Thiruvananthapuram: CPM state secretary M V Govindan on Saturday said there was no difference of opinion in the party over the transfer of Vizhinjam port shares between Adani group and MSC. Govindan said the moot question raised by CPM over the share transfer remained unanswered and yet the govt was trying to create an impression…
Chennai: TNCC president Manickam Tagore on Saturday backed VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan’s remarks on DMK and TVK coming together at the national level to jointly take on BJP.On his way to Coimbatore to console the families of students who died by suicide this year over NEET-related distress, Tagore told reporters at Chennai airport that Congress…
TVK’s `friendly parties’ met and decided to take forward the formation into an official alliance on July 1 Chennai: Days after TVK’s ‘friendly parties’ met and decided to take forward the formation of an official alliance, differences among alliance partners have begun to surface. CPI and CPM have questioned govt’s decision to provide jobs to…
Digha: A video showing a BJP panchayat neta in East Midnapore smearing eggs on a veteran Trinamool Congress functionary and saying it was a “govt order” has gone viral. Subrata Jana, BJP Ramnagar II block panchayat opposition neta, later denied he was referring to the state govt, saying the Bengali word “sarkar” could have meant…
After Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, chief minister VD Satheesan said the govt would examine reports on the accident and initiate technical and legal procedures to determine the circumstances that led to it Thiruvananthapuram: The construction of the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi twin-tunnel road project in Wayanad has been put on hold until two separate investigations ordered by the state…
T’puram: CPM state secretary M V Govindan on Wednesday disowned party mouthpiece Desabhimani, which carried a report praising MSC investment in Vizhinjam port. Govindan said the newspaper should have pondered over pros and cons of the share transfer before publishing a news that contradicted CPM’s official stand on the matter.Addressing a news conference here, Govindan…
T’puram: A fresh political war of words has erupted over waste management and civic administration in the city corporation, with mayor V V Rajesh accusing the LDF of deliberately creating sanitation issues in the city. The opposition LDF alleged that the BJP-led civic administration has failed to address mounting waste disposal and public health concerns.Addressing…
Patna: The byelection to the Bankipur assembly seat, a traditional BJP bastion, gathered fresh momentum on Tuesday after TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha, popularly known as ‘Bihari Babu’, came out in support of Jan Suraaj candidate Prashant Kishor and appealed to people, cutting across caste, creed and party affiliations, to back him.Prashant, who avoided contesting the…
T’puram: Chief minister V D Satheesan said that the state govt so far has spent Rs 3,764.54 crore on the Vizhinjam port project.In response to a written question from opposition MLAs in the state legislature, Satheesan said that in the first phase the Centre invested Rs 817.80 crore and Adani Ports has invested Rs 2,554…
T’puram: The first meeting of the revamped syndicate of Kerala University on Tuesday decided to cut down the number of syndicate standing committees to seven from existing 10. Following the decision, CPM will not have a standing committee convener for the first time in the university’s history.UDF govt recently nominated six members to the university…
