THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Lok Ayukta has directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to deploy sufficient police personnel to keep a constant vigil in the rural areas of the district from where illegal sand mining has been reported.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a bid to help farmers get their due profits, the district panchayat will soon implement an e-krishi project in 21 grama panchayats. The project proposal was approved by the Development Seminar that was held here on Wednesday to discuss the annual plan projects.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The draft annual plan of the district panchayat has decided to give due importance to the monitoring of the projects implemented from this year.

Monitoring committees will be formed under the guidance of working groups, as laid out in the guidelines of the State Government.

The space programme has got a Rs 4,959 crore boost, the bulk of it going to fund research in the manned mission programme, cryogenic engines, PSLV and GSLV and space capsule recovery.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The mass vaccination programme against Japanese encephalitis will be organised in the district from July 15 to August 5. Vaccination will be given to children aged between one and 15 years. By taking vaccination, a child can be provided lifelong protection from the disease.

No smoking, less oil, less salt and more excercise frisking came as a surprise to the employees of a company in Nagpur. It was not a security check. Cigarettes, gutka and tobacco packets of the employees were confiscated. It was not a blanket ban but the restrictions were as good as a ban. Unhealthy food was taken off the menu following tobacco. who estimated 17.5 million

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ferocious look on Ganesh, the newcomer to the city zoo, is scary, to say the least. This 14-year-old leopard from Thrissur zoo was captured from the South Wayanad forests in May 2003.

``Yes, he is aggressive,

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The biogas plant set up by the City Corporation on the SMV Model Higher Secondary School premises as part of the household-level solid waste management project was inaugurated here on Tuesday. The plant was built under the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP).

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is raining curses on the fishing community along this 26-km coastal stretch of the district.

It is not just the devouring fury of the rains the poverty-stricken coastal community has to contend with. This time, the higher powers have unleashed ruthless armies of the most virulent strains of bacteria, virus and parasites upon them, not one by one but in one fell swoop.

Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country