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Thiruvananthapuram: A day after various youth organisations criticised the Kerala government for raising the retirement age of state PSU employees to 60, the weekly cabinet meeting held here on Wednesday under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan decided to freeze the October 29 order. According to sources, Vijayan himself expressed his concern that the decision to raise […]
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Hyderabad: The BJP-led union government’s attempts, to replace English with Hindi as the medium of instruction in educational institutions and also give it priority in Central government jobs, have triggered an outrage in non-Hindi speaking States, especially in South India. Though the Centre has been claiming that it was just a recommendation for Hindi-speaking States, […]
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Kannur: Amid the ongoing tussle between Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Left Democratic Front convenor EP Jayarajan on Saturday questioned the governor’s stand and said the post should be removed from the state immediately. His remarks came while addressing the media in Kannur. Jayarajan alleged that the governor of Kerala […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: An audio link of a conversation between Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister G.R. Anil and a Police Inspector, Girilal, over the phone has gone viral. The conversation in Malayalam begins with the call coming from the office of Anil. After his staff ensure that the police official is on the other end, the […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday launched the LDF government’s own e-taxi service app — named ‘Kerala Savari’ — which is considered to be the first such initiative by any state in the country. Vijayan also flagged off, at the app launch event, the auto-rickshaws which would be operating under the new online […]
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Wayanad: A protest march of the SFI, the students wing of ruling CPI(M), against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s office here on Friday turned violent as a group of protestors allegedly entered the Lok Sabha member’s office and vandalised it, prompting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to strongly condemn the incident and warned stern action against the […]
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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written to his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan for maintaining the full reservoir level at the Siruvani dam. In the letter on Sunday, Stalin called on Vijayan to provide a positive response as the water shortage in Coimbatore and its surrounding areas were turning into a major cause […]
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Kolkata: With an eye on the forthcoming Presidential polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of the leaders of all opposition parties and chief ministers of the opposition ruled states, in New Delhi on June 15. The meeting will be held at the Constitutional Club. She has forwarded a letter to […]
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Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday, while recalling the attacks against Christians in the country, said that last year 486 anti-christian attacks happened in India. He said this while mentioning the alleged hate speech of former MLA PC George and the BJP’s support for him. Last year, 486 anti-Christian attacks took place in […]
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Hyderabad: In yet another step towards unification of like-minded forces in the fight against the BJP at the Centre, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will be meeting his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Sunday. Thackeray had recently extended his full support to Chandrashekhar Rao’s fight for the federal justice, denouncing the anti-people policies […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam film actor Pradeep K.R., popularly known as Kottayam Pradeep, passed away on Thursday morning following a heart attack. He was 61. Pradeep was also a part of the theatre and television industry. The veteran artiste, who hailed from Kottayam, felt uneasy early this morning and was rushed to a hospital where he passed […]
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Hyderabad: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) three-day Central Committee meeting commenced here on Friday. Apart from the party’s draft political agenda, the Central Committee members will discuss the strategies to be adopted for elections to be held in different States shortly. The draft of the party’s political agenda would be discussed for submitting at […]
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Kochi: In a stinging blow to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who had given a government job to the son of late CPI-M MLA K.K. Ramachandran Nair, the Kerala High Court on Friday ruled that a ‘legislator is not a government servant’ and cancelled the appointment. Nair, a first time legislator after being elected from […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: Some actors are like aged wine. As they grow older, they may look more fresh and charismatic and Malayalam mega star Mammootty is such an actor for whom age seems to be just a number. As the hero turned 70 years old on Tuesday, he is still busy with a handful of new projects […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: Senior CPI(M) leader and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that the crisis in the Congress party in the state is set to intensify, even as the KPCC leadership today appeared to strike a truce with its warring leaders Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala. A day after the two factions in the […]
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The Chief Minister said the fuel price was rising uncontrollably after the shift from administrative price mechanism to dynamic pricing.
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"The government's goal is to support the kind of tourism that brings benefits to entrepreneurs, tourists and local community alike," says Mohamed Riyas
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It is the second stint of the Marxist veteran in the top office.
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It has come as a shock to many in the party and outside and all what Shailaja said was, she is a disciplined party worker and will abide by the party's decision.
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The IMD had also predicted that the cyclone would hit the Gujarat coast by May 18 morning
