Alappuzha (Kerala), July 18 (IANS) Kerala Health Minister K. Muraleedharan on Saturday announced that Community Kitchens will be introduced in government hospitals to streamline the distribution of free meals to patients and their attendants, while ensuring transparency and eliminating political branding from the process.The initiative will be piloted at Alappuzha Medical College.“Distribution of food packets under the banners or flags of political parties or organisations would no longer be p…
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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…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The CPI-M Politburo has ruled out any immediate leadership change in Kerala despite the party’s crushing Assembly election defeat, effectively giving former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State secretary M.V. Govindan a reprieve while directing the state unit to undertake sweeping organisational reforms.At its two-day meeting that ended in New Delhi on Saturday, the Politburo concluded that the electoral setback stemmed largely from flawed candidate selection, orga…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 2 (IANS) In his first address in the 16th Kerala Assembly on Tuesday, after a dramatic political comeback, veteran leader G. Sudhakaran delivered a blistering critique of Kerala’s cultural landscape, the younger generation, contemporary politics, and even the ideological direction of the Left movement itself. The speech carried added significance because it marked the Assembly return of one of the CPI(M)’s most prominent leaders, who spent more than five decades in t…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 21 (IANS) In a moment that blended parliamentary tradition with rare political theatre, seven-time Congress legislator Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan was on Friday elected Speaker of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly after a historic three-cornered contest that underscored the new political equations in the state.For the first time in the history of the Kerala Assembly, the election to the Speaker’s post witnessed candidates from all three political formations represent…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) In a politically loaded moment that underlined Kerala’s dramatic change of guard, veteran legislator and former CPI(M) strongman G. Sudhakaran was on Wednesday sworn in as a legislator of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at the Lok Bhavan.Present on the occasion were Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and his cabinet colleagues.Sudhakaran was nominated by the state cabinet on Monday as the Pro-tem Speaker, who was once am…
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 18 (IANS) Delivering on election promises within hours of assuming office, the maiden cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Monday rolled out a series of sweeping welfare decisions, signalling the beginning of an aggressive people-centric governance model under the new Congress-led UDF government.In perhaps the biggest announcement of the day, the government declared free travel for women in KSRTC buses from June 15, implementing one of the five guar…
Kannur (Kerala), May 6 (IANS) In a gesture rich in symbolism, Thaliparamba MLA-elect T. K. Govindan visited the residence of late CPI-M stalwart Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, even as unrest ripples through the party’s Kannur stronghold after its electoral drubbing.A long-time party leader in Kannur, Govindan jolted the CPI-M by quitting the party and contesting from Thaliparamba, one of its safest seats, against state Secretary M.V. Govindan’s wife, P. K. Shyamala.The constituency was earlier repre…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 6 (IANS) A visibly discomfited CPI-M Kerala state Secretary M. V. Govindan cut short his first post-poll press interaction within minutes, sidestepping questions and walking away, a moment that has quickly become emblematic of the CPI(M)’s discomfort after its worst electoral setback in decades.The optics were hard to miss.For a leadership that had confidently campaigned for a historic third consecutive term, the reality has been stark: just 35 seats in the 140-member A…