New Delhi: Amidst the Triple Talaq Bill debate in Lok Sabha, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and Member of Parliament Mohammed Salim on Thursday has claimed that certain part of his speech was expunged during the heated debate in Lok Sabha. The CPM leader has slammed the ruling BJP[Read More…]
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Amidst Sabarimala row, 4 BJP leaders resign; Likely to join Left Front
Thiruvananthapuram: Amidst the Sabarimala controversy which has caused a major political turmoil in the state, state Bhartiya Janata Party leaders are not in total support of its leadership position on this case. Four leaders including one state committee members have resigned from the BJP and likely to join CPM led[Read More…]
Kerala: CPM suspends MLA PK Sasi for 6 months
Thiruvananthapuram: Shoranur Member of Legislative Assembly PK Sasi is suspended for six months by the Communist Party of India (CPM) following the charges of sexual misconduct by a woman leader. The state secretariat after examining the explanation of MLA Sasi has made the announcement of his suspension on Monday. The[Read More…]
Rajinikanth backs PM Modi, says “1 person stronger than 10 combined”
A day after commenting that BJP might be dangerous in coming time, Tamil films actor Rajinikanth on Tuesday remarked that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is actually stronger than the opposition combined. While still leaving many questions unanswered regarding alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party, the actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth said if 10 opposition[Read More…]
DYFI’s youth wing female leader complaints against CPI(M) MLA of sexual abuse, NCW directs probe
The National Commission for Women (NCW) directs the Director General of Police & State Police Chief, Kerala to investigate the matter after a Democratic Youth Federation of India’s (female) leader alleged a CPI(M) legislator, P Sasi of sexual abuses. The NCW has asked DGP Loknath Behera to keep the commission informed[Read More…]
Somnath Chatterjee; a distinguished politician with various shades in political career
Somnath Chatterjee has always been a leader of Communist Party of India (CPI-M) except for the last few years of his life when he was expelled from his party after refusing to resign from the position of Lok Sabha speaker. He was the speaker of Lok Sabha from the year[Read More…]
CPI-M worker murdered in Kannur, RSS activist attacked
Kannur: A CPI-M worker was on late Monday slashed to death by RSS activists at Palloor near here, the Left party alleged. An RSS worker was soon attacked in retaliation. In a press statement issued by its Kannur unit, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said that the “brutal murder[Read More…]
Accepting Cong support to send Yechury to RS is against Party stand: Kerala CM
Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has dismissed the likelihood of the party agreeing to designate party general secretary, Sitaram Yechury from West Bengal with the support of the Congress, even as the Central Committee, the top decision-making body of the CPI(M), discusses a third Rajya Sabha term for Yechury. “Accepting[Read More…]
Bravo! Two Kerala leaders refuse to give default religion to their children
Where school application forms usually have a mandatory column for religion, two Kerala leaders have set a precedent by refusing to give a default religion to their children. As the country seems to be polarised on religious lines, these leaders give a fresh dash of hope in the younger generation.[Read More…]
Presidential poll: Sonia Gandhi to meet Mamata Banerjee on May 16
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 16, in a bid to discuss the presidential poll strategy. Significantly, Mamata’s Trinamool Congress will play a crucial role in upcoming presidential election with a total of 49 MPs in both houses and 184 MLAs. Thus,[Read More…]
‘All good people should come together’
71.33% polling in Malappuram Lok Sabha by-poll
Kerala govt planned to remit sentences of criminals including murderers, reveals RTI
Information obtained under the Rights to Information Act revealed that the Kerala government had recommended to remit sentences of noted criminals and release 1911 convicts on November 1, 2016 . The list included TP Chandrasekharan murder convicts, liquor contractor Manichan and controversial businessman Muhammed Nisham, who was sentenced to life[Read More…]
Nagpur University puts off Sitaram Yechury’s speech
Harish Salve to represent Pinarayi Vijayan in Lavalin case
RSS leader announces Rs 1 cr bounty on Kerala CM’s head
A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader from Madhya Pradesh has announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore on Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s head. Dr Chandrawat, RSS pramukh in Ujjain, alleged that Vijayan was responsible for the killing of RSS members in Kerala. The RSS leader issued the statement asking[Read More…]
Channelise discontent to challenge BJP, says Yechury
BJP should be clean on poll spending: CPI(M)
Kerala: 9 CPI(M) activists injured in attack
‘Stop political killing of BJP workers in Kerala’
CPI(M) intervenes in SC hearing on use of religion in politics
The CPI(M) on Thursday intervened in the ongoing Supreme Court hearing on ‘whether seeking votes in the name of religion or caste amounted to “corrupt practices” under the Representation of the People’s (RP) Act’ and became the first party to do so. The General Secretary Sitaram Yechury filed for an[Read More…]