Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 (IANS) A controversy has erupted after R. Sreelekha, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Vattiyoorkavu, made sharp remarks on Friday on women’s safety in Kerala, directly targeting the state government. Speaking at a “Brunch with Sreelekha” event in Sasthamangalam, she alleged that the Kerala government has “turned a blind eye” even to issues like “love jihad”, and claimed that this has resulted in a lack of safety for women in the state.Drawing from per…
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Kochi, April 1 (IANS) Malayalam Film Director Ranjith has been remanded to 14 days in judicial custody in connection with a sexual assault complaint filed by a young actress, even as the Kerala government asserted its firm support for the survivor and promised strict legal action.Produced before a magistrate, Ranjith was remanded and is set to be moved to the Ernakulam sub jail. His lawyer told the media that a bail application would be filed soon.The director was arrested late Tuesday night. Fo…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 (IANS) The political slugfest between the ruling CPI(M) and the Congress-led Opposition intensified on Thursday, with Leader of the Opposition, V.D. Satheesan, launching a sharp counter-attack against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over allegations of a BJP-CPI(M) nexus.An hour after CM Vijayan’s Facebook post surfaced accusing the Congress of maintaining tacit links with the RSS, Satheesan rejected the claims and turned the charge back on the Chief Minister, alle…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 (IANS) K.C. Venugopal, MP and General Secretary of the Indian National Congress, on Friday accused the Kerala government of making controversial backdoor appointments to the post of police Inspector, alleging that bodybuilders with links to the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were given the posts in violation of established recruitment norms.Venugopal said the move amounts to a “direct challenge to the unemployed youth of Kerala,” who spend years …
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 (IANS) Even as the Centre has been repeatedly asserting that there is no shortage of LPG in India in the midst of the worsening West Asia crisis as the nation has adequate reserves of the cooking fuel, people across Kerala continue to panic over the issue.People are not scrolling through reels, sharing memes or arguing on social media.Instead, thousands are glued to their phones trying to reach their local cooking gas dealer and find out about the LPG supply.Fed up o…
Paravur (Kerala), March 12 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, claiming that the party was facing the “biggest crisis in its history in Kerala” and warning that it could meet the same fate as its counterparts after the upcoming Assembly elections.Satheesan said the CPI-M’s decline was the result of what he described as the arrogance of power during the decade-long rule of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijay…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 (IANS) Now-expelled Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil has launched a sharp attack on the Kerala government over the controversy involving state Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar, questioning the alleged inaction of the police despite a distress call made by the minister’s wife.Reacting to the allegations raised by Bindu Menon, Rahul Mamkootathil said the episode reflected the manner in which power was being misused in the state.“A very serious and grave issu…
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, Feb 21 (IANS) Kerala’s water-based tourism is set to receive a significant boost with the renovation of the historic Chilakoor Tunnel in Varkala, which forms part of the Akkulam–Chettuva Waterway project aimed at reviving inland navigation and promoting tourism.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate Phase I of the waterway project at Chilakoor Beach Park on Thursday, marking a key milestone in the state’s inland waterways development efforts.The 350-metre-long …
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 (IANS) The doctors’ OP (outpatient) boycott at government medical colleges entered its fifth day on Friday, as the Kerala Government Medical College Teachers’ Association (KGMCTA) continues to press for the settlement of long-pending demands.The government has implemented a “duty roster system” to track attendance, with doctors required to report for both OP duties and operation theatre (OT)schedules.Attendance of those participating in the strike will be recor…