Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP), V.D. Satheesan, on Thursday wrote to the Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly demanding that derogatory remarks and allegations made by State Ministers against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi be expunged from the official records of the House.Describing the remarks as a grave breach of parliamentary propriety, Satheesan said the Ministers’ conduct violated established rules, conventions and rulings governing Assembl…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) What began as a brief moment in the kitchen of a Kerala household during a CPI(M) door-to-door campaign has snowballed into a political and social media storm, turning an ordinary domestic gesture into a contested political symbol ahead of the Assembly elections.The incident occurred when CPI(M) General Secretary M.A. Baby, while visiting a family in Thrissur as part of the Left Front’s grassroots outreach, walked into the kitchen and began washing his plate a…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3 (IANS) The Kerala government has put on hold its order making the Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test (K-TET) mandatory for school teacher appointments and promotions, following widespread opposition from teachers’ organisations. General Education Minister V. Sivankutty on Saturday said the government has taken seriously the concerns raised by teachers who entered service before April 1, 2010, and assured that their job security would be protected.The controversial order ha…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 30 (IANS) Kerala’s Education and Labour Minister V. Sivankutty on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, alleging that the party has completed its “saffronisation” both at the national level and in Kerala, and has effectively turned into a recruitment agency for the RSS.Addressing the media, Sivankutty cautioned sections of the press against functioning as public relations platforms for what he described as an “unholy Congress-BJP alliance”.“At a tim…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) The Kerala government will issue a draft notification revising the minimum wages of employees in the private hospital sector within a month, State Labour and Education Minister V. Sivankutty said on Monday, signalling a decisive move to ensure wage security for thousands of healthcare workers across the state.Chairing a review meeting on the issue, the Minister said officials of the Labour Department have been directed to complete all formalities for issuing the…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 27 (IANS) Kerala General Education and Labour Minister V. Sivankutty on Saturday directed that a draft notification revising the minimum wages of employees in the private hospital sector in the State be issued in the official Gazette within one month. The directive was given to the Labour Department Secretary at a meeting of the Private Hospital Industrial Relations Committee held in Thiruvananthapuram.The decision to issue the notification directly under Section 5(1)(b) …