Written by Shaju Philip, Manoj CG | Kochi, New Delhi | Updated: November 23, 2020 1:30:09 pm Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. (Archive) Amid widespread criticism, The Government of Kerala decided on Monday not to implement the amendment Kerala Police Law demanding a jail sentence for any social media abuse …
Read More »Concern in the CPM over the ordinance, BJP and Congress call it an attempt to muzzle freedom of expression
Written by Shaju Philip, Manoj CG | New Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram | Updated: November 23, 2020 11:18:13 am Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. (Archive) Faced with widespread criticism and outrage by the Kerala government, the move to amend the law to impose a jail sentence for any “offensive” post on social …
Read More »How the left drifted down the path to the right
On November 21, the Governor of Kerala promulgated the Kerala Police Ordinance (Amendment), 2020 as the legislative assembly is not in session. The cabinet had presented its recommendation to the governor in late October. See this ordinance, a new Section 118A has been introduced in the Kerala Police Act, 2011. …
Read More »5 years in prison for ‘offensive’ post: Kerala’s chilling law
Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | Updated: November 22, 2020 7:54:34 am Much has been said about our generation’s screen addiction and how social media isolates us. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has endorsed a draconian LDF government ordinance amending the Kerala Police Law establishing the jail sentence for …
Read More »‘Leaked’ audio spurs allegations of ED offer to coerce testimony against CM
New Delhi: A ‘leaked’ audio recording of a telephone conversation allegedly between defendants in the Kerala Swapna Suresh gold smuggling case and an anonymous person has created a controversy. According to The Hindu, the recording indicates that the Directorate of Execution (ED) may have been trying to coerce Suresh into …
Read More »Gold smuggling case in Kerala | ED Arrests Suspended IAS Officer Sivasankar Shortly After High Court Rejected Advance Bail Statement
The Directorate of Enforcement detained former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s chief secretary M. Sivasankar on Wednesday for questioning regarding the prospect of money laundering from the gold smuggling case linked to the UAE consulate. His arrest was recorded around 10:15 p.m. after nearly seven hours of questioning by the investigation …
Read More »Harsh Vardhan Says Kerala Covid-19 Raised In Price Due To Negligence During Onam; ‘Check with ICMR first’, state official responds
By: Express Web Desk | Kochi | Updated: October 18, 2020 8:58:55 pm Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan during his Sunday show Samvaad. (Photo: YouTube / screenshot) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday that negligence during Onam led to a spike in Covid-19 cases in Kerala, and other …
Read More »Dr. Harsh Vardhan: price paid in Kerala
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan urged states to limit activity during the holiday season (Archive) New Delhi: The recent spike in coronavirus cases in Kerala – confirmed infections increased by around 1.35 lakh between October 1 and October 17 – is the result of “gross negligence during Onam,” the …
Read More »Kerala doctor dies by suicide, days after boy’s death in his-led surgery
Written by Vishnu Varma | Kochi | Updated: October 2, 2020 9:47:42 pm On September 23, a seven-year-old girl, admitted to the hospital run by Dr. Anoop, had suffered cardiac arrest during a knee operation directed by Dr. Anoop himself. A young orthopedic surgeon in Kerala died by suicide on …
Read More »Opposition protests against Kerala minister are anti-Quran, says CPM
Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | Updated: September 19, 2020 7:59:32 am With Congress and its ally Indian Union Muslim League mounting their protests against Jaleel, the ICC (M) secretary of state, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in his weekly column in the party daily Deshabhimani, called the protest against the minister …
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