Kerala News Headlines

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday ridiculed Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for attacking non-Marathis in Maharashtra and said that Delhi was truly cosmopolitan.

In a boost to the tourism sector in Kerala, the Karnataka-based Golden Chariot, one of India's luxury trains, pulled into the railway station here Saturday.

SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, will soon fly daily to Bangalore and Chennai.

Captive elephants in Kerala are feeling the heat of temple festivals. Often working overtime, without sufficient food and water in this hot season, they are going berserk on a daily basis.

Amitabh Bachchan has agreed to be the brand ambassador of Kerala.

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh tried to sabotage Kerala's Athirappilly hydro-electric power project by invoking the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), state Electricity Minister A.K. Balan Saturday said and sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the matter.

India's largest gas transmission and marketing company Gail (India) Ltd will connect the southern states with gas pipelines by 2012, a top official of the ministry of petroleum and natural gas said here Saturday.

Priyanka Chopra, who looked stunning in a sari as she received the National Award for best actress, has another reason to celebrate with her family - her dad is releasing a music album!

The 56th National Film Awards ceremony here Friday was high on the Bollywood quotient owing to the presence of celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Farhan Akhtar. President Pratibha Patil gave away the awards to the winners.

For 45-year-old Rashid Badana, a nomadic Gujjar in Jammu and Kashmir, a sea was something "slightly bigger than the lakes in our state" - until the Indian Army took him to a whole new world.