Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) With the CPI(M) Central Committee set to meet in New Delhi later this week, all eyes are on whether the party leadership can defuse the unprecedented rebellion brewing in its once impregnable Kannur bastion, where expelled veterans continue to challenge the leadership in public.The meeting assumes added significance amid growing disquiet within the party.While the CPI(M) had earlier endorsed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State Secretary M.V. Govindan to co…
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Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Notorious sand mafia Ajay Hari has been arrested in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal, the police said on Sunday. The police personnel of the Malandighi outpost in West Burdwan district arrested him in the Bidbihar area on Saturday night.It is alleged that property, houses and cars worth crores of rupees were bought with money generated through a sand smuggling racket.He will be produced in the Durgapur Sub-District Court later in the day, the police said.The police…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 4 (IANS) The curtain has come down on the first session of Kerala’s newly-elected Assembly with an outcome few had predicted. Contrary to expectations, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan emerged as the clear political winner, while Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan, who had dominated the House for a decade as an unchallenged Chief Minister, struggled to make an impact from the Opposition benches.For nearly ten years, Vijayan towered over Assembly proceedings. Neither the Opp…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 2 (IANS) Kannur International Airport Ltd. (KIAL), one of Kerala’s flagship infrastructure projects that was officially commissioned during the decade-long tenure of the Pinarayi Vijayan government, has come under fresh scrutiny after the KIAL Shareholders’ Association submitted a detailed memorandum to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan seeking a Vigilance investigation into the airport company’s functioning during the previous regime.The issue assumed political significance…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha Member Mahua Moitra, who faced protests after eggs and cow dung were hurled at her by a mob in the presence of police, has received an unexpected supporter from a veteran leader of the party’s arch political rival, CPI(M).Veteran Marxist leader, former party Rajya Sabha member and senior advocate, Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya, has issued a social media post condemning the attack on Moitra while reminding that he is airing his voice of protest in t…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 1 (IANS) A surprise visit by former Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran to the official residence of Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday has triggered political speculation, with the purpose of the meeting remaining unclear.Surendran, one of the tallest CPI(M) leaders in the state capital city, who arrived riding a scooter accompanied by another person, told waiting reporters that he had come to meet the minister with a recommendation on behalf of h…
Chennai, July 1 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK president C. Joseph Vijay is set to convene the first meeting of the parties supporting his government on Wednesday evening, in a move aimed at formally consolidating the ruling coalition, strengthening coordination among allies and laying the groundwork for a stable five-year administration. The meeting will be held at the Fisherman’s Cove resort in Kovalam near Chennai and will bring together leaders of parties that extended support to…
Chennai, July 1 (IANS) The CPI and the CPI(M) will stay away from the meeting-cum-feast being organised by Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) founder and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Wednesday, despite having been invited to the event. The decision reflects the Left parties’ stand that they are extending only outside support to the TVK-led government and are not constituents of the ruling alliance.Party leaders said attending the gathering, organised for the government’s allies, could create…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress faction, which continues its allegiance to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, has decided to approach the Calcutta High Court challenging the Kolkata Police’s decision to impose prohibitory orders in central Kolkata where the party organises Martyrs’ Day on July 21 every year.On Tuesday, the Kolkata Police informed both factions that this year’s Martyrs’ Day would not be allowed to be organised …
Thiruvananthapuram, June 30 (IANS) Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Sunny Joseph on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led administration in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, alleging that the violence and disorder witnessed in the civic body have become a disgrace to Kerala. Joseph, who is also the State Electricity Minister, said the Corporation’s functioning had deteriorated further after the BJP assumed leadership of the civic body.He alleged that the administrati…