Kerala Assembly adjourns indefinitely following Opposition protests 

Kerala Assembly adjourns indefinitely following Opposition protests 

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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Kerala Opposition disrupts Assembly over Brahmapuram fire

Kerala Opposition disrupts Assembly over Brahmapuram fire

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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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s aide C. M. Raveendran turns up before ED

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s aide C. M. Raveendran turns up before ED

C. M. Raveendran, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s Additional Private Secretary, reaching Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Kochi on March 7, 2023, Tuesday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement C. M. Raveendran, Additional Private Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, turned up at the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here on Tuesday for interrogation […]

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Struggle for land not over for tribespeople of Muthanga

Struggle for land not over for tribespeople of Muthanga

The Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha (AGM) called off its Nilpu Samaram (standing protest) in front of the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram in 2014 after the government agreed to fulfil its demands, recalls M. Geethanandan, one of its leaders. The demands included a rehabilitation package for the tribal families involved in the Muthanga agitation in Wayanad in 2003 […]

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Akash Thillankeri charged under KAAPA, arrested

Akash Thillankeri charged under KAAPA, arrested

Police arrested Akash Thillankeri, who is accused in the murder of Youth Congress activist Shuhaib and several other cases including gold smuggling has been arrested on Monday evening. He and his friend Jijo were arrested by the Muzhakunnu police after they were charged under Kerala Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act. and were sent to Kannur […]

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Chaos in Kerala Assembly as opposition and ruling front cross swords over LIFE Mission corruption case

Chaos in Kerala Assembly as opposition and ruling front cross swords over LIFE Mission corruption case

Kerala Legislative Assembly | Photo Credit: GOPAKUMAR S Chaos erupted in the Kerala Legislative Assembly (KLA) on Tuesday when the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) benches vociferously resisted the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) opposition’s move to initiate an adjournment debate on the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) recent arrest of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s former principal […]

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