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Top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, who was arrested in New Delhi two months ago, was Friday brought to a court in Karimnagar town of Andhra Pradesh in the case of the murder of former Assembly Speaker D. Sripada Rao.

The central government has formally notified the third phase of the Technopark IT campus here and that at Kollam as special economic zones (SEZ), according to the Kerala government.

It's final. Actress Navya Nair will be marrying Santosh Menon, a Mumbai-based marketing professional, in January. The wedding will be held in Muthukulam, Navya's hometown in Alappuzha district. Navya recently met Santosh in Kerala. Meanwhile, Navya is working on director Shaji Kailas' film, Drona opposite Mammootty.

Director duo Pramod-Pappan's film, Black Stallion, is going to be dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. Starring popular actress Namitha, Kalabhavan Mani and Bala, the film will be titled Nil Gavani Ennai Kadhali in Tamil and Ithoru Managaalu in Telugu. The dubbed versions of the film will release soon.

Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia is planning to make Bangkok a hub next year to expand connectivity to Indian cities, a senior company official said Friday.

The entire electorate in India will be issued the Electronic Photo Identity Card (EPIC) within the next two years, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said Friday.

The central government has committed Rs.332.92 crore in various health measures to check the spread of Influenza A (H1N1), more commonly known as swine flu, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Friday.

Nayantara celebrated her birthday on November 18 in Hyderabad with a few close friends. The actress was in Hyderabad to shoot for some portions of Adurs, a Telugu film she is doing, directed by V. V. Vinayak. She stated that her friends came down from Bangalore and Chennai to be with her and arranged a party at a common friend's house. She was touched by their kindness. Meanwhile, she has two films, a Malayalam film with director Shyamaprasad and one Tamil film opposite Arya, to shoot for and Adurs, which will be releasing on December 18. Read Complete Story »

While former Kerala chief minister K.Karunakaran's son K.Muraleedharan is meeting Congress leaders in Delhi to plead for his re-entry to the party, leader of opposition Oommen Chandy Friday said no such talks were going on this issue.

Another glass ceiling was broken Friday as two women were commissioned into the Indian Navy as navigators in the flying branch, in a way also becoming the first women combatants in the armed forces.