Kochi, June 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shone George on Friday welcomed the Kerala High Court’s decision allowing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into the alleged monthly payment case involving Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), saying the court judgment proved that the Indian legal system could not be bought. The case pertains to alleged illegal gratification received by Veena Vijayan’s IT firm Exalogic from CMRL. Veena Vijayan is the daughter of former C…
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday said neither he nor the Kerala Police had prior knowledge of the Enforcement Directorate’s ongoing raids conducted at 10 locations across the state, including the residences linked to former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family members in the controversial CMRL-Exalogic case.“I spoke to the State Police Chief, and also the Home Secretary, and they too said they had no information. Their services we…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 15 (IANS) With V. D. Satheesan now firmly seated in the driver’s seat of Kerala politics, the celebration within the Congress camp is quickly giving way to the far more complicated and politically explosive exercise of cabinet formation.And if choosing the Chief Minister itself required 10 days of intense negotiations and delicate balancing, the battle for ministerial berths now threatens to become an even tougher test for both Satheesan and the Congress high command.The …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (IANS) The emphatic return of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) to power with 102 seats marks both a political resurgence and the beginning of a delicate balancing act.After a decade in the opposition, the coalition comprising the Congress (63), IUML (22), Kerala Congress (7), RSP (3) and smaller allies faces the immediate challenge of converting a decisive mandate into a stable and representative government.The Left has been reduced to 35 seats, while the …
Kochi, April 8 (IANS) The controversy over Kerala’s devastating 2018 floods has erupted into a sharp political slugfest, with Mathew Kuzhalnadan and Mathew T. Thomas, both candidates contesting from different constituencies, locking horns over allegations of administrative failure and ulterior motives.Kuzhalnadan, the Congress candidate contesting from Ernakulam district, has repeatedly alleged that the floods were “man-made”, releasing details of a meeting chaired by the Water Resources M…
Thiruvalla, April 7 (IANS) A fresh political storm has erupted in Kerala after Congress candidate and Muvattupuzha MLA, Mathew Kuzhalnadan, alleged that the devastating 2018 floods were “man-made,” triggering a fierce war of words and exposing deep fault lines within the JD(S), a key ally of the ruling LDF.Kuzhalnadan accused former irrigation minister Mathew T. Thomas of deliberately delaying the opening of the Thottappally spillway to benefit private contractors.He released an audio clip, pu…