THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Following widespread condemnation from civil society and the media, as well as voters traditionally associated with the left, the LDF government decided on Monday to withdraw Amendment 118A from Kerala Police Law that, in effect, gave the police arbitrary powers to muzzle freedom of expression in any medium. It …
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Kerala Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Monday that his government would suspend the controversial Kerala Police Amendment ordinance, which had drawn severe criticism of the CPI (M) government in the state and accusations that it was a measure. intended to “muzzle the media.” In a brief statement on Monday, …
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THIRUVANATHAPURAM: Even when all eyes are on the Raj bhavan to know if the governor Arif mohammad khan give permission to prosecute the opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala at bar bribery case, the state government has yet to send the file to the Raj Bhavan. On Saturday, the prime minister Pinarayi …
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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. …
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New Delhi: With Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan enacting the Kerala Police Law Amendment Ordinance, the Left Front-ruled state police will now have the right to prosecute and imprison people “for doing, expressing, publishing or disseminate any matter that is threatening, abusive, humiliating or defamatory ”through“ any mode of communication …
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The central committee meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala on Friday failed to appease a section of leaders who had raised the flag of revolt against the style of operation of state President K Surendran, said a senior leader who attended the the meeting. In the midst …
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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 …
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Kerala police on Thursday ordered an investigation after Swapna Suresh, the main defendant in the Kerala gold smuggling case, in an alleged voicemail claim that the Directorate of Enforcement was pressuring her to appoint the minister in chief Pinarayi Vijayan in the scandal with the incentive to make it approving. …
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The Sabarimala Temple in Kerala has opened its doors to devotees during the two-month Mandala-Makaravillakku season. The doors of the sanctum sanctorum were opened by melshanti (chief priest) AK Sudheer Namboothiri on Sunday. He lit the lamps at 5 o’clock in the afternoon in the presence of the tantri Kandararu …
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Caught in a bind, the Kerala CPI (M) strategy is now “attack is the best defense” and, after attacking national investigative agencies, it is the CAG that raged on Sunday. The Minister of Finance of the State, Thomas Issac, was hammer and pliers against the Comptroller and Auditor General. The …
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