Kollam (Kerala), Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam General Secretary Vellapally Natesan on Tuesday gave a clean chit to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the Sabarimala issue but faulted both the Congress and the BJP. The SNDP is a socio-cultural body of the Hindu Ezhava community in Kerala. Natesan[Read More…]
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BJP accuses Kerala government of detaining Sabrimala devotees
New Delhi: Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Kerala government accusing it of detaining Sabarimala temple devotees for raising voice against it, and condemned the bomb attack on the ancestral home of former BJP state President and Rajya Sabha MP V. Muraleedharan. Kerala witnessed[Read More…]
Kerala government economic adviser Gita Gopinath appointed IMF director of research
United Nations: Eminent academic and economic adviser to the Kerala government, Gita Gopinath, was appointed on Monday as Director of the International Monetary Fund’s Research Department. Announcing the appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde called her “one of the world’s outstanding economists with impeccable academic credentials, a proven track record[Read More…]
Kerala govt employees dread action for saying ‘No’ to salary deduction
Kerala government is accused of taking acrimonious actions against its government employees over saying ‘No’ to one month salary deduction. The government is expecting all the state government employees to donate their salary of one month to help government rebuild Kerala. Although the deduction has not been made compulsory yet,[Read More…]
Why pay Rs 66 lakh to KPMG for designing website: Congress to Kerala govt
The Congress party on Friday asked the Kerala government to explain why service firm KPMG is being paid Rs 66 lakh to design a website of a state government organisation. The Congress had already expressed its reservation over the selection of the international company as consultant partner for rebuilding the[Read More…]
Kerala government’s glaring omission led to flood tragedy: Ex-CM Oommen Chandy
Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that the tragedy caused due to heavy rains and floods in the state was due to the present state government’s glaring omission of not being able to foresee things. Chandy told IANS that even though this was not the time to politicise the[Read More…]
2 Kerala officials arrested for stealing relief materials
Two Kerala government officials were arrested on Friday in Wayanad district for the embezzlement of relief materials, police said. A senior police official told IANS that the arrests were made based on a complaint received from another senior government official. According to the complaint, the two accused, S. Thomas and[Read More…]
Kerala to pay Rs 2 lakh per individual for sex change surgeries of transgenders
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has decided that the state government will pay for the sex-change or genital reconstruction surgery, done by transgender persons in the private hospitals. An amount of Rs 2 lakh will be reimbursed as hospital expenses for each transgender person undergoing sex change. In fact, those[Read More…]
Economically weak in Kerala’s ‘forward communities’ to get jobs
The Kerala government on Wednesday decided to provide job quotas to the economically backward in the forward communities and the process will begin with Devasoms, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Wednesday. Vijayan said the decision was taken by the cabinet. In principle, a constitutional amendment would be needed to[Read More…]
Kerala to ensure women safety, says CM Pinarayi
In an initiative that will empower women and secure their position, Kerala government had decided to facilitate fearless movement of women anywhere in the state and set up a ‘One-Day Home’ in Thiruvananthapuram to provide safe accommodation for women visiting the city. CM Pinarayi Vijayan addressing the leaders of various[Read More…]
Kerala: Viral fever kills 103; govt appeals people to join sanitation drive
Kerala government on Sunday appealed to the people to join the government’s mass sanitation drive on a war footing after more than 100 deaths were reported since January in Kerala due to numerous types of fevers. As many as 103 people, including women and children, succumbed to several types of[Read More…]
World Environment Day: Kerala distributes one crore saplings
June 5 isn’t just a day to read about the problems affecting the countryside, it is all about action and physically getting off your chair to do something to help preserve nature. As the world celebrates the World Environment Day on Monday, Kerala government is taking a significant initiative in[Read More…]
Kerala sees a fall in liquor sale after Supreme Court directive
After the Supreme Court order of shifting all liquor shops lying along the National as well as state highways, there has been a notable fall in the sale of liquor in the state of Kerala. According to the figures released by the Beverages Corporation (Bevco), in the month of April,[Read More…]
Kerala budget leaked, alleges Congress; govt orders probe
Kerala government on Friday ordered a probe after the Congress-led opposition legislators read out details of the state budget even as finance minister Thomass Issac was presenting the document in the House. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan called it an unprecedented situation and Speaker Sreerama Krishanan said if indeed the budget[Read More…]
Kerala CM, ministers, Yechury protest outside RBI against demonetisation
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan led a protest outside the RBI office on Friday along with 17 cabinet ministers and party leader Sitaram Yechury. They said that the move by RBI not to allow these banks to accept deposit or change the existing notes is destroying the co-operative sector. After[Read More…]