Saturday, September 29, 2007

UPDATED POST: Trouble at Technopark

UPDATE2:
Aryans Infoway Technopark is closed. Click to read about aryans-infoway-news on asianet.

UPDATES:
  • Changed title of this post .
  • Removed my opinion I expressed about Aryans InfoWay's"security deposit and 3 year bond". I don't know anything about the company or the projects it have...

Read about Travancore Software Solution controversy.

TSS chief seeks anticipatory bail

Express News Service

T’PURAM: Shyam Subramanyam, CEO of the controversial company at Technopark, Travancore Software Solutions, has approached the District Sessions Court for anticipatory bail. Shyam is an accused in a cheating case filed by the employees of the company.

The court has asked the Kazhakoottom police, which has registered the case following complaints submitted by two engineers, to file a report on the bail petition. It is learnt that the police will submit the report on Wednesday.

Shyam has been accused of accepting sums ranging from Rs 1 lakh - 1.5 lakh from candidates, promising them employment and on-the-job training for IBM mainframe course in the Technopark-based company.

The complainants alleged that they were not given proper training and had been forced to work at the company for a pittance. Many who completed the one-year-bond period were denied the bond money, though the company had promised earlier to return the money after the completion of the bond period.

Meanwhile, mediation talks initiated by Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP Sugathan on Tuesday between the company and the complainants failed midway. The company offered to allow the complainants to continue working there till the end of the bond period for Rs 1,200 a month.

But the complainants weren’t ready to accept the offer. The company refused to pay the security amount to them. ‘‘We were disappointed over the treatment meted out to us at the SP office.

The SP advised us to withdraw from the case, as it’s better for our bright future. He also asked us why only a couple of engineers raise complaints while all others work happily there,’’ a complainant told this website’s newspaper.

Added:First paragraph for my safety :)

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Tricky Cartoon on Mathrubhumi

Saw this cartoon in today's mathrubhumi newspaper...


Raju Narayanswamy was transferred from Idukki to Pathanamthitta, the official announcement was made by Chief Minister Achuthanandan. Raju Narayana Swami had unearthed irregularities in the Rs19 crore agreement in which the former PWD Minister T.U.Kuruvilla and his family was involved, and which led to the resignation of Minister.

Saturday, September 01, 2007

12th Kerala Film Festival 2007

The Kerala state Chalachithra Academy announces the 12th IFFK to be held at Thiruvananthapuram from 7th –14th December, 2007.
Entry to the festival is by delegate pass which will be available from the last week of september.
Suvarna Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs. 1,000,000/- (about US$20,000) to the best feature film to be shared equally by the director and the producer.
The different sections include.
  • Contemporary World Cinema
  • New Malayalam Cinema
  • Retrospectives of Major filmmakers
  • Homage and Tributes
  • Contemporary Indian Cinema
  • Short films
  • Documentaries in film formats.

Also, there will be Seminars on important issues concerning Cinema. Another highlight of the festival is the Aravindan Memorial Lecture delivered by a famous film personality.