Talks on sand mining in Alappad fails
The talks between government and representatives of action committee of Alappad agitation failed on Thursday with the latter sticking to its demand for complete ban on mineral sand mining in the area.
Kerala
Renowned director Lenin Rajendran dies at 67
Eminent Malayalam filmmaker and chairman of the Kerala Film Development Corporation, Lenin Rajendran, died at a private hospital in Chennai on Monday, following liver related ailments, hospital sources said. Rajendran, 67, recently underwent liver transplantation surgery.
Petition against Kerala people’s land forcibly acquired using “draconian, anti-people” National Highway Act, 1956
In a letter to Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, senior activists and politicians have insisted that the Kerala government should not agree to “inhuman displacement and build-operate-transfer (BOT) Toll system”, imposed by the Government of India and the National Highway Authority of India, for widening the current National Highway (NH) 66.
‘It is a Welcome Step’ Kerala CM welcomes BJP Govt’s quota push
Following the Narendra Modi Government approved 10% reservation for economically backward upper castes on Monday, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the CPI(M) has been raising this demand for long.
‘Those times are over.’ Kerala CM responds to casteist insults by RSS/BJP leaders at him
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who belongs to the Ezhava community, on Thursday said that people continued to talk about his caste.
Simon Britto passes away
Prominent Kerala politician and writer Simon Britto died at a private hospital on Monday.
Kerala’s shopkeepers and transporters decides to observe 2019 as the anti-hartal year
“We have decided to observe 2019 as the anti-hartal year,” said Raju Apsara, a leader of the traders’ association Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi. He…
Majiziya Bhanu wins Best Lifter Award at World Powerlifting Cup in Moscow
Majiziya Bhanu hails from the small village of Orkkatteri in Kozhikode district in Kerala. She entered the field of powerlifting and arm wrestling quite unexpectedly in 2016 and ever since has only moved forward. Bhanu has won several medals in national and international events, including silver at the Asian Powerlifting Championship in 2017.
LDF wins two-third seats in local government bye-polls in Kerala
The Congress-led United Democratic Front bagged 12 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party secured two. The Socialist Democratic Party of India also won two seats, as did independent candidates.
Contempt petition filed at Supreme Court against BJP leaders on Sabarimala row
Minister of State (MoS) for Tourism KJ Alphons on Monday said that the situation at the hill-top shrine of Lord Ayyappa is worse than an emergency situation. A string of protests was witnessed in Kerala in October when the temple opened for the first time after the Supreme Court passed the order, allowing women of all age group to enter into the shrine. Earlier, the entry of women aged between 10 and 50 years was prohibited into the shrine.