Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ) Ltd is moving to sell 49% of its stake in Kerala’s Vizhinjam port to Switzerland-based container shipping behemoth MSC Group for around $1.4 billion (more than Rs 13,000 crore). The state government, however, has said that it was kept in the dark about the development. According to the Congress-led government…
Thiruvananthapuram: Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan in his reply on Thursday to veteran Congress functionary V M Sudheeran’s remarks on beach sand mining said that it was successive Congress-led govts that supported private mining in Kerala while the LDF consistently opposed it.In a Facebook post, Vijayan said Sudheeran’s statement that the LDF govt had created opportunities…
Kerala CM VD Satheesan has taken a U-turn on the proposal to reduce tax rates on beverages with low alcohol content following sharp criticism from the opposition and voices within the Congress. The move had triggered a political row, with critics questioning whether the policy would encourage alcohol consumption and impact public health.The reversal has…
Former KPCC chief V M Sudheeran T’puram: A day after he urged CM V D Satheesan to drop budget proposals on the sale of low-alcohol content beverages and opening up the mineral sand sector to private investments, former KPCC chief V M Sudheeran raised concerns over the probe into the death of SNDP Yogam Kanichukulangara…
A political storm brews in Kerala as three vice chancellors attend an RSS event, prompting sharp criticism from the Chief Minister and opposition leaders.The controversy is raising questions over academic neutrality, institutional independence and the role of political or ideological organisations in university spaces. The debate is also widening into questions over the Congress party’s…
A fresh war of words has erupted within the opposition INDIA bloc after former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan took aim at Rahul Gandhi over remarks made during a recent podcast, accusing the Congress leader of adopting an approach that is weakening the alliance and helping the BJP. The controversy began after Rahul Gandhi, while…
NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA Baby on Saturday raised strong objections over Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s remarks at the recent INDIA bloc meeting of opposition parties on June 8, saying that “nobody is asking Rahul Gandhi to hug Pinarayi Vijayan” and all that the Left party was asking for was…
Kerala leader of opposition Pinarayi Vijayan Thiruvananthapuram: Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has lodged a complaint with home minister Ramesh Chennithala and the state police chief seeking an investigation into what he described as factually incorrect and defamatory remarks made by BJP functionary Major Ravi and the subsequent social media campaign based on those remarks.According to…
T’puram: Resentment is brewing among senior CPM functionaries in the district over the party state leadership’s decision to allow MLA V Joy to continue as district secretary. Subsequently, V Sivankutty, one of the senior functionaries in the district, skipped the district secretariat meeting though he officially cited health issues as the reason for his absence….
Thiruvananthapuram: Power minister Sunny Joseph’s relative Benny Thomas resigned from the post of minister’s personal staff amid the controversy over his appointment.Thomas submitted his resignation letter to chief minister V D Satheesan on Sunday, sources said. The resignation comes after allegations of nepotism, with opposition parties and critics questioning the inclusion of a close relative…
