20th CPM state meet flagged off in T’puram

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• Reception Committee Chairman M Vijayakumar hoisted the party flag to mark the beginning of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) State conference in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. [..]

CPM state meet to begin tomorrow

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• Preparations for the CPM state meet have been completed and will begin tomorrow. General secretary Prakash Karat will inaugurate the meet. The flag will be raised on today at the venue. [..]

State bids tearful adieu to Azhikode

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• Kerala bade a tearful adieu to eminent writer, critic and orator Dr Sukumar Azhikode, whose mortal remains were consigned to flames with full state honours at the Payyambalam beach. [..]

CPM leaders booked for staging rally without permission

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• The police have registered a case against almost 500 members including CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and CPM politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan for staging a march without obtaining permission at Payyannur town. [..]

Row over exclusion of DMRC from Kochi Metro project

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• The ruling front and the opposition are heading for a showdown in the Kochi Corporation over the involvement of Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) in Kochi metro rail project. [..]

Mullaperiyar row: Chidambaram withdraws remarks

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• Home Minister P Chidambaram today withdrew his remarks referring to by-elections in the context of the Mullaiperiyar dam issue which has created a furore in Kerala. [..]

All-party meet wants new dam at Mullaperiyar

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• Taking a serious view of recurrence of tremors in the vicinity of Mullaperiyar dam and the grave consequences if the dam bursts, an all party meet here today urged the Centre to intervene and resolve the vexed issue between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. [..]

Assembly adjourned for the day amid pandemonium

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• Kerala Assembly was adjourned for the day, ahead of its schedule today, after the Opposition members disrupted proceedings as a protest against the lewd comments by Minister KB Ganesh Kumar and Government Chief Whip PC George against VS Achuthanandan and AK Balan. [..]

Make your stand clear on Koothuparambu: Kodiyeri

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• The Deputy Leader of Opposition Kodiyeri Balakrishnan today said that K Sudhakaran M P demanded the re-investigation of Koothuparambu police firing case on November 25, 1994 in connection with this Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala should say their standpoint in re-investigation of case. [..]

Kodiyeri lashes out at Minister over lewd comments

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• Deputy Leader of the Opposition Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said Minister KB Ganesh Kumar’s lewd remarks against one of the most senior and revered leaders like Achuthanandan were ‘heinous and despicable.’ [..]