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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The VD Satheesan-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Government has temporarily stayed an order implementing minimum marks for classes VI-II, IX and X in the 2026-27 academic year. Implementation of minimum marks was one of the most significant and debated decisions of the previous LDF Government. The LDF had in 2024 approved […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A big salute to the CPI(M)’s lower-level leaders and the party cadres. For, it was their bold, open and trenchant criticism of the leadership which forced the party to go for a change for the better. The party’s central leadership, ably led by general secretary M. A. Baby, also deserves full […]

The article Kerala CPI-M in self-critical, corrective mode at three-day conclave appeared first on Latest India news, analysis and reports on Newspack by India Press Agency).

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a bruising battle for the mind of Kerala’s voters for 20 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 26. The poll campaign saw no quarters being asked for and none given. But the enthusiasm witnessed in the run-up to polling did not reflect in the voting. That way, Kerala sprang a […]

The post Low Turn Out Of Voters In Kerala On Friday Favours Left Democratic Front first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no change in the Budget script as far as Kerala is concerned. It has been an unredeeming tale of severe neglect from the Union Government, repeated ad nauseum over the years. For once, both the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government and the Congress-led opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) […]

The post Raw Deal Again To Kerala In 2024-25 Union Budget first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Central investigation agency, Enforcement Directorate(ED), which has been accused of acting as a political tool in the hands of the Union Government, has been at the receiving end in Kerala besides Bengal. The ED suffered two setbacks in quick succession causing it accurate embarrassment. The first snub came when former […]

The post ED Suffers Yet Another Setback In Kerala first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The central investigating agency, the enforcement Directorate (ED), which is on a rampage against the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in Kerala, suffered a highly embarrassing double defeat in the Kerala High Court. In the latest rebuff to the ED, the Kerala High Court stayed the fresh summons issued […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in Kerala has upped the ante against Governor Arif Mohammed Khan by seeking President Droupadi Murmu’s intervention in the crisis involving the Governor and the State government, at the root of which are Khan’s alleged gubernatorial excesses; the Governor is not even sparing varsities and […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The left movement in the country in general and in Kerala in particular suffered a grievous loss in the passing away of Communist Party of India (CPI) state secretary Kanam Rajendran. Kanam had been admitted to hospital on October 25 with multiple ailments, including a wound on his leg. As the […]

The post Kanam: A Communist To The Core, A Pillar Of Left Unity In Kerala first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Nothing seems to be going right for the Congress in Kerala. As if the plethora of problems already plaguing the party were not enough, the Congress is caught in a major controversy over the election of the Youth Congress state president. The charge against the Youth Congress is that YC activists […]

The post Congress In Kerala Caught In Row Over YC Chief’s Election first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is a double delight for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who has successfully blunted the edge of a campaign of calumny against him and his government. In a major morale-booster to the LDF Government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year, the Lokayukta has given a clean chit to […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The tension between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government and Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan escalated with the former moving the Supreme court against him for the second time. The Government has accused the Governor of trying to “defeat the rights of the people” of the State by indefinitely sitting on […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has, once again, lived up to its reputation of being a trail blazer. The State has shown the way to defeat determined attempts to disturb communal harmony, a hallmark of the State. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government lost no time in nipping in the bud the sinister designs of […]

The post Kerala Frustrates Attempt To Disturb Communal Amity first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is a double whammy for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the so-called ‘Karuvannur Cooperative Bank scam’ in Kerala. The central investigation agency suffered a twin setback when both the Supreme Court and the Kerala High court came down heavily on the ED’s manner of conducting probes. The HC […]

The post Govt-Opposition Panel To Counter ED Probe Into Kerala Coop Sector first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is heartening news for Kerala’s economy. The dark predictions about an imminent economic collapse made by incorrigible Government-baiters and doubting Thomases have been proved to be what they are: patent falsehoods. The facts speak for themselves. The data are self-explanatory. The news that makes delightful reading is that Kerala’s tax […]

The post 22 Per Cent Growth In Kerala’s Tax Revenue first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An incident of caste discrimination in the most progressive state in the country! Unbelievable? But it is true. The execrable act occurred in Kerala, “God’s Own Country’, in January this year. The horrendous details of the abomination first. The shocking incident took place at a lamp-lighting ceremony in Payyannur Nambiatrakovval Shiva […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THRUVANANTHAPURAM: Puthuppally by-election has not, sprung any surprises. Congress candidate Chandy Oommen won the by-election, necessitated by the death of his father and former chief minister Oommen Chandy with a big majority. The Congress won the battle riding the crest of a tidal wave of sympathy for the departed leader. The Oommen […]

The post Anatomy Of Congress’s Byelection Win In Kerala first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

  By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for a prestigious battle in the by-election to be held in Puthuppally Assembly constituency in Kottayam district of Kerala. The by-election has been necessitated by the death of incumbent MLA and former chief minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy.  Though almost three years of the current Assembly […]

The post Can Sympathy Wave See Congress Through In Puthuppally? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Union Government’s failure to control the riots raging in Manipur and the move to bring in a uniform civil code in the country have evoked strong protests from the opposition parties not only in Kerala but also across the nation. At one stroke, the Manipur fiasco has caused a severe […]

The post BJP Scores A Self-Goal On Uniform Civil Code Move And Manipur Clashes first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Opposition parties in the State upping the ante and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government launching a counter-offensive, the state is set for a protracted political slug-fest. Political mercury soared when the Government announced a crime branch probe against Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President, K. Sudhakaran, who […]

The post Congress-Led UDF In A Confrontation Mood With Govt In Kerala first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: This is the real Kerala story. The reference is to the commissioning, on June 5, of the first phase of the prestigious Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The project is aimed at providing free internet access to 20 lakh  Below Poverty Line(BPL) families, connecting 30,000 […]

The post Commissioning Of K-FON Is The Real Kerala Story first appeared on IPA Newspack.