Political slugfest is intensifying over a WhatsApp screenshot with communal overtones that appeared on the eve of the recent Lok Sabha elections in the Vadakara segment. The screenshot of a message seeking votes for United Democratic Front candidate Shafi Parambil, terming his Left Democratic Front rival a ‘kafir’, had led to heated arguments then itself. Ribesh, a DYFI leader from …
The ruling CPI 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. The Kerala High Court had on Tuesday held that three persons ¬ two local CPI leaders and one DYFI leader ¬ were ineligible to be appointed as non-hereditary trustees of the Pookkottukalikavu …
The attempt to screen BBC documentary on Gujarat riots by members of Democratic Youth Federation of India on Sunday was stopped after police promised to give them permission for screening the same on Monday. “The police officials had promised that they would give us proper permission to screen the documentary at Jeeva Nagar on Monday,” said Mr. Selva. Stating that …
Youth organisations aligned to the CPI and the Congress organised screenings of the documentary titled India: The Modi Question produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation, in Kozhikode on Tuesday. The screening of the first part of the documentary at Saroj Bhavan in Kozhikode city was organised by the Democratic Youth Federation of India. The Kozhikode district committee of the Youth …
The Customs investigation into the Karipur gold smuggling case appeared to gain momentum on Monday with the agency’s preventive unit in Kochi poised to question Arjun Ayanki, a Kannur resident and prime suspect with alleged links to the ruling Communist Party of India. Investigators said Mr. Shafeek’s confessional statement under section 108 of the Criminal Procedure Code had prompted the …