Thiruvananthapuram News

SME News, Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While pressing for  a hike in Provident Fund Pension amount, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that the pension figure was extremely low.     He also said that the minimum pension figure must be Rs 1,000. He made this statement while moving for ...

SME News, Monday, Mar 18, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  Activists in Kerala have opposed the decision not to increase tax on bidis and the token increase in the tax on cigarettes in the state budget for 2013-14, saying their consumption has hit the health of the poor hard.   In the state budget that was ...

SME News, Friday, Mar 15, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  Higher taxes on cigarettes and liquor, a tax on lavish weddings and a rise in pensions, interest-free loans to small farmers have been proposed in a "growth-oriented" budget for 2013-14 presented by Finance Minister K.M. Mani on ...

SME News, Friday, Mar 15, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  The information technology (IT) sector in Kerala has registered an all-round growth in key indicators such as employment, turnover, built-up area and incubation of new companies, the state government said on Thursday.   In a presentation on the ...

SME News, Thursday, Mar 14, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  Six months after the "Emerging Kerala" meet was held in Kochi to showcase opportunities to investors in the state, 30 projects under it have so far been cleared, state Industries Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty said on Thursday.   Addressing ...

SME News, Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  The forthcoming budget session of the Kerala assembly is set to begin on Friday. State Finance Minister K.M. Mani is set to present his 11th budget.   Speaker G. Karthikeyan told reporters here on Wednesday that the session would begin on Friday and end ...

SME News, Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  State-run Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), reeling under monthly losses of over Rs.200 crore, has come out with a unique scheme for domestic consumers which allows them to earn cash back for power saved.   While the state requires, on an average, ...

SME News, Monday, Mar 11, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala IT pavilion is getting an excellent response at the world's biggest information and communications technology event - CeBIT 2013 - being held in Hanover, according to an IT official.   In a release issued here on Saturday, IT principal secretary ...

SME News, Wednesday, Mar 06, 2013
KOLKATA:  A fleet of brand new sea-planes is set to fly travellers to destinations across Kerala starting this summer, an official said  on Wednesday, who was on a visit here to promote Kerala's tourism potential.   "We are launching the 'seaplane ...

SME News, Wednesday, Mar 06, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  India's premier economic research institution National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has been roped in to prepare a long-term growth plan - 'Vision 2030' - for Kerala, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday.   "This ...

SME News, Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  Aryadan Mohammed, Kerala minister for railways, Tuesday said he was disappointed as the state was expecting to get more than what was offered in the railway budget presented in the Lok Sabha.   "Early this year when the railway minister arrived in ...

SME News, Saturday, Feb 23, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  The state-run Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has failed in meetings its performance targets in five years ending fiscal 2011-12, a performance audit conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has revealed.   "Capacity ...

SME News, Friday, Feb 22, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  A high-level delegation from the Kingdom of Bahrain visited the Technopark here Thursday to explore possible ways of association.   The delegation was led by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Essa Khalif, advisor to Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin ...

SME News, Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  People in Kerala, used to frequent shutdowns, were Tuesday seen queuing up outside state-owned retail liquor vends or rushing to buy vegetables, meat and fish ahead of a two-day nationwide strike call from Wednesday.   Central trade unions and ...

SME News, Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  The Kerala government Monday announced that state government employees and teachers who take part in the nationwide strike slated Wednesday and Thursday will lose their salary.   This would become applicable only if the strike takes place, said an ...