Ekopana Samithi to organise Parliament march on Feb 22
 
KOZHIKODE: Demanding the rollback of FDI in retail sector, Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi had decided to organise a Parliament march on February 22. Speaking to reporters here Friday, T Nazirudheen, State President of the Samithi said over 10000 delegates from Kerala would participate in the march.

Kerala Science congress to begin on Sunday
 
KOTTAYAM: The 24th Kerala Science Congress beginning here on January 29 will focus on climate change besides plantation crops and spices of the state. The three-day congress will be held at the Rubber Research Institute of India, an official spokesman said Friday.

Woman strangulated to death
 
PATHANAMTHITTA: A 52-year-old-woman, who was staying alone in her house, was strangulated to death by a youth and also her neighbor. The dead identified as Sulochana, was the wife of late Sukumaran of Thalachira Kombanoli near Vadasseri.

Two youths killed in accident
 
ATTINGAL: The bodies of two youths were found on the national highway near Poovanppara Bridge. The dead have been identified as Sreekanth (31), son of Raveendran Nair and Vasumathy and Shiju (30), son of Gopalakrishnan and Vijayamma.

Compromise reached on UID project row: Chidambaram
 
NEW DELHI: A compromise formula over identity cards for 1.2 billion Indians was worked out Friday with the government asking both the home ministry and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to collect biometric data without any duplication.

Voting begins in Manipur amid heavy security
 
MANIPUR: Voters today lined up before 2,357 polling stations across nine districts of Manipur as elections began in 60 assembly constituencies amid tight security. An electorate of 17,40,576, including 8,82,236 woman voters, are eligible to exercise their franchise to choose their representatives from among 279 candidates in the 10th assembly polls. A total of 12,967 polling personnel have been deployed to conduct the elections which began at 7 am and would continue till 4 pm.

Madhavan Nair steps down from IIT Patna
 
NEW DELHI: Former ISRO Chief G Madhavan Nair barred from government posts, stepped down from the post of chairman of the board of government of Indian Institute of Technology. Patna. The government on Wednesday decided to bar Nair and three other former scientists from any government work for their alleged lapses in the Antrix-Devas deal.

Madhavan Nair steps down from IIT Patna
 
NEW DELHI: Former ISRO Chief G Madhavan Nair barred from government posts, stepped down from the post of chairman of the board of government of Indian Institute of Technology. Patna. The government on Wednesday decided to bar Nair and three other former scientists from any government work for their alleged lapses in the Antrix-Devas deal.

Bangladeshi pirates kill four Indian fishermen, kidnap 12
 
KAKDWIP (WB): Two groups of Bangladeshi pirates killed four Indian fishermen, injured eight others and hijacked a trawler carrying twelve fishermen in the Bay of Bengal, police said. One group of pirates fired at the fishermen travelling in 'Maa Basanti' trawler at Kendua in the bay resulting in four of them being killed, Rahul Majumdar, SDO at Kakdwip, said, adding eight others were injured.

Two CRPF personnel killed, bombs defused
 
IMPHAL: Two CRPF personnel on poll duty were killed in an ambush by militants even as four powerful bombs planted near polling stations were seized and defused before polling for the Manipur Assembly began this morning. The CRPF personnel were killed yesterday when militants ambushed them in Ukhrul district, official sources said.