Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (IANS) In a significant development that could revive Kerala’s high‑speed rail ambitions in a new form, Metro Man E. Sreedharan on Friday held detailed discussions with Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan at the Secretariat on a proposed alternative high‑speed rail corridor for the state. The meeting assumes importance as the UDF government is understood to be seriously considering Sreedharan’s alternative alignment proposal in place of the controversial K‑Rail Sil…
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (IANS) Kerala politics is witnessing a dramatic political turnaround that many within the CPI(M) are already describing as a rare moment of political poetic justice.The decision to restore the party membership of Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of former CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, after three years of political exile has exposed the rapidly changing power equations inside the party, especially in the backdrop of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) tightening its …
Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi, May 29 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) action in the controversial CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions case has pushed Kerala politics into one of its most volatile phases in recent years, with the spotlight now firmly on Veena Vijayan, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister and current Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan.According to highly placed sources, the ED believes it has secured crucial documentary and digital evidence during the recent back-to-ba…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday lodged an FIR in connection with the attack on its officials during raids conducted in Kerala in the controversial Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL)-Exalogic monthly pay off case, with the Kerala Police registering the case at the Museum Police Station in Thiruvananthapuram city on the complaint of an ED Assistant Director. The police have recorded the arrest of six CPI-M workers, while another activist is in…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Famed author and senior Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor, set off fresh political chatter with a warm and politically-loaded social media post after meeting bibliophile Kerala Chief Minister, V.D. Satheesan, in New Delhi on Tuesday.Calling it a ‘wonderful hour-long conversation’, Tharoor said he held extensive discussions with the Chief Minister on Kerala’s development road map and assured his fullest cooperation in efforts to build a transformed Keralam.The post instan…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 26 (IANS) State Home and Vigilance Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday announced an ambitious anti-corruption initiative, ‘Project Zero’, aimed at building a corruption-free Kerala.The announcement came after a high-level meeting of top officials of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau held in Thiruvananthapuram.“Project Zero — together let us build a corruption-free State. We will work closely with the people themselves,” Chennithala told reporters after …
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) In his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after leading the Congress-led UDF to a sweeping victory in the Kerala Assembly elections, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Tuesday held crucial talks with the PM in New Delhi, signalling the start of the new state government’s engagement with the Centre.The PMO office posted pictures of the meeting between the two.The nearly 20-minute meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office assumed political significance, coming …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 23 (IANS) Claiming that timely intervention by the Narendra Modi government helped Kerala’s small business sector withstand global economic shocks, State BJP Pesident Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday that more than 5.5 lakh MSMEs in the state benefited from the Centre’s Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS), with guaranteed credit support of more than Rs 8,405 crore extended to enterprises across the state. Chandrasekhar said the scheme played a crucial role…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) The United Democratic Front government led by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan has formally buried Kerala’s controversial SilverLine project and is eyeing an alternative broad-gauge high-speed rail corridor, setting the stage for a major political and infrastructure debate in the State.The move assumes significance as it was Satheesan himself, during his tenure as Leader of the Opposition, who spearheaded one of Kerala’s biggest political campaigns against the R…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) A row has broken out in the now beleaguered Kerala unit of the CPI-M after State Secretary M.V. Govindan on Friday brushed aside questions over the continued denial of party membership to Bineesh Kodiyeri.Govindan while talking to the media in Delhi, brushed aside the controversy with a smile, describing it merely as a local issue.He was speaking to reporters ahead of the party’s crucial three-day Central Committee meeting.However, behind the casual …