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BJP to hold anti-terror rallies in Kerala

BJP to conduct anti-terror rallies in Pathanamthitta, Kochi and Kozhikode. K. Surendran, BJP State President, alleges UDF and LDF vying to conduct Palestine solidarity meetings. He claims Hamas supporters infiltrated both fronts and offering help. BJP opposes Hamas, not Palestine, and India started good relations with Palestine under Atal Behari…

The Hindu · Nov 17, 2023

Kerala Bank nomination: posters against IUML MLA appear in Malappuram

IUML's P. Abdul Hameed's nomination to Kerala Bank's director board has caused strong resentment within the Muslim League. Posters describing him as Judas have appeared across Malappuram. The nomination is seen as a ploy by CPI(M) to woo IUML, which is fighting the CPI(M) over the merger of all District…

The Hindu · Nov 17, 2023

With month-long Navakerala Sadas, LDF hopes to regain political mojo ahead of LS polls

KozhikodeNava Kerala Sadas, LDF's month-long outreach programme, aims to regain political mojo ahead of LS polls. UDF boycotts event. Specially designed bus for CM, Cabinet, top bureaucrats. Objective: bring governance to grassroots, enhance mass contact. UDF criticises govt for depleting exchequer. Cabinet reshuffle post Sadas. Sadas to streamline processes, harness…

The Hindu · Nov 17, 2023

CPI(M) using Palestine cause to make political gains: Satheesan

Opposition leader Satheesan accuses CPI(M) of trying to make political mileage out of Palestine issue. IUML decides to stay away from CPI(M) rally due to Congress not being invited. UDF constituents Congress and IUML discuss preparations for upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Satheesan refuses to comment on KPCC action against Aryadan…

The Hindu · Nov 7, 2023

CPI(M) invites ‘disgruntled’ Congress workers to line up with LDF on Palestine

The CPI(M) invited Congress workers “disgruntled” with their party’s “ambivalent stance” on the Palestine question to line up with the LDF to voice solidarity with the victims of Israel’s “genocidal” war in Gaza.

The Hindu · Nov 5, 2023

CPI, BJP ‘tie up’ for cooperative bank election in Kasaragod

The forthcoming election to the Paivalike Service Cooperative Bank has taken an unexpected turn with reports emerging that traditional rivals, the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have joined hands.

The Hindu · Nov 2, 2023

UDF slams power tariff hike, warns it will upend family budgets and exacerbate the cost of living crisis

Oppn. Leader Satheesan claims 20 paise/unit hike on electricity tariff is the last straw that will break the back of ordinary families. He alleges govt. corruption & extravagance has run KSEB to financial ruin & cost public exchequer ₹1,500 crs. He demands White Paper & political conventions to expose govt.…

The Hindu · Nov 2, 2023

Speculations rife over IUML attending CPI(M)‘s Palestine rally

IUML hints at attending CPI(M)'s Palestine rally; UDF's stand unclear. IUML's E.T. Mohammed Basheer, MP, suggests party may join CPI(M)'s rally, but IUML and UDF yet to decide. Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, a major Islamic body, may be invited by CPI(M). UDF's K. Sudhakaran hints at potential differences if IUML…

The Hindu · Nov 2, 2023

J.P. Nadda says Pinarayi Vijayan govt. in Kerala soft-pedals on radicalism

BJP's J.P. Nadda also accused the LDF government of being steeped in corruption in various sectors, including education, health, transport, and recruitments.

The Hindu · Oct 30, 2023

Kerala blasts: All-party meeting chaired by Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan resolves to ‘insulate society from attempts to cause disunity’

An all-party meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan adopted a unanimous resolution to insulate Kerala’s secular democratic polity from “devious attempts to cause dangerous societal disunity”. The twin blasts that claimed three lives and injured 41 people at a Jehovah’s Witness prayer convention at Kalamassery in Ernakulam district on…

The Hindu · Oct 30, 2023