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Power supply to be disrupted

KOCHI: Power supply is likely to be disrupted at Panampilly Nagar, Perumanoor and nearby areas from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday due to maintenance work, a KSEB release said. — Staff Reporter

Private bus workers postpone stir

KOCHI: The stir called by private bus workers in Kochi on April 1 and 2 has been postponed to April 3 and 4. General secretary of the Private Bus Thozhilali Federation (AITUC) Joy Joseph said that area-wise stirs would be undertaken from April 5. The workers are demanding fair wages, since they work 14 to 16 hours each day. — Staff Reporter

Cruise ship in Kochi tomorrow

KOCHI: MV Queen Elizabeth, one of the biggest cruise ships in the world, will call at Kochi port on Monday carrying 1,795 passengers and a crew of 1,020. It will arrive from Colombo at 6.30 a.m. and set sail for Mumbai the same evening. — Staff Reporter

Mappila Kalamela from May 5

KOCHI: The Mappila Kalamela, which will be on at Kochi from May 5, will provide an impetus to national integration, poet Kamala Suraiyya has said. She was speaking after releasing the logo of the mela, which is being organised by the Kerala Mappila Kala Academy. — Staff Reporter

Movie screening

KOCHI: The movie Chandramukhi will be screened at Saritha Theatre on May 14 morning under the banner of the Tamil Aikya Sangham. The aim is to provide financial aid to children of poor migrant Tamils in Kochi to pursue education. For details, call 2392432. — Staff Reporter

SBT employees warn of stir

KOCHI: Employees of State Bank of Travancore will strike work on Tuesday unless the management urgently heeds to their grievances, SBT Employees' Union general secretary C. Gopinathan Nair has said. He was speaking at the Ernakulam area meeting of the women members of the union. — — Staff Reporter

Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya

KOCHI: The list of children selected for admission to Class I of Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Naval Base, Kochi, will be published on March 30. The draw of lots will be held from 9 a.m. Parents must be present at that time. Parents of single girl child who have registered for admission to Class I are required to submit necessary documents to the school at the earliest, principal C Kuriakose Varkey has informed. — Staff Reporter

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