Kannur, July 23 (IANS) A fresh political flashpoint has erupted in Kerala’s Kannur with the alleged arson attack on a shrimp farm owned by former CPI(M) member T. Purushothaman, a key supporter of rebel MLA V. Kunjikrishnan, intensifying the post-election turmoil within the party.The incident comes at a time when the CPI(M)’s national and state leadership is reviewing the Left’s crushing defeat in the Assembly elections, where its strength in the 140-member Kerala Assembly plummeted from 99 se…
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Kottayam, July 21 (IANS) India’s youngest municipal chairperson, 21-year-old Diya Binu Pulikkakandam, was voted out of office on Tuesday after a no-confidence motion against her was passed in the Pala Municipality, bringing down the UDF-backed administration amid a deepening internal rift within the Congress.The motion was carried unanimously by the 17 councillors present in the 26-member council.All 17 voted in favour of the motion, including the 12 LDF councillors, four Congress councillors …
Alappuzha (Kerala), July 18 (IANS) Kerala Health Minister K. Muraleedharan on Saturday announced that Community Kitchens will be introduced in government hospitals to streamline the distribution of free meals to patients and their attendants, while ensuring transparency and eliminating political branding from the process.The initiative will be piloted at Alappuzha Medical College.“Distribution of food packets under the banners or flags of political parties or organisations would no longer be p…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 18 (IANS) The latest confrontation between Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and KSU state president Aloysius Xavier may have been triggered by the controversy over the appointment of Government Pleaders, but within the Congress, few believe the dispute is merely about legal appointments.Rather, it is widely seen as the latest manifestation of the factional politics that has defined the Kerala unit of the party for decades.From the bitter rivalry between K. Karunakaran and …
Thiruvananthapuram, July 17 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday accused the Congress-led UDF government of striking a political deal with the BJP by deciding to implement the Centre’s new Waqf guidelines, including the induction of non-Muslims into the Kerala Waqf Board.Addressing the media here, Vijayan said Kerala’s stand marked a complete departure from the position taken by the previous Left government, which had strongly opposed the Centre’s am…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 (IANS) Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday dismissed reports suggesting that the party had taken a stand against Nair Service Society (NSS) General Secretary G. Sukumaran Nair, asserting that the BJP had never interfered in the internal affairs of community organisations and would never do so. The Nair Service Society (NSS) is one of Kerala’s most influential socio-cultural organisations, representing the Hindu Nair community and wielding considerable …
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 (IANS) Kerala’s former General Education Minister V. Sivankutty on Monday mounted a strong defence of the previous LDF government’s stand on the PM SHRI school scheme, rejecting as factually incorrect the contention by former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s Additional Private Secretary Ratheesh Kaliyadan that the state cannot unilaterally withdraw from the scheme after signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).Sivankutty said there was no need for anyone to cons…
Chennai, July 8 (IANS) Well known Tamil actor and politician Sarathkumar on Wednesday expressed his condolences to the family members of those killed in the landslide that left at least three people dead and several others missing at Wayanad in Kerala on Tuesday.Taking to his X timeline to express his grief, the well known Tamil actor and politician wrote, “I am saddened to witness another devastating landslide in Wayanad, which has claimed 5 precious lives, while many others are still missing.”…
Wayanad, July 8 (IANS) Rescue operations at the landslide site in Kalladi, Wayanad, will continue on Wednesday, with Kerala Ministers T. Siddique and A.P. Anil Kumar announcing that a comprehensive search will be carried out to trace the five persons still missing. Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan, who is in the state capital, will reach the disaster site at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday.He will leave for Wayanad immediately after briefing the media following the weekly Cabinet meeting.After visiting …
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (IANS) Allegations of irregularities in the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) have intensified, placing the spotlight on the weekly Cabinet meeting of the V.D. Satheesan government on Wednesday, which is expected to signal the new administration’s approach towards one of the state’s most important constitutional institutions. Veteran Congress leader Cherian Philip has demanded a comprehensive judicial inquiry into the alleged irregularities that, according to hi…