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Bharat Mata row: Kerala minister Bindu accuses Kerala University VC of misusing powers in registrar’s suspension

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Police use water cannon as SFI activists protested outside Rajbhavan over the suspension of Kerala University registrar in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. PHOTO : SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Kerala Higher Education Minister R. Bindu on Thursday alleged that the Kerala University Vice-chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal had misused his authority by suspending the Registrar K.S. Anil Kumar for his […]

Congress trying to bring ‘anti-secular’ Jamaat-e-Islami into mainstream politics, alleges Kerala BJP leader

July 2, 2025July 2, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (July 2, 2025) accused the Congress of indulging in politics of opportunism, stating that although the party claimed to be protecting the Constitution and secularism, it sought help from an outfit such as the Jamaat-e-Islami, and was attempting […]

The widening grip of intolerance

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Navigating the cultural landscape these days is akin to treading a minefield. It is becoming evident that the most innocuous creative expressions can blow up to become heated controversies. Over the past week in Kerala, everything from a character named Janaki in a film to Zumba dance performances by school students has angered some section […]

Nilambur bypoll in Kerala: Opposition UDF accuses LDF of stoking Islamophobia for Sangh Parivar votes

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Kerala Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) accused the Left Democratic Front (LDF) campaign of stoking Islamophobia to consolidate its position among Sangh Parivar and hardline groups hailing from the other minority communities in the high-stakes Nilambur Assembly […]

Kerala Assembly adjourns indefinitely following Opposition protests

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly adjourned indefinitely on Tuesday following persistent protests by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) opposition. A sit-in protest by five opposition legislators in the well of the House prompted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to table a resolution to cut short legislative business and discontinue the session. Also read […]

Kerala High Court declares void the election of Devikulam LDF candidate A. Raja over ‘incorrect’ caste certificate

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The allegation levelled against A. Raja was that he had filed his nomination papers claiming that he belongs to Hindu Parayan caste, a scheduled caste. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Kerala High Court on Monday declared null and void the election of A. Raja , LDF candidate from the reserved assembly constituency of […]

Left, Congress treat Christian community only as ‘vote bank’ in Kerala: BJP

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan. File | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 20 blamed the ruling Left Democratic Front and the main Opposition Congress party in Kerala for treating the Christian community in the State as a captive “vote bank” and targeting Christian community leaders […]

Assembly adjourns in nine minutes; aggressive opposition protest over criminal charges on UDF legislators

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Opposition MLA’s protest outside Speaker’s office inside Kerala assembly in Thiruvananthapuram on March 15, 2023, Wednesday | Photo Credit: ANI The Kerala Legislative Assembly adjourned nine minutes after it convened on Friday following raucous protests by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) opposition. Opposition legislators vociferously condemned the government for slapping non-bailable criminal charges against […]

At least two Congress legislators and a few wardens hospitalised following bedlam in Kerala Assembly

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Leader of the opposition V D Satheesan visiting the injured mla at General Hospital on Wednesday | Photo Credit: MAHINSHA S At least two Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) legislators and a few Watch and Ward officials were hospitalised after they reported faintness and body pain following a fracas in the Kerala Legislative Assembly on […]

Kerala Opposition disrupts Assembly over Brahmapuram fire

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Kerala Legislative Assembly Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) opposition unleashed an impassioned attack against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government for “shielding politically influential contractors who heartlessly jeopardised the health of eight lakh Kochi residents by setting fire to the plastic garbage hill at Brahmapuram to cover up their abject failure to dispose of the […]

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