Kerala Association of New Jersey elected new leaders for the year 2010-11. The election was held during the meeting on July 17. Abhraham Thomas was elected as the new president and Alex George as secretary.

MUSCAT: A Malayali family of four died when their house in old Muttrah district of Muscat caught fire on Saturday.

Ashokan, 42, a tailor; his wife Bindu and two sons Sharon, 11, and Sharaang, 7, were sleeping when fire engulfed their house. Authorities suspect the fire was caused by a short circu

SHARJAH: The Sharjah Court Wednesday awarded death sentence for three Keralites in connection with the murder of businessman Poyikkavu Manoj.

Death sentence was awarded to three identified as Zacharia, Basheer and Anwar. 15 years imprisonment has been awarded to Veerendra Kumar, a former business

ROMA, the association in Rockland in New York expressed its deep condolence over the demise of Ninnan Chandy, who was known as Ninnachan among friends. He had served as Trust Board Chairman and General Secretary of Fokana. He had also served as top leader for many Malayalee and other associations.

As a part of the national convention of Fomaa in Las Vegas, a political seminar will be organized. The main topic for discussion during the seminar will be Rights of NRIs, approach of Indian Government. The national convention of Fomaa will be held from July 1 to 5 in Las Vegas

New Delhi: The NRI voting rights bill is likely to be passed in the monsoon session of parliament but there is no possibility of postal ballots for Non-Resident Indians (NRI), says Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi.

'There is no question of postal ballots because bogus voting will be