Kozhikode, April 30 (IANS) Days before the results are out, the battle for Kerala’s Beypore has officially entered its theatrical phase. Just when state politics seemed content with sharp speeches and sharper allegations, UDF-backed candidate P.V. Anvar has upped the stakes by offering to shave his head, don earrings, and march through Kozhikode if his CPI-M rival, state Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas, who is the son-in-law of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, wins the election.”From Kidson …
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Kozhikode, April 5 (IANS) With nearly days left for Kerala to head to the polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday held a high-energy roadshow in Beypore Assembly constituency, signalling an aggressive final push by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA to expand its footprint in the state. Union Home Minister Shah, who arrived in Kozhikode on Saturday evening, took out the roadshow along a key stretch from Mathottam Bijith Junction to Naduvattom, transforming the coastal constituency i…
Kozhikode, April 2 (IANS) CPI(M) candidate State Tourism Minister and son-in-law of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, P.A. Mohamed Riyas, is to approach the Election Commission with a complaint against UDF nominee P.V. Anvar in Beypore, alleging character assassination in an intensifying electoral contest in the historic port constituency.The complaint alleges that Anvar has been targeting Riyas and members of Vijayan’s family through repeated references to “nepotism” and “Pinarayism”, …
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) In a significant inter-state collaboration, the Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS), the human resource development arm of Kerala’s Tourism Department, has launched a comprehensive training programme for tourism officials from Tamil Nadu, focusing on Kerala’s sustainable and innovative tourism models.The programme, inaugurated online by Tourism and Public Works Minister P. A. Mohamed Riyas at the KITTS campus here, will train 60 Tourism Infor…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29 (IANS) Kerala Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas on Thursday said the enhanced budgetary allocation for the tourism sector would impart strong momentum to both ongoing and proposed projects, particularly in infrastructure creation and destination development.The state Budget for 2026–27, presented by Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal in the Assembly, increased the allocation for tourism to Rs 413.52 crore from Rs 385.02 crore in the previous financial year, underlinin…