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Topic: Kerala government

‘Invited as vlogger, not spy’—Congress-led UDF backs Kerala govt amid row over Jyoti Malhotra’s visit

Jyoti Malhotra visited the state for a routine tourism campaign handled by external agencies, says Kerala Tourism Minister Mohammed Riyas as BJP attacks his govt over her 2024-25 trips.

How the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board went from being state’s strength to a ‘liability’

The Kerala govt has decided to levy tolls on the roads built under KIIFB, attributing it to the Union government’s decision to the body’s borrowings under state limits.

In bill to establish private universities, an ideological shift by Kerala’s ruling LDF

9 yrs ago, a senior Kerala State Higher Education Council official was slapped by a protester when the Oommen Chandy govt was considering allowing private universities in Kerala.

Kerala budget brings hikes in taxes & levies amid fiscal deficit crisis

Kerala brought down the deficit for 2022-2023 to under 3 percent, in line with FRBM guidelines, but is still expecting to slightly breach the limit in 2024-2025 and 2025-2026.

From Davos pavilion to ‘masala bonds’, LDF pulls out all stops to separate ideology from investments

Pinarayi-led administration became first LDF govt to send its delegates to WEF in Davos. This marked Kerala's attendance at the summit for the first time since 2006.

Who gets a home, who doesn’t? Confusion among Wayanad landslide survivors over rehabilitation criteria

Survivors currently lodged in rented housing say they prefer compensation over government's plan to allot land. Kerala govt says plans not finalised yet, will make changes if necessary.

Kerala suspends 2 IAS officers, 1 for creating ‘communal’ WhatsApp group

The 2nd officer, a special secretary, made derogatory remarks against another top bureaucrat on social media.

Kerala was alerted to landslides, Shah tells RS — ‘those affected relocated only after tragedy struck’

Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Upper House that Kerala govt was informed about possibility of landslides as early as 23 July, followed by more warnings over next two days

Behind Kerala’s request to have wild boars declared as ‘vermin’, a history of human-animal conflict

New Delhi: Wild boars get a bad rap the world over. They’re seen as pests in Scotland, US and other parts of Europe where...

Kerala govt agrees to discuss financial problems in assembly after Opposition raises issue

Congress-led UDF opposition has alleged that mismanagement & extravagance of Left government are prime reasons behind financial problems in the state.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.