When the Travancore Devaswom Board announced its plan to organise the Global Ayyappa Sangamam, a global meet of Sabarimala devotees, in September, few expected it to expose another fault line in Kerala’s uneasy relationship between faith and politics. That a Left Front Democratic (LDF) government, which has long been proud of its commitment to rationalism, … Read more
Former CM of Kerala VS Achuthanandan passes away: केरल के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री वी.एस. अच्युतानंदन का आज (सोमवार) को तिरुवनंतपुरम के एक निजी अस्पताल में निधन हो गया. वे 101 साल के थे. उन्होंने 2006 से 2011 तक केरल के मुख्यमंत्री के रूप में कार्य किया था. ‘वीएस’ के नाम से मशहूर अच्युतानंदन 1964 में भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी … Read more
Veena Vijayan. File image. | Photo Credit: TH A headline-hogging report that the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in Chennai had recorded the statement of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter and owner of a now-dormant IT consultancy last week, Veena Vijayan, dominated television chyrons and elicited sharp reactions from either side of the political aisle … 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
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. | Photo Credit: S. Mahinsha Accusing Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan of attempts to create maximum provocation in every issue, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the Union Government should examine the propriety of the Governor’s repeated breaches of protocol. He was speaking to media persons at Pathanamthitta on December … Read more
The “chilling disregard” for human rights “displayed” by plainclothes squads constituted to fight narcotic crime ostensibly dominated the zero-hour discussion in Assembly on Thursday. Moving an adjournment motion to debate “police brutality in the name of crime fighting,” Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) legislator N. Shamshudeen held a “shadowy” mufti police unit operating under the … Read more
Police arrested Akash Thillankeri, who is accused in the murder of Youth Congress activist Shuhaib and several other cases including gold smuggling has been arrested on Monday evening. He and his friend Jijo were arrested by the Muzhakunnu police after they were charged under Kerala Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act. and were sent to Kannur … Read more
Opposition leaders during a march from MLA Hostel to Kerala Assembly protesting against the State budget, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI Speaker A. N. Shamsheer adjourned the Kerala Legislative Assembly until February 27 following strident opposition protests over fuel, piped water, power and liquor price increase. Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) legislators … Read more
The Court held a special sitting to hear the petitions with October 24 being a holiday on account of Deepavali The Court held a special sitting to hear the petitions with October 24 being a holiday on account of Deepavali Giving temporary relief to the eight Vice-Chancellors of the Universities, the Kerala High Court on … Read more