New Delhi: Funding of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) is met from the funds allocated to states through grants released under Article 275 (1) of the Constitution of India; such funds are allocated state-wise based on the ST population in each state. Under the programme, an amount of Rs 387.00 lakh has been allocate to the state of Kerala during 2009-10. The State Govern...

New Delhi: 97th Indian Science Congress to be hosted by ISRO and University of Kearla at Tiruvananthapuram from 3 to 7 January 2010. Focal theme of the Congress is - Science & Technology challenges of 21st Century - National Perspective. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to inaugurate the Congress on January 3.

While ISRO chairman G.Madhavan Nair is the gen...

New Delhi: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Wayanad Social Service Society, Mananthvady, Kerala. The Community Radio Service in Mananthvady is named as 'Community Radio Mattoli' and the process of establishing the service has already been set...

Thiruvananthapuram: All Government high schools in the State would get a laptop each as part of the IT@Schools project. There are a total of 1,016 such schools in Kerala, which would now become the first state in the country to implement such a project.
K Anwar Sadat, executive director of IT@School project, tol...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government today decided to exempt B Sc nursing, B Pharm, BPT and B sc Mlt courses from the common medical entrance examination and make admission to these courses on the basis of Plus-two marks.
Briefing the media after a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said the marks and grades in the eligibility tests conducted by various ...

Thrissur: Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has demanded a one-time grant of Rs.109 crore from the State government to solve its financial crisis, Vice-Chancellor K.R. Viswambaran has said.