Kerala turning into unlawful state under CM Vijayan Pinarayi: JP Nadda

New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda alleged on Sunday that Kerala is turning into an unlawful state under Chief Minister Vijayan Pinarayi as he condemned the murder of the party’s state OBC Morcha leader Renjith Sreenivasan. Kerala’s coastal Alappuzha district was rocked by back-to-back killings of two party leaders, the first belonging to the…Continue Reading

Kerala govt writes to RBI to withdraw caution notice on use of word ‘bank’ by co-op societies

The Reserve Bank of India has received a letter from the Kerala government requesting for withdrawal of caution notice issued by the central bank regarding use of word ‘bank’ by some cooperative societies, the government said on Tuesday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said his ministry has “not…Continue Reading

Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh report Omicron variant cases

Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh on Sunday reported the first case of Omicron variant.  Reports said Maharastra and Karanataka also recorded Omicron cases today taking the total cases of the new variant to 37.   Kerala’s health minister said the person who was infected had arrived from the UK.  Health minister Veena George said the…Continue Reading

Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh report their first Omicron variant case; tally goes up to 38

CHANDIGARH/BENGALURU: Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh reported their first Omicron case on Sunday, while Maharashtra and Karnataka each recorded one more case of the Covid-19 variant, taking the tally in the country to 38. All the five persons in the cases reported on Sunday had arrived from foreign countries. According to state health officials, a…Continue Reading

Kerala government doctors continue protest, seek pay revision

Thiruvananthapuram: The members of Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA), who work in government hospitals under the Directorate of Health Services are continuing their protest for the third day over anomalies in their pay revision. Government doctors began an indefinite standing strike before the Secretariat on Wednesday. “Government doctors of Kerala are on warpath now.…Continue Reading

1,495 teachers in Kerala schools yet to get vaccinated, says Education minister

There are 1,707 teaching and non-teaching staff in government schools of Kerala who have not taken the Covid vaccine, state Education Minister V Sivankutty said on Saturday. Sivankutty said of them, 1,495 are teachers and 212 non-teaching staff. “In the lower primary, upper primary and high school section, there are 1,066 teachers and 189 non-teaching…Continue Reading

Kerala govt firm on decision not to reduce fuel tax, cites grim financial situation

Despite opposition criticism, the Kerala government on Friday reaffirmed its stand that it could not forego the taxes on fuel due to the grim financial situation and said there was a natural proportionate decrease in the state tax with the Centre’s tax cut due to the peculiarity of the tax structure here. When many other…Continue Reading

SC quashes Kerala HC order discharging accused for alleged offences of sedition and UAPA

The Supreme Court has quashed the Kerala High Court order which discharged an accused, arrested for his alleged Maoist links, for the purported offences including sedition and under the provisions of the anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in three cases. Dealing with the appeals filed by Kerala and others, the apex court said…Continue Reading