CPI(M) puts the onus on the Congress to decide whether Mamkootathil should resign as MLA

[ad_1] Rahul Mamkootathil | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] on Thursday (August 21, 2025) stated that the onus was on the Congress to decide whether Rahul Mamkootathil, MLA, who stepped down as Youth Congress State president in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct against him, should also quit his […]

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CPI(M) reaches out to orthodox church; allays concerns

[ad_1] A day after the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church warned that it would stage public protests against a proposed move by the State government to frame a law to resolve the dispute between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara Church, CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan here on Saturday sought to assuage concerns raised […]

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Jayarajan will turn up at jatha, says CPI(M) Kerala secretary Govindan

[ad_1] Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan hand over the party flag to Jatha leader CPI(M) State secretary M V Govindan to mark the inauguration of the ”Janakiya Prathiroda Jatha” at Kumbla Kasaragod on February 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: S.K. Mohan E.P. Jayarajan, Left Democratic Front convener in Kerala, will attend the Janakeeya Prathirodha Jatha being […]

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Politicians, political parties should not be administering temples: CPI(M)

[ad_1] CPI(M) Kerala State secretary M.V Govindan. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The ruling CPI(M) has said it agrees with the order of the Kerala High Court that those involved in active politics are ineligible to oversee affairs of temples. CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan said temples should not be administered by politicians […]

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Top Kerala news developments – February 20

[ad_1] CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan | Photo Credit: Mahinsha S. Here are the important developments from Kerala to watch out for today: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will flag off the State-wide march led by CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan at Kumbala in Kasaragod today evening. The march will focus attention on the Centre’s neglect […]

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M.V. Govindan | The party man 

[ad_1] The CPI(M)’s new Kerala chief is known to be a self­-taught Marxist theoretician The CPI(M)’s new Kerala chief is known to be a self­-taught Marxist theoretician The purportedly self-effacing political demeanour of M.V. Govindan was apparent at his inaugural press conference as the Kerala State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Thiruvananthapuram on August 26. An emergency State committee meeting had just elected him as the new party secretary to replace Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who was […]

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CPI(M) elects Excise Minister M.V. Govindan as party’s State secretary in Kerala

[ad_1] The State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] elected Excise Minister M.V. Govindan, MLA, as the party’s new State secretary. Mr. Govindan succeeds Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who is reportedly travelling to Chennai for treatment. A CPI(M) communique said Mr. Balakrishnan was hard-pressed to discharge his duties as party secretary. Chief Minister Pinarayi […]

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Chicken waste rendering plant inaugurated in Kannur

[ad_1] The plant handles 40 tonnes of waste per day and has modern facilities such as cold storage, sewage treatment plant and biofilter The plant handles 40 tonnes of waste per day and has modern facilities such as cold storage, sewage treatment plant and biofilter The Mattannur chicken waste rendering plant at Porora Karuthurparambil was […]

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