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Tensions escalated within Kerala’s ruling LDF after Education Minister V. Sivankutty criticised the CPI for celebrating the State’s withdrawal from the PM SHRI scheme. Sivankutty warned that the decision could affect Rs 15,000 crore in Samagra Shiksha Kerala funds
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The DMK and its Secular Progressive Alliance partners staged statewide protests against the Election Commission’s voter roll revision, calling it politically motivated. CM Stalin accused the process of undermining democracy and vowed legal and grassroots action to halt it
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The Supreme Court has sought the Election Commission’s response within two weeks to petitions filed by the DMK, CPI(M), Congress, and TMC challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Related high court cases have been stayed
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The bandh called by the BC Joint Action Committee saw full support across the erstwhile Medak district. Political parties including BRS and CPI(M) joined protests in Siddipet and Sangareddy, demanding that the State government push for the BC Bill in Parliament
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Congress leaders condemned the alleged police assault on MP Shafi Parambil, claiming it was an attempt by the CPI(M) government to divert attention from irregularities at the Sabarimala shrine. The incident sparked statewide protests and police cases against over 700 people
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Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty reiterated demands for suspended Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil’s resignation amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations. Sivankutty accused Mamkootathil of arrogance and cyberbullying critics, including Congress MLA Uma Thomas. While Congress suspended him from party membership, it has not sought his MLA resignation
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A CPI(M) branch committee in Eloor, Kochi, mistakenly hoisted the Congress party’s flag instead of the national flag during Independence Day celebrations. The mix-up by an elderly leader lasted about 10 minutes before being corrected, but images went viral online
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Veteran Communist leader VS Achuthanandan passed away at 101 in Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala has declared state mourning till July 24. His final journey to Alappuzha began Tuesday, with cremation scheduled for Wednesday. Thousands gathered to pay their last respects
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Meanwhile, local CPI(M) leaders, who visited the site, said many daily wagers also attend duty every day in Sigachi, but the management is not maintaining their names in the attendance record.
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John Wesley has also sought a judicial probe, suspension of officials, and announced a July 9 dharna against the Centre’s and State’s anti-worker stance.
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Former MLA and party state secretariat member Julakanti Ranga Reddy said the struggle for the supply of Godavari water to farmers in the district through Sitarama project would be intensified
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The Kerala High Court dismissed two pleas seeking a probe by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department into the allegations that Veena Vijayan’s IT firm, Exalogic
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As Kerala, the only State where the Communists are in power, is going to polls next year, the CPI(M) is undergoing a churning marked by a dilemma over whether it should embrace pragmatism or stick to its core ideology
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The book reading sessions began on January 3, 2010 and are held every Sunday from 6.30 am to 9 am, according to study circle founders
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Coming down heavily on the Congress government for failing to uphold the seventh guarantee made during the elections to protect democracy, the CPI(M) state unit Secretary Thammineni Veerabhadram on Tuesday wanted the government to address the issues before the people. Otherwise, it would incur ire of the people.
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People in the surrounding villages staged protests demanding the administration to stop the construction of the factory by cancelling the licenses issued so far.
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We will take out a rally in Kolkata on November 9 from College Square to Esplanade along with members of civil society organisations, say the protesting junior doctors
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The union leaders said as the SPDCL management had responded positively to their demands, the union had decided to postpone the protest.
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The CPI (M) State unit took strong objection over the State government for demolishing the houses of poor in different areas along the River Musi.
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The victory of a Left candidate in the presidential election for the first time in Sri Lanka's history is a historic occasion, The CPI(M) said