Tag: Kerala

Hours after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan slammed the Central agencies, a statement given by the gold smuggling case prime accused -- Swapna Suresh to the Customs Department -- surfaced on Friday, which said 'Vijayan had a role in dollar smuggling'. ....

Veteran Congress leader P.C. Chacko on Wednesday announced his decision to quit the Congress stating that it "was difficult to be a Congress leader in Kerala as it is in the grips of faction leaders". ....

At the end of the last date of withdrawal of nominations, Kerala now has a total of 957 candidates whose fate will be decided by 2,74,46,039 electorate on April 6 when the 140-member Assembly goes to the polls. ....

Three-time former Congress Chief Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday said 'if Pinarayi Vijayan got a second term, it would be the end of Kerala'. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party national president J.P. Nadda will be on a two-day visit to poll-bound Tamil Nadu and Kerala from Friday.....

The onset of the month of April is marked by the long Easter weekend, bringing with it the promise of an escape from the routine of daily life. Make the most of this holiday by embarking on a quick getaway and immersing yourself in traditional Easter revelries with Taj hotels in Goa and Kerala. ....

A polling officer in Kerala's Alappuzha failed to turn up on time at his post for Tuesday's Assembly elections, with the excuse that he had overslept. ....

Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's dream of taking Kerala to the development status of the Nordic countries is yet to materialise, had it been so, then Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would have been subjected to a heavy fine, similar to what happened to the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg. ....

A high level committee, chaired by Kerala Chief Secretary V.P. Joy, on Monday decided to impose a night curfew from 9 p.m to 5 a.m. starting Tuesday, for the next two weeks in order to curb the rising spike in Covid cases in the state. ....

The 50-year-old CPI-M leader M.B. Rajesh on Tuesday wrote himself into record books by becoming the first legislator to be elected as the Speaker of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly in his debut assembly election. ....