second runner up.

When the results of seven more items remain to be declared, the Farook College team has scored 159 points as against the 101 points of St. Joseph's and 84 points of the Guruvayurappan College. Providence Women's College is at the fourth position with 73 points while WMO College, Muttil and Malabar Christian College shared the fifth place with 63 points each.

In the offstage, the St. Joseph's College has turned out the winners with 48 points pushing the Farook college to the second slot with 43 points. The WMO College scored 35 points to emerge third off stage.

The Farook College, JDT Islam Arts and Science College and the Guruvayurappan College bagged the first, second and third places respectively in the Men's Oppana competition while the Providence College, St. Joseph's and the Guruvayurappan college were to clinch the respective places in Malayalam drama. The Farook college once again came first in Men's group dance while the JDT Islam bagged second. Malabar Christian College and RSM SNDP College shared the third place.

In women's group dance, the Guruvayurappan college and the Providence college bagged the first two places respectively while third place was shared by Malabar Christian College and Don Bosco College, Sulthan Bathery. The individual champions are yet to be declared.

Schools declared plastic-waste-free!!!

Kozhikode: Lyricist Usafali Kecheri declared the school campuses in Kozhikode district plastic-
waste-free at a function held on JDT Islam campus here on Wednesday, as part of the Mass 
Action for Plastic-waste-free Kozhikode (MAP) programme.

For all to hear: District Collector P.B. Salim giving an awareness speech on plastic menace in a bus at the Mofussil bus stand in the city on Wednesday in connection with a campaign by Calicut University NSS.

District Collector P.B. Salim presided over the function in which district panchayat president 
Kanathil Jameela was the chief guest.

JDT Islam president C.P. Kunhumuhammed declared the JDT Islam campus plastic-waste-free.

Mayor A.K. Premajam inaugurated the district-level seven-day camp and ‘Disposable 

Impossible' campaign of the University of Calicut's National Service Scheme, as part of the 
]MAP programme on the Mofussil bus stand premises. The students from various colleges 
under the university, taking part in camp, organised awareness programmes and conducted 
cleanliness drives in the nearby areas. Similar programmes were organised on the Palayam 
bus stand premises also. Dr. Salim was the chief guest at the function while NSS Coordinator of 
the university A.B. Moideen Kutty presided over it.

The Mayor will inaugurate the distribution of cloth bags and paper bags made by the students of 
BEMUP School and their parents, to support the MAP programme on the school premises on 
Thursday. The products will be distributed to nearby houses and merchant outlets.

ACTOR MAMMOOTY IN CALICUT!!!!!!!!

actor Mammooty is now in CALICUT for the inaugural session of  JAYALAKSHMI SILKS opening today in kallay road.

CALICUT TO BE DECLARED PLASTIC WASTE FREE DISTRICT!!!!!!!!!

Mass Action for Plastic waste free (MAP) campaign, a project started jointly by the District Sanitation Mission, district administration and the Department of Education, aims to make Calicut a plastic free land by the coming January.

In order for this to be implemented steps would be taken to punish those indulging in the sale and distribution of illegal plastic carry bags. There would be an alternative to plastic carry bags. A recycling plant would also be set up.
Awareness programmes would be conducted for students, Kudumbasree workers, arts and sports clubs and local libraries. An exhibition would be organised in schools this month-end. The MAP would be implemented in five phases.
Measures would be taken by December 20 to declare all educational institutions plastic-free campus. An action plan would be adopted in all the schools. A monitoring committee has been constituted to supervise the activities, he said.
The district administration also planned to discourage the use of disposable glasses and plates. Flex boards and plastic festoons would be banned.

ABOUT CALICUT...........

Kozhikode (Malayalam: കോഴിക്കോട് ), also known as Calicut, is a city in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The city is situated about 410 kilometres (255 mi) north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram. It is the third largest city in Kerala and the headquarters of Kozhikode district. During Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Calicut was dubbed the "City of Spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices.Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom of the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District.

Kozhikode has a population of 436,556 as per 2001 census, with an extended metropolitan population of about 0.9 million, making it the third largest urban agglomeration and the third largest city in Kerala. According to data compiled by economics research firm Indicus Analytics on residences, earnings and investments, Kozhikode ranked as the second best city in India to reside in. Indicus considered six parameters – health, education, environment, safety, public facilities and entertainment.Kozhikode was ranked eleventh among Tier-II Indian cities in job creation by a study conducted by ASSOCHAM in 2007. Kozhikode was declared the first litter- free city in India in 2004. A 'Hunger-Free Kozhikode' project was initiated in January 2009 following which Kozhikode was declared the country's first hunger-free city.Kozhikode is expected to come under the radar of the IT industry with the development of Cyberpark by the Kerala government. This will be the third IT 'Hub' in the state developed on the lines of Thiruvananthapuram Technopark and Kochi InfoPark, Kochi and is expected to take off by mid 2011.

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