Kannur, March 19 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his wife Kamala together hold deposits exceeding Rs 1 crore, according to the affidavit submitted on Thursday along with his nomination papers for the Dharmadam Assembly constituency. Kerala goes to the polls on April 9 to elect 140 new legislators.The affidavit shows that Vijayan has deposits of Rs 43.35 lakh, while Kamala has deposits of Rs 60.58 lakh.Vijayan owns 78 cents of land, and Kamala owns 17.5 cents at Onchiyam. She also has …
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Kannur (Kerala), March 13 (IANS) Fresh questions have surfaced in the case relating to the black flag protest against Kerala Health Minister Veena George after the minister’s medical examination report indicated no visible injuries, even as the five student activists arrested in connection with the incident were released from jail on Friday evening.The five activists belonging to the Kerala Students Union (KSU) had been taken into custody on February 25 shortly after they waved black flags at …
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) Kerala’s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist enters a decisive phase this week as its State Secretariat and Committee convene on Thursday and Friday to finalise candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections.According to a senior party leader who spoke on condition of anonymity, the two-day deliberations will produce a draft list that will be forwarded to the 14 district committees for discussions at various organisational levels.The feedback will then retu…
Kannur, March 3 (IANS) With the CPI(M)’s Kannur district committee clearing nominees for 13 of the 16 Assembly seats in the district, the message is unambiguous, the levers of power remain firmly with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State Secretary M.V. Govindan.Several heavyweight district leaders E.P. Jayarajan, M.V. Jayarajan and P. Jayarajan have been left out, a move that has raised eyebrows in a district long regarded as the party’s ideological and organisational citadel.Vijayan, a…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 27 (IANS) Kerala Health Minister Veena George has become a subject of ridicule before the people of the state, Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan said on Friday.“People laugh at the very mention of her name,” Satheesan told reporters in Adoor.He alleged that the CPI-M was unleashing violence across Kerala by widely propagating what he termed a blatant falsehood that Health Minister Veena George was injured during a KSU protest at Kannur on Wednesday.“A bomb was hur…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26 (IANS) The political storm over the alleged assault on state Health Minister Veena George intensified on Thursday after the Youth Congress filed a formal complaint with the State Police Chief against Kerala Legislative Assembly Speaker A.N. Shamseer, accusing him of spreading a “false narrative” that the activists had attacked the minister at Kannur railway station.The complaint contends that Shamseer, who was not present at the exact spot where the alleged inciden…
Kannur (Kerala), Feb 25 (IANS) Kerala Health Minister Veena George was injured as opposition student activists, protesting against her, clashed with police at the Kannur railway station, forcing her to cancel her onward journey and seek medical treatment.The minister had arrived at the Kannur railway station to board the Vande Bharat Express after attending official programmes in Kannur.As she reached the premises, activists of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the student wing of the Congress, a…
Kannur, Feb 25 (IANS) Kerala Health Minister Veena George was injured on Wednesday after protesters clashed with police at Kannur railway station, forcing her to cancel her onward journey and seek medical treatment. The minister had arrived at the Kannur railway station to board the Vande Bharat Express after attending official programmes in Kannur.As she reached the premises, activists of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the student wing of the Congress, along with members of the youth wing of …
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 24 (IANS) A constitutional disagreement between the Kerala government and Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar over the policy address has escalated, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday asserting that only the Cabinet approved version of the address holds authority under established rules and conventions.CM Vijayan told the Assembly that according to existing rules and conventions, the Cabinet-approved policy decision is the one that is accepted.He also said former go…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 (IANS) The Kerala Assembly was thrown into chaos on Tuesday as the ruling front and the opposition clashed sharply over allegations that the investigation into the Sabarimala gold smuggling case was being deliberately derailed, and the protest ended with Leader of Opposition (LoP) V.D. Satheesan leading the entire opposition out of the house for the day.Intense protests by the opposition forced repeated adjournments, turning the House into a scene of shouting matches, p…