Alappuzha, March 12 (IANS) Two-time State Minister and four-time CPI(M) Legislator, G. Sudhakaran, on Thursday announced that he will contest the next Assembly election in Kerala from the Ambalapuzha Assembly Constituency as an Independent candidate.Sudhakaran made the announcement during a press conference that lasted for more than an hour at his residence, putting an end to days of speculation about his political future and reports linking him with rival political fronts.Opening his remarks, S…
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 11 (IANS) In a dramatic culmination to a day of high tension and public attention, viral ‘Kumbh beauty’ Monalisa Bhosle on Wednesday evening married her boyfriend Farman Khan at a local temple in Poovar, a coastal suburb of Thiruvananthapuram.The simple ceremony took place around 5.45 p.m., only hours after the couple had approached the Thampanoor Police Station seeking protection following opposition from the woman’s family.Present on the occasion was M. V. Govin…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 10 (IANS) A fresh controversy surrounding Kerala Transport Minister K. B. Ganesh Kumar has snowballed into a major political embarrassment for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, reviving old statements by the latter on probity in public life and triggering allegations of double standards from the Opposition.The latest row erupted after Ganesh Kumar’s present wife allegedly caught the minister “red-handed” in an extra-marital relationship on Saturday.The incident quickly…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) A delegation of the West Bengal unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), on Monday, appealed to the full Bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state scheduled later this year in a single-phase.A three-member delegation of the West Bengal unit of the CPI(M), led by the party’s Politburo member and state secretary in West Bengal, Mohd Salim, on Monday morning, met the full Bench of the Commission …
Agartala, March 7 (IANS) Ahead of the crucial elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Saturday, intensified its efforts to capture the constitutionally empowered tribal council, considered the second most important political body in the state after the State Assembly. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has chaired a key meeting with BJP Janajati (tribal) leaders at the state party headquarters and held detailed discussions o…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday unveiled a set of five welfare “guarantees” for Kerala, promising expanded social protection and employment support if the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) returns to power in the state.Addressing the valedictory function of the statewide yatra led by Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly V.D. Satheesan, Gandhi said the proposed guarantees were aimed at providing economic sec…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) A political row has erupted over waste management in the aftermath of the Attukal Pongala, with Education Minister V. Sivankutty on Saturday asserting that the state government would step in wherever necessary, even as the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation faces criticism over the slow pace of post-festival cleaning. It was on Tuesday the famed pongala festival attached to the Attukal Temple in the state capital city took place where an estimated four million wome…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 (IANS) The Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is facing an unusual phase of internal dissent ahead of the crucial Assembly elections, posing a challenge to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as he seeks a historic third-consecutive term in office.In what observers describe as a rare development for the otherwise tightly disciplined party, a series of exits and public disagreements have surfaced in recent weeks, denting the CPI(M)’s image of organisat…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) The month-long “Puthuyuga Yatra”, led by Kerala’s Leader of Opposition V.D.Satheesan, which began from Kasaragod on February 6, will culminate in the state capital on Saturday with a massive public rally to be addressed by Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.Announcing the conclusion of the yatra, Satheesan said the final meeting will be held at Putharikandam Maidan and will mark the end of a journey that, according to his Congress-led United…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) Kerala’s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday expelled former legislator P. K. Sasi from the party, marking the exit of another leader who once enjoyed a strong support base in Palakkad district.Sasi, a former MLA from the Palakkad region, had been at odds with the party leadership since he was denied a second term in the 2021 Assembly elections.The decision to drop him from the electoral fray had triggered discontent within his camp, and relatio…