M.V. Govindan, CPI(M) Kerala State secretary (file) | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Kerala State secretary M.V. Govindan has defended the transfer of Kerala ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar from Law and Order duties, describing it as “a timely decision.” Responding to questions from the media in Kannur on Monday (October 7, … Read more
Junior Doctors during a protest rally to Swastha Bhavan in Saltlake Kolkata demanding justice for the rape and murder of a junior doctor in RG Kar medical college and hospital. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI CPI(M) leader Kalatan Dasgupta was among two persons who were arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to attack the protesting … Read more
Congress leaders V.D. Satheesan and K.C. Venugopal during a UDF meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on June 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) delivered an impressive performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Kerala. It won 18 seats — just one short of the 19 seats it had won in … Read more
On Saturday, the CPI(M) hastened to save two key Left Democratic Front allies from going off the rails in a fit of pique over Rajya Sabha seat allocation. Given the current composition of the body of electors, the Kerala Assembly, the ruling LDF stands a solid chance of winning two of the three vacant Rajya … Read more
Voters wait in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the first phase of Lok Sabha Polls, on April 19, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Elections for the West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency and by-elections for the Ramnagar assembly constituency were held in the first phase of the national elections on … Read more
Supreme Court lawyer and human rights activist Prashant Bhushan. File | Photo Credit: PTI Supreme Court lawyer and human rights activist Prashant Bhushan on March 9 alleged that the death of J. Sidharth, a second-year student of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Pookode in Wayanad, illustrated the kind of ‘gundagiri’ (hooliganism) involving … Read more
CPI(M) Kerala State secretary M.V. Govindan (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT CPI(M) Kerala State secretary M.V. Govindan has said defections to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have “enfeebled” the Congress and caused the public’s trust in the Opposition party in Kerala to plummet steeply. Addressing a press conference at the AKG Centre in Thiruvananthapuram … Read more
: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) would conduct âHawkers Rayabaramâ near the Collectorate in Vijayawada on February 19 (Monday). Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, CPI(M) State secretariat member Ch. Babu Rao and others said that the State was collecting â¹50 crore illegally from the hawkers and street vendors in the city. The … Read more
CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT A meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretariat on December 29 (Friday) reportedly drew a bleak political inference that the Congress’s alleged ambivalence about attending the consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya would subvert the anti-Hindutva politics that lay at … Read more
Even as the Kerala government is going ahead with the anti-encroachment drive in Munnar and other parts of Idukki district, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] district leadership here is preparing for an open protest against the drive led by a Revenue department task force. The protest will be launched under the banner of … Read more