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BJP protests not informing Thrissur MP Suresh Gopi about national highway review meeting in Kerala

BJP district president Justin Jacob alleges that the State government is mixing politics with development issues and sidelining the peopleโ€™s representative

Samasthaโ€™s power equation hinges on choice of new general secretary

The death of Alikutty Musliarr has triggered a contest between the IUML-aligned faction and the Shajara group, which regards the IUML as just another political party, for the post of Samastha general secretary

BJP protest march to Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram turns tense

The march was organised in protest against the Congress demonstration held outside Prime Minister Narendra Modiโ€™s official residence in New Delhi

Six-month UDF rule in Keralaโ€™s Pala municipality ends with ouster of chairperson Diya Binu

No-confidence motion, moved by LDF against Diya Binu, regarded as youngest chairperson of any civic body in the country, was carried with support of 17 councillors, including four Congress members and UDF vice-chairperson

V.S. Achuthanandan death anniversary: Pinarayi Vijayan says former CM and communist leader remains โ€˜a blazing memoryโ€™

In a Facebook post, Pinarayi pays tribute to VS and says the latter aggressively championed peopleโ€™s causes, strong-arming governments to correct course

IUML walks a tightrope over Waqf row, tells Ministers to back UDF with caution

Party faces pressure from various quarters over decisions perceived as a shift from its earlier positions on issues such as Waqf, PM SHRI and the governmentโ€™s move to reduce taxes on low-alcohol beverages

KPCC cracks whip on party workers feuding over government policy, postings

KPCC general secretary Deepthi Mary Varghese has issued a broad set of guidelines, cautioning party apparatchiks against airing broad-brush individualised statements on television talk shows and also social media, which risked feeding the public perception that the party was a divided house

UDF govt. more interested in Waqf Act than NDA govt., says Rajeeve

Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy remembered on death anniversary

NSS terms Mannam Samadhi row โ€˜politically motivatedโ€™

Clarification by organisationโ€™s general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair comes in view of criticism from Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan and Union Minister Suresh Gopi, who had alleged discrimination in granting permission to pay homage at the memorial of NSS founder Mannath Padmanabhan

Kerala power cuts: Pinarayi Vijayan accuses UDF govt of poor planning

Keralaโ€™s Leader of the Opposition says LDF government was able to avoid such situations in the past decade by taking necessary steps in advance

Kerala Waqf Board reconstitution: Pinarayi Vijayan accuses UDF govt of โ€˜surrendering to Sangh Parivar diktatsโ€™

Opposition Leader alleges that State govt has โ€˜betrayed' Keralaโ€™s secular society and minorities by deciding to reconstitute Waqf Board in accordance with Union governmentโ€™s Waqf (Amendment) Act

BJP never interferes in internal affairs of NSS, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan had said that the president or general secretary of the NSS should not believe that they are everything

CPI(M) Thiruvananthapuram district leaders reject reports of internal differences, factionalism

At a joint press conference of top district leaders, CPI(M) district secretary V. Joy says fake narratives are being spread by some sections with ulterior motives to destroy the party and take public attention away from protests against Vizhinjam stake transfer

Kerala Deputy Leader of the Opposition demand not a closed chapter, says CPI

CPI State assistant secretary P.P. Suneer, MP, says the issue should be discussed within the LDF and the matter cannot be closed unilaterally

UDF govt. order extending accreditation period of Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society till July 31 sparks debate

When in the Opposition, senior UDF leaders, including V.D. Satheesan, had staunchly criticised the alleged unfair patronage extended to ULCCS by the then Left Democratic Front government.

Decision on liquor must come through UDF, says IUML

Smaller LDF allies in Kerala mull broader platform, keep merger option open after Assembly poll rout

NCP faction led by A.K. Saseendran, Congress (Secular) and Indian Socialist Janata Dal exploring formation of a broader platform ahead of possible merger, while remaining part of Left coalition in Kerala

Govindan accuses UDF govt. of lurching to the right to flatter RSS

He says Chief Minister faced opposition from within his own party for considering N. Seshadrinathan, an โ€œRSS sympathiserโ€, as Keralaโ€™s next State Election Commissioner

Speaker refutes claims over silence on LDF liquor policy

Thiruvanchoor says he had strongly objected to the proposal to reduce taxes on liquor when it came up before the Assembly Subject Committee in 2022