Kochi, March 31
Air India strengthens its flight operation from Cochin International Airport by gifting five new flights to the Cochin airport. Out of these five new introductions, two daily flights will fly to Mumbai and Delhi, while the other three flights will fly to international destinations. These new flights were introduced under the Air India’s [...]
Archive for March, 2008
AI gifts five new flights to Cochin airport
Posted in Travel, tagged Air India, Karma kerala, Kerala, Travel on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Number 13- A Kerala MLA goes all out to fight the false notions.
Posted in Kerala, tagged Anglo Indian, Karma kerala, Thiruvananthapuram on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thiruvananthapuram: Number 13 has always been considered jinxed or unlucky. However, many eye brows were raised when Kerala assembly member Simon Britto fiercely argued that he be allotted Room No. 13 in the old block of the MLA Hostel. Now that he is staying in Room No 13, hopefully others would gather enough guts to [...]
Men in women’s garb to appease the Goddess during Chamayavilakku
Posted in Kerala, tagged festival, Kerala, Kollam, procession on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kollam: The ten day annual festival at Kottankulangara temple at Chavara near here stands out for the unique ritual of Chamayavilakku, which is observed on the last two days of the festival.
Scores of men of all castes and creed dress up as women in gorgeous saris or the traditional ‘set mundu’ and offer prayers and participate [...]
Thrissur Pooram: No jumbos this year
Posted in Festivals, Tourism News, tagged Karma kerala, Kerala, Thrissur Pooram on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kochi, March 28
The world renowned temple festival of Kerala, Thrissur Pooram this year will not be so grand and vibrant as it has been since its past. This colourful temple festival is known to be one of the most traditional and famous festivals in this God’s Own Country. The main charm of the festival has [...]
English cruise liner, ‘Queen Victoria’ makes Kochi its port of call
Posted in Kerala, tagged Arabian sea, cruise, folk music, Kochi on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kochi: It was a proud moment for Kochi, the “Queen of Arabian Sea” to play host to ‘Queen Victoria’ the UK luxury cruise liner on its maiden voyage.
With a passenger capacity of over 2000 passengers, this ship is fondly called ‘floating palace’ by its die hard fans and committed users. As the ship docked at Kochi, [...]
Cyberpark at Kozhikode – The latest gem in the crown of Kerala
Posted in Kerala, tagged business, Europe, Kerala, Kozhikode on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Kozhikode: The IT department will soon make a final decision on the construction of the information technology park, proposed to come up in a 78 acre site near here. The IT Park in Kozhikode would be set up in the model of Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram.
This is a fore runner of the Government plan to open [...]
Sand gets a makeover
Posted in Kerala, tagged Karma kerala, Kerala, Sand, Sand gets a makeover on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kochi, March 26
As Kerala is on the threshold of a booming infrastructural development, several new projects and venture are coming up daily keeping the construction industry always buzzing. In recent years the state witnessed a golden period in the field of its key infrastructure development pushing the state to a brighter tomorrow.
Amidst all this [...]
Explore Kerala exclusively through the waterways
Posted in Kerala, tagged karmakerala, Kerala, Kochi, Kottapuram, Kovalam on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kochi: If the latest reports are any indication, travelling across Kerala through waterways would be a reality in the near future. The Kollam- Kottappuram waterway, which was declared the national waterway, has already been commissioned and work on the Kollam-Kovalam waterway is steadily progressing.
Apart from the commissioning of the waterways, special emphasis is laid in [...]
Rain fury hits state badly
Posted in Enviroment, Kerala, tagged Karma kerala, Kerala, Rain fury hits state badly, Rain in Kerala on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kochi, March 24
The rain fury which is continuing for the past one week in the state has turned out to be a nightmare for many. These heavy rains have so far claimed many lives and have incurred huge crop losses for the state. The unusual summer rains has resulted to be a deadly rain for [...]
