http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Insidekerala.com http://insidekerala.com/ News from Kerala admin@insidekerala.com admin@insidekerala.com Sat, 17 May 2008 21:48:25 GMT Gopika to wed, this yearhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/Entertainment/SilScr/17462/ <P>Actress Gopika is planning to get wed, this year. The actress in an interview has made her intentions clear that if everything goes as per the plans, chances are that she may enter wedlock, this August-September itself.</P> Kanichukulangara case-First accused Unni gets death sentencehttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/MainNews/17461/ <P>The Alappuzha Principal Sessions Court judge D Sreevallabhan today awarded death sentence to Unni, the first accused in the Kanichukulangara triple murder case. Ajith Kumar, Saju alias Mirgam Saju, Shibi, Sajith and Binish--second, third, fourth, sixth and the seventh accused have been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life. </P> <P>When the fifth accused Unnikrishnan alias Chimbootan gets a one-year term, eighth and 12th accused Gokulan and Shibinraj will have to undergo jail sentence for two and three years respectively.</P> <P> & nbsp;</P> Himaval Maheswara Bhadrananda opens fire in police stationhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/MainNews/17460/ <P>In an early morning drama at the Aluva town police station near here, Himaval Maheswara Bhadranandaji, threatening to commit suicide, fired two shots from his pistol, injuring himself and a police official before being overpowered by the police.</P> <P>Himaval, a self-styled astrologer and influential power-broker who claims to be close to top state politicians, had been arrested and let off on bail by Kochi police only yesterday on charges of trespassing into a newspaper office and threatening journalists.</P> Drugs worth Rs.20 mn seized at Kerala airporthttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/MainNews/17492/ Customs officials at the Calicut international airport seized 19.45 kg of ketamine, a narcotic substance, from a passenger Saturday. The drug consignment is estimated to be worth Rs.20 million in the international market, a customs official said.<BR> Swami's pistol goes off in police station, injuring himhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/MainNews/17491/ A controversial swami in Kerala, who was detained in a police station after he threatened to commit suicide, was injured after his pistol went off inside the station in full view of television cameras. Another bullet whizzed past a reporter.<BR> Kerala to start new company to attract NRI investmenthttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/MainNews/17490/ Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Saturday announced that the government would soon start a new company in which non-resident Indians from Kerala can invest.<BR> LDF government's second year ends on dull notehttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/MainNews/17489/ It is with a dampened spirit that Kerala's Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), enters its third year Sunday Three of family killed in firehttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/crime/17488/ Three members of a family were killed and three injured when a fire broke out in a thatched house in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, a police official said Saturday.<BR> Mercury soars in north India, but there's hopehttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17487/ Residents in the capital got no respite from the sizzling sun till Saturday evening as the mercury remained one degree above normal. It was far more pleasant in the northeast and in southern India, where there were traces of rain Daredevils choose to bat against Kings XI Punjabhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/Sports/17486/ Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bat against Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Feroze Shah Kotla stadium here Saturday Nephew arrested for killing former airline employeehttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17485/ The Delhi Police Saturday claimed to have solved the murder of former Indian Airlines employee B.D. Sharma, found dead Thursday, by arresting his nephew Rahul makes surprise midnight visit to Dalit villagehttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17484/ After trundling through Uttar Pradesh's electricity-starved dark countryside, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi made a surprise visit to a predominantly Dalit hamlet in his Amethi parliamentary constituency where some 60 women from half a dozen villages were holding a meet Yet another warrant for gangster Brijesh Singhhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17482/ A city court Saturday issued one more warrant for gangster Brijesh Singh seeking his appearance June 3 for trial in an extortion case.<BR> Ramadoss defends decision to close vaccine production unitshttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17481/ Central Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Saturday defended the government's decision to close India's three prime vaccine production facilities and denied charges that the move would create shortage of vaccines in the country.<BR> More foreign flights from India during daylight hours nowhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17480/ 17Many foreign airlines are now taking off from Indian airports during daylight hours, a government official said Saturday.<BR> More foreign flights from India during daylight hours nowhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17479/ Many foreign airlines are now taking off from Indian airports during daylight hours, a government official said Saturday.<BR> Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers match scoreboardhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/Sports/17478/ The following is the scorecard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in which Rajathan Royals beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 65 runs here Saturday.<BR> Over 290 fined for dangerous driving in Delhihttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/crime/17477/ The Delhi Traffic Police Saturday conducted a special drive and fined 295 people for dangerous driving, a senior police official said Lenovo launches online auction of Olympic theme PCshttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17476/ Lenovo, Chinese manufacturer of PCs and partner of the Beijing Olympic torch relay, Saturday launched its second phase of three online auctions in India as part of the countdown to the games.<BR> Two killed in Uttar Pradesh accidenthttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/crime/17475/ Two people from Amritsar in Punjab, were killed and two injured Saturday when the jeep they were travelling in collided with a truck in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh, the police said. Communist patriarch Surjeet's condition still criticalhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17474/ Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet's health continued to be critical Saturday, a day after he slipped into coma, doctors attending on him said India sends 50 medical personnel to Myanmarhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/OtherPolitics/17473/ India Saturday sent an air force IL-76 plane with 50 medical personnel including paramedics to help relief work in cyclone-hit Myanmar Murder suspect murdered in the same way as Noida girlhttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/crime/17468/ The murder of Noida girl Aarushi Talwar turned into a whodunit Saturday as the original suspect, the family's domestic help, was found dead on the terrace of their house with his throat slit in the same manner as the first victim.<BR> Monsoon set to hit Kerala in advancehttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/MainNews/17452/ & nbsp;It is expected that the <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> & nbsp;</SPAN>South-west Monsoon is likely to hit Kerala coast about five to seven days before the scheduled date of June 1. A permanent solution to the garbage perils in Kochihttp://www.insidekerala.com/n/article/MainNews/17451/ The trial run of a solid waste treatment will be held at Brahmapuram on Friday at 9 a.m. under the initiative of the Cochin Corporation