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eight dead, eight missing; over 5,700 in relief camps

eight dead, eight missing; over 5,700 in relief camps

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Heavy rain continued to wreak havoc across Kerala, claiming eight lives, leaving eight people missing and injuring 13 others. Nearly 5,800 people have been moved to 209 relief camps as flooding, landslides and waterlogging damaged homes and disrupted normal life, even as authorities remain on high alert Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

BJP slams Congress over criticism of Kerala Vice-Chancellors attending RSS centenary event

BJP slams Congress over criticism of Kerala Vice-Chancellors attending RSS centenary event

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The remarks came after Satheesan criticised the participation of the Vice Chancellors of Kerala University, Mahatma Gandhi University and Malayalam University in the RSS centenary programme in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, demanding that they apologise to the people of Kerala. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

BJP slams Kerala CM over criticism of VCs who shared stage with Mohan Bhagwat: ‘He must not talk about secularism’

BJP slams Kerala CM over criticism of VCs who shared stage with Mohan Bhagwat: ‘He must not talk about secularism’

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BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday criticised Chief Minister V D Satheesan for condemning three Vice Chancellors in Kerala who attended an event addressed by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and hit out at the Congress-led UDF government of practising “appeasement politics.” Chandrasekhar said it was unacceptable for a CM sworn to uphold the Constitution to criticise VC for attending a public programme addressed by the RSS chief. (PTI) In a social media post, Chandrasekhar said the chief minister had no moral authority to lecture others on secularism or constitutional values. “Someone who has normalised radical Islam and organisations such as Jamaat-e-Islami, and who is in power only because of the support of the Muslim League and Jamaat-e-Islami, must not talk about supporting secularism or respecting the Constitution,” he alleged. Also Read | Pilots’ body writes to AAIB, flags timeline, RAT deployment in AI 171 preliminary crash report Chandrasekhar said it was unacceptable for a chief minister sworn to uphold the Constitution to criticise Vice Chancellors for attending a public programme addressed by the RSS …

Tabling of White Paper in Assembly on Kerala financial health leads to war of words

Tabling of White Paper in Assembly on Kerala financial health leads to war of words

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Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Thursday tabled a White Paper on the financial health of the state, leading to a war of words between the ruling and opposition front. Tabling of White Paper in Assembly on Kerala financial health leads to war of words The LDF alleged that the document was created in violation of the Constitution, law and rules. Former state Finance Minister K N Balagopal objected to the tabling of the document, saying it was prepared by private persons with whom internal accounts of the government ought not to have been shared. He claimed that it amounted to a violation of the oath of office, the Official Secrets Act and the Constitution. Balagopal said that all the white papers in the past were prepared by the Finance Department and it was political document. “If this document is allowed to be tabled, it would create a wrong precedent for the future,” he said. Similar contentions were made by Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Pinarayi Vijayan who claimed that it was …

Kerala CM Satheesan to meet PM Modi in New Delhi today

Kerala CM Satheesan to meet PM Modi in New Delhi today

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Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan will hold his first official meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in New Delhi, marking a politically significant engagement soon after assuming office.  This is Satheesan`s first meeting with PM Modi after the United Democratic Front government came to power in Kerala. Though details of the agenda have not been officially disclosed, the discussions are expected to focus on Kerala’s immediate development priorities, central assistance and key state issues requiring Union government intervention. Later in the day, the Chief Minister is scheduled to meet the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, at 2.30 pm at Kartavya Bhavan in New Delhi. Earlier on Saturday, Satheesan held back-to-back meetings with senior Congress leaders, signalling the party leadership’s continued engagement with the new Kerala administration. He first met Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal at around 9 a.m., followed by discussions with Congress President Mallikarjuna Kharge. Satheesan later met senior leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. During the interactions, he is learnt to have thanked the Congress high command for …

Senior Cong leader Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan elected Kerala Assembly Speaker

Senior Cong leader Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan elected Kerala Assembly Speaker

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Senior Congress leader Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan was on Friday elected as the Speaker of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly. Radhakrishnan secured 101 votes in the election held in the Assembly, comfortably defeating candidates fielded by the opposition parties. With the completion of the election process, Pro Tem Speaker G Sudhakaran stepped down from the temporary role he had been performing since the formation of the new Assembly. Congress-led UDF secures easy victory in Speaker election The Congress-led United Democratic Front enjoys a majority of 102 members in the 140-member Assembly, making Radhakrishnan’s victory largely expected. The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front fielded A C Moideen for the Speaker’s post, while the Bharatiya Janata Party nominated B B Gopakumar. Moideen secured 35 votes, while Gopakumar received three votes, reflecting the strength of the LDF and BJP in the House. Sudhakaran, who was serving as Pro Tem Speaker, did not cast his vote. Leaders congratulate newly elected Speaker After the results were announced, MLAs across party lines congratulated Radhakrishnan inside the Assembly. Chief Minister V D Satheesan and Leader …

VD Satheesan set for swearing-in as Kerala Chief Minister today

VD Satheesan set for swearing-in as Kerala Chief Minister today

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The swearing-in ceremony of the new Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government, headed by Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan, is scheduled to be held on Monday at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. The event will formally mark the UDF’s return to power in Kerala after a decade, following its decisive victory in the Assembly elections. Several senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Mallikarjun Kharge, along with chief ministers from Congress-ruled states, are expected to attend the ceremony. A day before his swearing-in as the 13th Chief Minister of Kerala, Satheesan on Sunday met eminent Cardinal Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis, also known as Cleemis Bava. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Cadre sentiment, IUML pressure forced Congress hand

Cadre sentiment, IUML pressure forced Congress hand

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“The Congress Legislature Party had met in Thiruvananthapuram on May 7 and had unanimously resolved to authorise the Congress president to appoint the new leader of the CLP in the state of Keralam. Accordingly, the Congress president has held extensive discussions … Based on all these discussions, it has been decided that V D Satheesan be appointed as the leader of the CLP,” AICC’s Kerala in-charge Deepa Dasmunsi announced here, flanked by central observers Ajay Maken and Mukul Wasnik and Congress communications head Jairam Ramesh. From tacitly allowing Venugopal a week ago to enter the CM race to picking Satheesan for the post, the Congress high command’s 360-degree turn is unprecedented in its recent political history. And the unusual turn of events does not end there. Breaking the long-held tradition of giving weightage to the views of the MLAs, which complicated matters, giving in to pressure from allies in picking its CLP leader, and heeding perceived public sentiment, there were many twists that the leadership had not encountered in the past. Twists and turns The …

Kerala’s fiscal worries – The Hindu

Kerala’s fiscal worries – The Hindu

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At his first press conference after the Congress-led United Democratic Front’s (UDF) landslide victory in the 2026 Assembly elections, V.D. Satheesan, Kerala’s Opposition Leader for the past five years, claimed that the UDF had “inherited” a virtually empty State treasury. A treasury so bare that, Mr. Satheesan quipped, a cat and her litter had made it their home. Humour aside, the state of Kerala’s finances will be in sharp focus as the new UDF government takes office. The State’s fiscal health and the Union’s fiscal policies vis-a-vis Kerala have been a dominant theme that coursed through the 10-year-rule of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala. It never strayed from the centre of LDF-UDF interactions, and has more often than not, shaped the discourse of Centre-State relations. The tallest claims of the Pinarayi Vijayan government have been that it fast-forwarded development overcoming aggressively hostile Union government policies. Mr. Satheesan and the UDF have been vocal critics of the Left’s fiscal policy, and what they called Mr. Vijayan’s dismal failure in forcing the Bharatiya Janata Party …

Venugopal or Satheesan? In Delhi, buzz over UDF win in Kerala turns to CM face

Venugopal or Satheesan? In Delhi, buzz over UDF win in Kerala turns to CM face

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3 min readNew DelhiMay 4, 2026 05:07 PM IST With the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) surging towards a comeback in Kerala, celebrations erupted outside Kerala House in Delhi on Monday. Members of the Kerala NGO Association and party supporters celebrated the early trends with drumbeats, firecrackers, and cups of payasam. Many remained glued to their phones, tracking constituency-wise leads and discussing margins, as excitement built through the morning. Though exit polls and anti-incumbency signals had hinted at a shift, the sheer scale of the UDF’s lead — crossing 100 seats in the 140-member Assembly — caught many by surprise. As the numbers climbed, so did the buzz. Posters of senior Congress leader K C Venugopal went up near the entrance, drawing cheers, while conversations quickly shifted to the next big question: who will be chief minister? “We don’t know the CM face yet. Even a woman candidate would be welcome. But among the names, V D Satheesan is the most deserving,” one supporter said. “Still, the K C Venugopal camp appears strongest, so Satheesan …