Thiruvananthapuram, May 24 (IANS) A major confrontation appears to be brewing within the newly formed state government after Kerala Ministers expressed displeasure over the sweeping IAS reshuffle carried out by Chief Secretary A. Jayathilak, who is due to retire next month. The controversy has erupted barely days after the new administration led by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan assumed office, with Ministers accusing the Chief Secretary of pushing through key appointments and transfers without c…
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Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday put an interim stay on the ongoing hawker eviction drive near Howrah Station in Kolkata.A petition was filed before the Calcutta High Court challenging the exercise undertaken by the state government and seeking a stay on the eviction drive.The matter came up for hearing before the single-judge bench of Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya on Friday and, after a detailed hearing, Justice Bhattacharya put an interim stay on…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Friday, granted interim protection from coercive police action, including arrest, to former Trinamool Congress legislator Aditi Munshi and her husband Debraj Chakraborty till June 19, which will also be the next date of hearing in the matter.Munshi, also an acclaimed devotional singer, and her husband on Thursday approached the Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Jay Sengupta seeking anticipatory bail on…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The BJP and CPI-M on Tuesday criticised the Trinamool Congress, calling it a ‘coward’ and ‘runaway’ party after its candidate Jahangir Khan pulled out of the Falta constituency repoll in Bengal. However, the Samajwadi Party, which is Trinamool’s ally in the INDIA bloc, backed the decision.On the last day of campaigning for the repoll on Tuesday, Khan announced: “I am not contesting this election.”Reacting to the same, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said: “Trinamool …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) In what is being widely viewed as the new United Democratic Front regime’s first major political offensive, the V.D. Satheesan government has ordered a high-profile reinvestigation into the controversial assault on Youth Congress and KSU workers by the gunmen of then Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during the Nava Kerala Yatra in Alappuzha in December 2023.The Kerala Police has officially constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident that …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 (IANS) After suffering a bruising electoral setback and growing criticism within his own party district committee meetings, Kerala’s former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan now finds himself facing yet another politically uncomfortable moment, this time from the newly sworn-in government led by V. D. Satheesan.In a move loaded with symbolism and political messaging, the Satheesan cabinet, in its first meeting after the oath ceremony earlier today, has decided to recomme…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 16 (IANS) The political slide of former Kerala Health Minister Veena George has now come sharply into focus, with the CPI-M’s powerful Pathanamthitta district committee witnessing intense criticism against the journalist-turned-politician for what several leaders allegedly described as an arrogant and inaccessible style of functioning.Once projected as one of the brightest new-generation faces of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and considered close to former Chie…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) After the CPI-M Politburo gave a dressing down to Pinarayi Vijayan, the former Kerala Chief Minister finds himself at the centre of another intense political conversation, about whether he should take over as the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly.All eyes remain fixed on the crucial three-day CPI-M state leadership’s three-day meeting that began here on Wednesday, where Vijayan is expected to face tough questions over the collapse of the party’s red bastion…
Chennai, May 11 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President C. Joseph Vijay on Monday met his predecessor and DMK President M.K. Stalin at his Alwarpet residence here, in a politically significant development following the dramatic post-election realignment in the state.Vijay, who recently led his TVK to a historic electoral debut, called on Stalin after attending the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected MLAs in the Assembly.The meeting has drawn considerable p…
Chennai, May 10 (IANS) The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Sunday elected party youth wing secretary and MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin as the leader of its legislature party, a day ahead of the swearing-in of newly elected MLAs in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The announcement came amid a dramatic political realignment in the State following the recently concluded Assembly elections, in which the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single largest party with 108 seats but fell short of the major…