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10 sentenced to double life term in Kerala political twin murder case
3 days, 7 hours ago

10 sentenced to double life term in Kerala political twin murder case

India Today  

A CBI Special Court in Ernakulam on Friday sentenced 10 individuals to double life imprisonment for the killings of Youth Congress workers Sarath Lal PK and Kripesh in Kasaragod, Kerala five years ago. The court also handed five years of rigorous imprisonment to four CPI leaders, including former MLA KV Kunhiraman, for aiding the crime. In addition to the double …

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Congress Navigates Political Minefield in Palakkad, Aims to Outsmart CPM
2 months, 1 week ago

Congress Navigates Political Minefield in Palakkad, Aims to Outsmart CPM

New Indian Express  

Congress is set to rebound in Kerala with its political narrative against the ruling parties in the state and center. The Congress has started a grassroots-level campaign, focusing on political issues and the government's failure to address them. The party is also planning to raise issues such as the government's failure to raise paddy procurement price, welfare/board pensions, and the …

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Political untouchability is a crime, says Goa Governor Sreedharan Pillai
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Political untouchability is a crime, says Goa Governor Sreedharan Pillai

The Hindu  

Sreedharan Pillai has said that untouchability is a crime in politics too. Mr. Pillai was inaugurating ‘Vande Mukundam’, an event to commemorate the first death anniversary of former BJP leader P.P. Mr. Pillai presented the first ever Seva Award in memory of Mukundan to Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources Suresh Gopi on the occasion. In his address, …

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LDF, UDF term Union Budget an act of political self-preservation
5 months, 1 week ago

LDF, UDF term Union Budget an act of political self-preservation

The Hindu  

The ruling and Opposition fronts in Kerala have termed the 2024-25 Union Budget a “political act” to appease allies who could potentially undermine the precarious National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the Budget lacked a national character, discriminated against non-NDA-ruled States, ran against the grain of federalism and monomaniacally focussed on the Central government’s …

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Kerala: Parties back to old ways, poll materials litter roads
8 months, 1 week ago

Kerala: Parties back to old ways, poll materials litter roads

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It has been three days since the general elections are over, but the political parties and the candidates are yet to remove the hoardings, posters and flyers they put up across Thiruvananthapuram during the campaign period. Fearing the political parties, the civic authorities have not initiated any steps to remove even hoardings that have been disrupting the movement of …

Kerala Oppn cries foul as Delhi Lt-Governor meets church heads ahead of polls
8 months, 1 week ago

Kerala Oppn cries foul as Delhi Lt-Governor meets church heads ahead of polls

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: As Kerala heads to the polls on Friday, Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena arrived on a two-day visit to meet the heads of various Christian churches. Fr Antony Vadakekkara, public relations officer of the Syro Malabar Church, said the Delhi Lt Governor met with Major Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil at Mount St Thomas at Kakkanad in Kochi. Fr …

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ELECTION 2024 | Political watchers say BJP has no chance in Kerala despite attempts to woo Christians
8 months, 2 weeks ago

ELECTION 2024 | Political watchers say BJP has no chance in Kerala despite attempts to woo Christians

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 17, 2024 15:59 IST - 6 MINS READ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often faced flak from detractors for making sweeping claims. But even by his standards, he seemed to be setting himself up for taunts when he said that in Kerala, thanks to “Modi ki guarantee”, he would work to “realise the dreams of Kerala”, and …

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‘LS verdict will decide whether or not LDF govt should continue in Kerala’: CPM veteran Ramachandran Pillai
9 months ago

‘LS verdict will decide whether or not LDF govt should continue in Kerala’: CPM veteran Ramachandran Pillai

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Lok Sabha poll verdict will decide whether the Left government should continue in Kerala or not, opined CPM veteran S Ramachandran Pillai. In a chat with TNIE on Friday, the 86-year-old also walked down memory lane on his lone electoral battle against Kerala Congress veteran R Balakrishna Pillai from Mavelikkara LS constituency in 1971. The results of this …

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Ramesh Chennithala interview | ‘Political climate is in favour of Congress in Kerala this time’
9 months ago

Ramesh Chennithala interview | ‘Political climate is in favour of Congress in Kerala this time’

The Hindu  

Ramesh Chennithala, the chairman of Congress’s Kerala Lok Sabha election campaign committee, has been in the thick of action since the party launched its poll campaign in the State. Mr. Chennithala, former Home Minister and former Leader of the Opposition in Kerala, feels that the Congress party will succeed in winning all the 20 seats in the State this time, …

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As polls near, cinemas to see nationalistic flavour
11 months ago

As polls near, cinemas to see nationalistic flavour

Live Mint  

Multiple movies with political, religious and nationalistic overtones are set to light up the silver screen in the run-up to the general election expected to be held in April-May, as filmmakers seek to cash in on the religious fervour that peaked with the opening of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Movies centred around the abrogation of Article 370, the Sabarmati …

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Kerala: Vocal leaders fail to find place in Congress' political affairs committee
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala: Vocal leaders fail to find place in Congress' political affairs committee

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KOCHI: Restructuring of the party’s political affairs committee has triggered resentment within the Congress in Kerala ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. “Hostile leaders” like former KPCC president V M Sudheeran and “inactive” ones like Mullappally Ramachandran found their way to the party’s top decision-making body in the state, while vocal leaders like MP Rajmohan Unnithan and MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan …

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Tamil Nadu CM, Guv Pay Last Respects to Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Political Leaders in Kerala Condole Death
2 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM, Guv Pay Last Respects to Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Political Leaders in Kerala Condole Death

News 18  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and Governor R N Ravi, paid their respects to CPI politburo member and former party state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on Saturday after battling cancer. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the death of his dearest comrade and brother Balakrishnan was a great loss to …

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A rereading of Kerala modernity
2 years, 3 months ago

A rereading of Kerala modernity

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:00 IST Writing a decade ago, Nissim Mannathukkaren observed that the most progressive outcome of the communist engagement in Kerala was its ability to convert “culture” into a “cog in the movement towards a material understanding and transformation of society”. This book is Mannathukkaren’s meticulous and empirically rich response to attempts at studying Kerala using …

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CPI(M)’s Kannur congress: Rallying forces
2 years, 8 months ago

CPI(M)’s Kannur congress: Rallying forces

The Hindu  

T he northern Kerala district of Kannur has remained a bastion of the Communist Party of India ever since the party was formed in 1964. The four broad tasks are as follows: Strengthen the CPI’s own organisational and political reach; build up a robust unity of all Left parties leading to a powerful Left and Democratic Front; systematically counter and …

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How a Mohiniyattam performance in Kerala has snowballed into a political controversy
2 years, 9 months ago

How a Mohiniyattam performance in Kerala has snowballed into a political controversy

Firstpost  

Noted danseuse Neena Prasad’s performance was allegedly stopped by a Kerala sitting judge, claiming it was creating ‘disturbance’. She termed the incident as ‘highly insulting and disrespectful’ A decision by a Palakkad district judge to stop a Mohiniyattam performance has snowballed into a political controversy in Kerala. Noted danseuse Neena Prasad’s Mohiniyattam recital at the auditorium of Government Moyan Lower …

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Kerala High Court Grants Bail To 3 Accused In SDPI Leader Shan's Murder
2 years, 11 months ago

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To 3 Accused In SDPI Leader Shan's Murder

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted bail to three of the accused in the shocking political murder of Social Democratic Party of India State Secretary K.S Shan who was hacked to death in December 2021. Justice Gopinath P. released the accused on bail citing that the only offence made out against them was under section 212 of the Indian …

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SDPI | In the name of faith
3 years ago

SDPI | In the name of faith

The Hindu  

“We aren’t in mourning; it’s a march of jubilation,” remarked the Social Democratic Party of India ’s State general secretary P.K. Shan was hacked to death, allegedly by workers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and some SDPI activists now stand accused of carrying out a ‘revenge murder’ — that of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s OBC Morcha State secretary Ranjith Sreenivas …

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Political Line | Perils and promise of Rahul Gandhi’s Punjab Operation
3 years, 3 months ago

Political Line | Perils and promise of Rahul Gandhi’s Punjab Operation

The Hindu  

In a swift, stealth political operation, the Gandhi siblings, Rahul and Priyanka, unseated Amarinder Singh in Punjab overnight, but the succession battle that followed exposed lack of planning or strategy. Congress leaders have narrowing options — either fall in line with Mr. Gandhi or risk their reputation and prestige for an uncertain future outside the party. Mr. Gandhi’s handpicked party …

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UDF, LDF Competing for Scams: In Kerala, Amit Shah Hits Out at Pinarayi Vijayan Over Smuggling Cases
3 years, 9 months ago

UDF, LDF Competing for Scams: In Kerala, Amit Shah Hits Out at Pinarayi Vijayan Over Smuggling Cases

News 18  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday slammed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for calling central probe agencies as political tools of the BJP-led NDA government and asked him to make it clear whether the main accused in the gold and dollar smuggling cases worked in his office or not. Suresh was removed from a post in the Space Park …

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LDF track record overshadowed in run-up to local body elections in Kerala
4 years, 1 month ago

LDF track record overshadowed in run-up to local body elections in Kerala

The Hindu  

It is nearly a quarter century since substantial powers, functions and funds were devolved to the local bodies in Kerala as part of a unique decentralisation experiment launched by a Left Democratic Front government. With enhanced resources and political and administrative power, the nearly 1,200 local bodies performed remarkably well along with the State government, especially in tasks such as …

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CPI(M) State secretary of Kerala Kodiyeri Balakrishnan goes on leave on medical grounds amidst political controversy surrounding his son’s arrest
4 years, 1 month ago

CPI(M) State secretary of Kerala Kodiyeri Balakrishnan goes on leave on medical grounds amidst political controversy surrounding his son’s arrest

The Hindu  

The State secretariat of the Communist Party of India in Kerala has accepted the request of its party secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan to go on leave for medical treatment, a statement issued by the party said. Subsequently, it also raided the residence of Bineesh Kodiyeri in Thiruvananthapuram, giving further ammunition to Opposition protests in Kerala against the CPI and the LDF …

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[Double Murder Of CPI(M) Sympathizers] Kerala HC Acquits 4 RSS Workers [Read Judgment]
4 years, 2 months ago

[Double Murder Of CPI(M) Sympathizers] Kerala HC Acquits 4 RSS Workers [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Seriousness of the crime by itself can not be taken as a factor to uphold the conviction, the Kerala High Court remarked while acquitting 4 RSS workers in a political murder case.Four persons were convicted by the Trial Court for murdering Raveendran and Gopalakrishnan, who were said to be CPI sympathizers. Seriousness of the crime by itself can not be …

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Lockdown Restrictions Applicable To Political Parties & Associations Also: Kerala HC [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Lockdown Restrictions Applicable To Political Parties & Associations Also: Kerala HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

A Chief Justice led division bench of the Kerala High Court has clarified that the directives issued by the Centre and the State Governments restricting social gatherings in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, are equally applicable to political parties and associations. The direction has come in a writ petition seeking de-recognition of certain political parties in the state of Kerala, …

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