Fasting time for Kerala’s political leaders

Wednesday 1 August '07

Opposition leader Oommen Chandy from Congress will lead a 24-hour fast in front of the state Secretariat against the alleged neglect of Kerala’s problems by the state Government.

Man who paid Chennithala ‘bribe’ held

Friday 20 July '07

In a dramatic sequel to the Rs 10-crore graft charge against state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala, the police on Thursday arrested the man alleged to have paid the bribe...

Rain kills 29, Kerala asks for Central help

Thursday 19 July '07

Torrential rains battering Kerala have killed at least 29 people and injured many more in the last 48 hours, severely disrupting life and halting traffic in many areas.

CPM’s the hero and villain of this drama

Friday 13 July '07

Now playing in Kerala is an avant garde tragicomedy with no hero and no villain, revolving around a piddly Rs 1 crore bribe — starred, scripted and directed by the CPI(M).

Rattled LDF to book sacked paper boss

Thursday 5 July '07

Staggred by the Rs 1-crore bribery mess involving a top manager of its own mouthpiece Desabhimani, followed quickly by the expose of the newspaper

As LDF roots for unions in IT, Infy sounds warning

Tuesday 3 July '07

Infosys Technologies CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan on Monday affirmed that any move to trade unionise the IT industry would adversely impact changing perceptions about Kerala.

Left Front govt in Kerala works on new law: Blanket ban on retail

Monday 2 July '07

The Left Democratic Front government in Kerala is all set to bring in a law to ban corporate retailers, both Indian and MNCs, in the state.

’99 murder bid: 6 RSS men held guilty

Friday 29 June '07

The Principal Sessions Judge in Thalassery today pronounced six RSS workers guilty of attempting to murder senior CPI(M) leader and MLA P Jayarajan at his home in 1999.

Kerala: Farmer debt panel chief slams govt

Thursday 28 June '07

The Left Government’s credibility took a big blow today when the chairman of its showpiece initiative

HIV+ kids to stay away for a week

Wednesday 27 June '07

The five schoolchildren of Pampady village in Kottayam who picked up HIV at birth from their parents don’t know if they will ever see the inside of their school again as a committee deliberates what to do with them.

50 years on, Kerala debates CIA hand in toppling Govt

Tuesday 26 June '07

The very comrade who was slammed within the faction-riven CPI(M) as a CIA stooge, has now set off the latest Left debate on how the US agency bankrolled and manipulated the ouster of the first elected Communist Government 50 years ago.

Reliance gets comrade to open Kochi outlet

Sunday 24 June '07

Reliance Retail, which is facing a less than friendly Left Government in Kerala, pulled off a coup of sorts today getting a senior CPM leader and local MLA to inaugurate a super...

CPM expels Pinarayi man for taking Rs 1 cr bribe

Saturday 23 June '07

The CPM in Kerala has expelled M Venugopal, deputy general manager of the party mouthpiece Desabhimani and a protege of its state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan

Demolitions: Oppn, HC push Govt to the wall

Thursday 21 June '07

The Kerala Assembly today witnessed uproar over the Munnar demolitions, with the Opposition walking out after the Speaker refused to let the House discuss the matter.

VS, Vijayan brush off Politburo rap, infighting back on

Wednesday 20 June '07

The harried CPI(M) national leadership has now just about managed to stop its Kerala unit from plunging into a possible full scale factional war

Directors force shutdown in film industry

Wednesday 20 June '07

Work in Malayalam cinema industry came to a halt today, with directors and technicians launching an indefinite strike in a showdown with producers, after conciliation attempts by the Kerala Film Chamber failed.

37 years after fake encounter, former Kerala DGP, IG to be chargesheeted

Saturday 16 June '07

The CBI court here will read out the chargesheet to a former Kerala DGP and IGP for killing a Naxalite leader in a contrived encounter 37 years ago.

CPI roadblock stalls demolitions in Kerala

Saturday 16 June '07

After sending Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan’s stocks soaring for weeks until it hit a political brickwall, the demolition juggernaut in Munnar and rest of Kerala is now shifting gears.

Armed Forces step in as viral fever spreads in Kerala

Tuesday 12 June '07

Medical and support teams from the Armed Forces fanned out to various parts of the state on Monday, struggling to cope with a mounting health crisis

Kerala confirms 7000 cases of chikungunya

Monday 11 June '07

The Kerala Government today confirmed at least 7000 people in the state who went to Government hospitals in the last four months had shown symptoms of Chikungunya.

Army to help fight chikungunya outbreak in Kerala

Sunday 10 June '07

The Kerala Government today called in the Army to cope with the outbreak of chikungunya in the state. The Government also...

Kerala: 7,000 ‘cases’ of chikungunya since Jan

Saturday 9 June '07

The Kerala Government today admitted that at least 7,000 people in the state who went to government hospitals over the last four months had “shown symptoms” of chikungunya.

Tatas told to vacate Munnar land or face eviction

Friday 8 June '07

The VS Achuthanandan Government decided to take the Tatas head on in Munnar today, asking it to vacate thousands of acres of land that it had allegedly grabbed...

CPI Munnar complaint to be probed

Thursday 7 June '07

The CPI in Kerala today scored a consolation point over its Left Democratic Front big brother CPI(M)

CPI wants LDF to probe demolition of Munnar office

Monday 4 June '07

Still smarting at the partial demolition of its office in Munnar as part of the anti-land grab drive of the Left government, the CPI today decided to take up the issue at the Left...