Palakkad, April 6 (IANS) Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday intensified his attack on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, targeting him twice in a single day as the election campaign entered its decisive phase. While his first salvo came at Thrissur, the second was delivered at Palakkad, underlining a sharpened focus on the Left leadership.With campaigning peaking ahead of polling, Rahul has increasingly trained his guns on Vijayan, alleging an unspoken understanding between t…
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New Delhi/Kozhikode, April 1 (IANS) The proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) triggered sharp political reactions on Wednesday, with the Opposition vowing to block the Bill and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) signalling a possible rethink amid mounting concerns.Numerous Church heads in Kerala have come out strongly against the Centre’s move.All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and Alappuzha Lok Sabha member K.C. Venugopal said the Opposition wo…
Kochi, Feb 9 (IANS) Confident Group Managing Director T.A. Joseph on Monday sought to allay concerns over the company’s stability following the death of its founder and chairman C.J. Roy, asserting that the real estate major remains financially sound, operationally active, and unaffected by the tragic incident.Addressing the media in Kochi, Joseph said Roy’s absence would not disrupt projects or client commitments, stressing that Confident Group is a “zero-debt company” with no borrowing…
Kalpetta, Jan 29 (IANS) Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Working President A.P. Anilkumar said on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) protest against Congress Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Gandhi was aimed at providing political cover to the CPI(M). Instead of staging protests against CPI(M) leaders accused in the Sabarimala gold smuggling case, the BJP chose to march to the office of Priyanka Gandhi, he added, terming the move a deliberate attempt to shield the ruling party.”What c…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) BJP leader Gourav Vallabh on Tuesday mounted a sharp counterattack on the Congress party for questioning the selection of Padma award recipients, asserting that the present government recognises individuals who genuinely deserve national honours and have made meaningful contributions to society, unlike what he alleged was the practice during the UPA regime.Vallabh’s remarks came after the Congress raised objections to the conferring of Padma awards on several personali…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) V.D. Satheesan on Tuesday mounted a sharp attack on the CPI(M), alleging that the controversial communal remarks made by State Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian were part of a “deliberate and pre-planned strategy” executed with the knowledge of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.LoP Satheesan said the sequence of events — from a briefing allegedly given by the Chief Minister’s PR agency to Delhi-based media, followed by t…
Bengaluru, Jan 15 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding an urgent National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the alleged illegal settlements at Kogilu in Bengaluru and potential threats to national security.Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, has written a letter to HM Amit Shah in this regard on Thursday.It may be noted that the Congress-led government, after undert…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 8 (IANS) With Assembly elections fast approaching in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, known for his guarded and often adversarial relationship with the media, appears to be recalibrating his public engagement strategy.After nearly a decade marked by minimal interaction and tight control over access, the Chief Minister has begun briefing the media more frequently, signalling a noticeable shift in style as the political temperature rises.When Pinarayi Vijayan assume…
Kollam, Jan 2 (IANS) The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam’s mouthpiece Yoganaadam on Friday launched a sharp critique of the controversy triggered over Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan offering a ride to Prajapalana Yogam’s general secretary Vellappally Natesan in his official car, describing the backlash as a disturbing reminder of entrenched social discrimination.Natesan is the general secretary of the powerful Hindu Ezhava social group and has now come under attack from not just th…
Bengaluru, Dec 30 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday clarified that his remarks were directed at the Kerala Chief Minister and the Kerala government’s interference in Karnataka’s administration, and not at the people of Kerala. He alleged that BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar had twisted his statement to mislead the public.Responding to media queries at the Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday, Shivakumar said, “I only stated that the Kerala Chief Minister and the Kerala…