KERALA

Kerala Governor comes out against LDF govt’s anti-CAA advt

3:33 pm January 11, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has come out against the CPI(M)-led LDF government’s anti-CAA advertisements in the front page of national dailies and said spending public money for political campaigning was “thoroughly undesirable.” The state sponsored advertisement, published on Friday, claimed that “the state was leading the efforts to protect constitutional values” and its […]

Vijayan claims Rahul shying away from attacking BJP

Kerala has attracted Rs 1 lakh Cr investment proposals: CM

8:40 pm January 10, 2020

Kochi: Kerala has attracted Rs 1 lakh crore investment proposals going by entrepreneur feedback at the Global Investors Meet, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday at the conclusion of the event here held with the aim of enhancing ease of doing business in the state. Overall, the two-day ASCEND 2020 event received 164 investment […]

Muslim, Christian communities express concerns on CAA

10:04 pm January 5, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP’s door-to-door campaign launched by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in Kerala on Sunday to dispel ‘misinformation’ on the CAA saw the members of the Muslim and Christian communities here expressing their concerns on the law which has witnessed widespread protests across the country. The minister, who began his visit to houses of some […]

Indore girl wants permission to study law at age 13

Work on new education policy gained ground in 2019

4:12 pm January 3, 2020

New Delhi: The HRD ministry held several rounds of consultations in 2019 to give a final shape to the new National Education Policy (NEP), sanctioned 13 new central universities and 50 kendriya vidyalayas, and implemented 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker section of the general category. Work on the BJP government’s ambitious project […]

Kerala govt decides to bring in ordinance on burial rites

4:16 pm January 1, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Wednesday decided to bring in an ordinance permitting conduct of burial rituals of Jacobite parishoners in their family cemetry now under the control of the orthodox faction of the Malankara church. The government decided to take the ordinance route after all efforts to resolve the issue through discussions failed, Chief […]