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by OJ George

Poor people falling dead like worms after drinking spurious liquor
The last two days in Kerala have been witnessing pathetic scenes with the death by now of 23 persons after drinking spurious liquor in the Malabar area.
The pity is that all of them are poor people.

The suppliers wanted to give them a brew which would be heady instantly. For that they may mix the drink with methyl alcohol or chemicals like di
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K.M.Mathew becomes memory
Kottayam:Media moghul K.M.Mathew today became memory.

He found his final resting place at Puthenpally, Kottayam. The funeral services commenced at 3 pm. It was led by Catholicose Baselius Didimos I and participated by all metropolitans.

All sorts of leaders and ordinary people made a beeline
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Tributes to Joy Thirumoolapuram
Kottayam: Veteran journalist Joy Thirumoolapuram, 74, is no more. He had worked in various newspapers starting with Malayala Manorama.

We reproduce an item we had given about him earlier.

Accomplished journalist honoured in his own den

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KOTTAYAM: Mediapersons in Kottaya
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Historian Prof A.Sreedhara Menon no more
Thiruvananthapuram: Noted historian and teacher Prof A.Sreedharan Menon passed away at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday morning. He was 84.

He would be cremated at Thycaud crematorium at 10:30 am on Sunday.

He was not keeping well these days owing to old age problems.

Professor
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M.G.Radhakrishnan no more
Noted music director and singer M.G.Radhakrishnan passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.

He was in hospital on and off. He was surviving on ventillator support for the last six days.

His brother M.G.Sreekumar is a noted singer.
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Telugu actor Kota Prasad killed in bike accident
Telugu actor Kota Prasad, 39, was killed in a motor cycle accident at Mehdipatanam, Hyderabad, on Sunday.

He was the son of Kota Srinivas Rao, former MLA.
Kota Prasad was riding the new sports bike he had bought when a lorry hit the two-wheeler.
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Inventor of ATM breathes his last
The man credited with being the inventor of the world's first hole-in-the-wall cash dispenser (ATM) has died in hospital following a short illness.

John Shepherd-Barron, who was born in India, to Scottish parents, had been living in Portmahomack in Ross-shire.

He died at Inverness's Raigmore
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