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Topic: Kerala government

Kerala govt announces Rs 5 lakh assistance to families of Kalamassery blast victims

On 29 October, five persons were killed and over 50 were injured during multiple blasts at a religious gathering in an international convention centre in Kalamassery.

Kerala Lok Ayukta rejects plea alleging misuse of CM’s disaster relief fund by Pinarayi Vijayan

The plea was dismissed by a three-member bench of Lok Ayukta Justice Cyriac Joseph and Upa-Lok Ayuktas Justices Babu Mathew P Joseph and Harun-Ul-Rashid.

CPIM secretary Govindan Master threatened to kill me, alleges Swapna Suresh

Kerala Gold smuggling case prime accused Suresh Thursday claimed the CPIM secretary offered her Rs 30 crore to leave the country if she did not stop speaking about CM Vijayan.

‘Genius gone rogue’: Rise and fall of Kerala IAS officer M. Sivasankar, arrested for 3rd time

This month, ED arrested Sivasankar, the powerful ex-principal secretary of CM Pinarayi Vijayan, for his alleged role in a housing scam linked to infamous gold smuggling case.

From ‘nepotism’ standoff to Rs 85 lakh Mercedes — inside Kerala’s governor vs govt tangle

Tensions between Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the Kerala government began soon after he entered the Raj Bhawan in 2019, with one spat leading to another ever since.

Kochi-Muziris Biennale is back again. So is its dirty war with angry, unpaid contractors

Ahead of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale art festival 2022, a dirty war over financial mismanagement is being fought. Over one crore rupees is owed to contractors and vendors.

Arif Mohammad Khan vs Pinarayi Vijayan was up for a showdown. Until it became personal

Both CM Pinarayi Vijayan and governor Arif Mohammad Khan were keen to maintain a cordial equation, but consequent to Kerala CM winning a second term in 2021, things began to unravel.

Raj Bhavan vs govt in Kerala: How skirmishes snowballed, led to governor wanting minister out

Days after Governor Arif Mohammad Khan called for resignation of 11 V-Cs, he asked CM to take action against state finance minister over speech at Kerala University. CM has said ‘no’.

Why Kerala governor wants 11 university V-Cs out & how it’s turned into a political slugfest

Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has pointed to UGC rules being flouted in the selection process of the V-Cs, but CM Pinarayi Vijayan has accused him of acting as ‘a tool of the RSS’.

Results of 4 contacts of child who died of Nipah virus return negative, says Veena George

Kerala govt had conducted a complete house-to-house survey within a 3-km-radius from the house of the 12-year-old boy who succumbed to the Nipah virus on 5 September 5.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?