When you give your credit card at hotels, the guy there can write down number, expiry date and CVV number. Then he can use it to buy things online! For more, check out the deepika report.
Chandni parekh found that her credit card number has been used by someone to buy 13 flight tickets totalling around Rs. 86,000!
When you give your credit card at hotels, the guy there can write down number, expiry date and CVV number. Then he can use it to buy things online! For more, check out the deepika report.
Chandni parekh found that her credit card number has been used by someone to buy 13 flight tickets totalling around Rs. 86,000!
Saddam hussein death probably affected Kerala most. All TV channels were trying their best to make it a big news. A 3 hour harthal (Kerala's first, I think) was also observed across the state.
There is even a bean called Saddam beach near Kozhikkode. There were black flags around these coastal areas.
Saddam would be wondering (from wherever his soul is now!) what he had done to get the affection of malayalees...
Kerala government is thinking of making mundu(lungi) mandatory for male government employees. This is to promote the dying Khadi (kaithari) industry in the state.
Now we can pull down the mundu (mundu parikkal) when government employees ask for a bribe on a saturday! What is next? Government appeal to all empoyees to have sex only on sunday to improve workplace productivity? Ridiculous...
Justice K G Balakrishan will be the next Supreme court Chief Justice of India. This is the first time a Malayali has become Supreme court chief justice.
Balakrishan was born in a dalit family at Aappanchira village in Kottayam district. He passed LLB with first rank from Government Law College, Ernakulam. During his practise we was known as an expert lawyer. He has three children and all of them are lawyers.
The 11th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) concluded on the 15th of December in Thiruvananthapuram. This was a huge success with almost all the theatres jam packed. In many cases foreign delegates was not able to get into the theatre. Film festival became more down to earth with lot of booing and jeering :)
The sarkari babus at trivandrum are unhappy that the IFFK concluded so early. They were signing at the office registers and then going to theatres to catch a movie - That is why in Kerala people say - Pothu Janam Kazhutha...
An innocent man was brutally tortured and killed by Kerala Forest officials. Now their union is trying to rescue the accused.
Forest officials in Kerala are a notorious lot. They terrorize the local population and at the same time help smugglers to clean up the forrest. The best way to save Kerala forests is to dismantle Kerala Forest department.
Human rights activists, Where the hell are you?
Kerala chief minister visited technopark at trivandrum and met all the company CEOs. Main discussion points were development of technopark, issues and development of technocity.
Comrades, we are thinking of introducing chumattu kooli for uploading and downloading. 1 MB download means you have to pay $1 to the trade unions. Upload will be cheaper at 50 cents per MB.
President A P J Kalam will be visiting Kerala on 18th December. Cochin city is eagerly waiting for him.
Oh yeah, but they are waiting for him to return. With 20000 policemen, 300 bomb squads, 10 units of rapid action force and unkown number of roaming black cats may be cochin is not too eager to welcome him!
Mullapperiyar is a dam on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border (Check out Mullapperiyar dam on wikimapia. ) which is more than 100 years old. Mullapperiyar dam even though is located in Kerala, is used by Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu wants to increase the height of the dam. Obviously Kerala opposes this since there are strong concerns about the safety of the dam (Click here for dam cross section).
It seems that spillways on the dam are not sufficient if there is heavy rain for a long period and it happened recently. As can be seen from the above map, if anything happens to mullapperiyar dam, everything will flow to the main Idikki dam. No one knows what will happen in such a case. Destruction of Idikki dam will submerge at least 3 districts, causing huge loss of life.
This issue is now affecting Kerala-TamilNadu relationship. Kerala is dependent on Tamil Nadu products and there are lot of Keralites in Tamil Nadu and vice versa. Unfortunately politicians on both sides have made the issue worse by irresponsible comments.
I think only reasonable solution is to strenghten the dam, keep the water height as it is now and then build a new one!
Further Reading
Roy Mathew's report
Deepika is reporting that clever mechanics in Kerala have created keys to break the speed governer system installed in heavy vehicles. Mechanics are claiming they can break any system. Supreme court had made it mandatory for all heavy vehicles to have speed governer which limits speed at 70KM/hr. Supreme court deferred the implementation of this till February 2007.
Kerala Kaumudi is reporting that dead bodies were buried secretly near Kalamasseri(Ernakulam). The newspaper alleges that these bodies were from muringoor divine centre. Later newspaper clarifies that these were bodies of Aids patients who were living there.
Desabhimani (onkerala note: link unavailable) is reporting that crimes in Kerala reduced by 32% in last 6 months (onkerala note: Left came to power about 6 months back). Registered cases have come down and increased number of cases are being solved. The statistics are quoted from crime records bureau. It is suggested that Shadow policing, maithree policing etc. contributed to this.
| Location | Southern tip of India. Located between north latitudes 8°18' and 12°48' and east longitudes 74°52' and 72°22' (Find on wikimapia) |
| Timezone | GMT +5:30 (IST - Indian Standard Time). |
| Area | 38, 863 sq kms (less than 2% of India's land area) |
| Climate | Tropical climate, Summer (March - June), Winter (December - January), Monsoon (July - October). Checkout today's satellite picture |
| Temperature | 20-37°C. Temperature now - -°C () |
| Population | 31,838,619+ as on 2001. Population density is 819/km². |
| Sex Ratio | 1058 women for 1000 men. |
| Literacy Rate | 91% |
| Life Expectancy | 73 years |
| Main Religions | Hinduism (56.1%), Islam (24.7%), and Christianity (19%). |
| Language | Malayalam. A large section of population understands English & Hindi. |
| Currency | Indian Rupee (INR). Current rate for 1USD on |