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BJP signals a change in tack on Kerala’s bid built a rapid rail system

BJP signals shift in stance on SilverLine; K. Surendran visits metro rail expert E. Sreedharan, suggests high-speed railway system as viable alternative to LDF's K-Rail project. BJP leader quotes Sreedharan saying high-speed railway would serve economy better without taxing families or environment. UDF yet to respond.

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CPI(M) goes for reshuffle at the helm of standing committees in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation

The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has gone for a major rejig at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the major partner of the coalition, asking all of its standing committee chairpersons to submit their resignation

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In Kerala, Congress is back to square one

The Congress is facing perhaps its worst political crisis in Kerala in recent times

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Press Club protest against P.V. Anwar, MLA

The Thiruvananthapuram Press Club marched to the Secretariat in protest against LDF independent legislator P.V. Anwar’s alleged trespasses on media freedom and journalistic neutrality.

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UDF passes a political stress test with IUML spurning CPI(M)’s bid to forge a broad anti-UCC front

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) coalition seems to have survived a crucial political stress test

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Court gives conditional nod to CB for further probe into Assembly ruckus case

Court gives conditional nod to CB for further probe into Kerala Assembly ruckus case

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CPI(M) national seminar on UCC in Kozhikode on July 15

Organisations affiliated to RSS, Jamaat-e-Islami, and SDPI will not be invited, say LDF leaders

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Crime Branch seeks permission for further probe in Assembly ruckus case

The Crime Branch sprung a surprise when it sought permission for further probe in the Legislative Assembly ruckus of 2015 involving six Left Democratic Front (LDF) leaders including a Minister at the Thiruvananthapuram Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Tuesday.

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CPI(M) calls for coming together of secular forces to counter Uniform Civil Code

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary M.V. Govindan called for a coming together of secular democratic forces, transcending electoral alliances and pressures of political expediency, to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) bid to impose a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) arbitrarily.

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Javadekar calls Kerala industrially backward, blames successive UDF and LDF governments

In the ease of doing business index, Kerala ranked 28th in the country and the lowest in the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP).

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KC(M) keen to stake claim to more seats in Parliament election

As the major coalitions in Kerala begin to gear up for Lok Sabha elections next year, the Kerala Congress (M) led by by Jose K. Mani has started discovering the red lines within the Left Democratic Front and work out a strategy to affirm its special position in the agrarian…

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BJP loses power in Kalliyoor grama panchayat

The Bharatiya Janata Party lost power in the Kalliyoor grama panchayat after the Left Democratic Front‘s no confidence motion against the president and vice president were passed with the support of a BJP member and a Congress member.

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Reduced ceiling, increased anger

The reduced limit on open market borrowing has caused a political row in Kerala

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Another Monson controversy dogs government and animates Kerala politics

Another messy controversy centred around child-abuse-case convict and alleged fake antiquities dealer Monson Mavunkal appears to dog the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.

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Front entry could prove to be tricky for LJD after merger

LJD is now with LDF, but after the proposed merger with RJD, which is a UDF constituent, it is unclear if it will continue to be with the front

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CPI(M) using Uralungal coop. society to park corruption money: V.D. Satheesan

Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has slammed ‘the LDF government’s unjustifiable patronage of the Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. (ULCCS),’ calling ULCCS ‘the place where the CPI(M) parks its corruption money.’

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Former MLAs withdraw probe petition in assembly ruckus case

Two former Left Democratic Front legislators have withdrawn their court petition seeking a reinvestigation into the 2015 Assembly ruckus case.

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Monson case comes back to haunt Opposition and ruling front

The alleged political and police “connections and financial shenanigans” of suspected fake antiquities dealer Monson Mavunkal have returned to weigh ominously on the ruling front and the Opposition.

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New Jamat Amir lashes out at LDF govt.

Addressing a reception offered to him by the Solidarity Youth Movement here on Friday, Mr. Mujeeb Rahman said the imbalance in resources and infrastructure between the northern and southern parts of the State continued for decades because of the apathetic attitude of those in power.

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The LDF progress report

While the LDF has mostly avoided political trouble, it faces some challenges now

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Congress, BJP flay LKS regional meet in U.S.

On Friday, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempted to force the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government against the ropes by accusing the administration of courting wealthy expatriate donors to sponsor the Loka Kerala Sabha’s (LKS) regional conclave in the United States of America in mid-June

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LDF to launch agitation against Centre’s ‘neglect’ of Kannur airport

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Kannur district committee has decided to launch an agitation against the Centre’s ‘neglect’ of the Kannur Airport and demand more international services for the facility.

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Review of liquor policy in the offing

The State government is reportedly in the process of reviewing its liquor policy for the current fiscal.

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Catholic Church locks horns with LDF over wild gaur issue

As the groundswell of anger over the death of three persons by a raging wild gaur continue to rock the high-range settlements of Central Travancore, the issue on Sunday took a political turn with a war of words between the Catholic church and Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran.

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