Vadakancherry (Kerala), Apr 9 : Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday said that the Congress is worried about Communists initiating the formation of a Third Front.

New Delhi, Apr 9: The Editors Guild of India has condemned the attack on journalists of ''Manorama News'' at an election rally in Puthanathani in Kerala''s Mallappuram District of Kerala on April 7.

The journalists S. Mahesh and V J Moncy who had gone to the rally for regular coverage had a rude shock when a speaker announced that a news channel had flashed the news that the CPM supported candidate was not allowed to join the Chief Minister on the stage.

The journalists were surrounded by members of the CPM. Even when the journalists said their channel had not given any such flash news, the journalists were beaten up.

The reporter Mahesh was forcibly taken to the stage and was held hostage by menacing workers.

Vatakara (Kerala), Apr 8 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who is on a day-long visit to Kerala, on Wednesday condemned the Left and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for using "bad and negative language" against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Addressing an election rally in Vatakara in North Kerala, Gandhi said it was a "shame" that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the BJP had joined hands in insulting the Prime Minister.

Malappuram (Kerala), Apr 7 : Thousands of Gulf expatriates are coming back home to Kerala to participate in the upcoming elections.

In the hope of bringing a solution to the problems related to expatriates, these NRIs are taking the risk of being on a leave without salaries in the midst of global economic recession.

The rush from abroad, especially from the Gulf countries, started three weeks back. It is expected that the number of expats coming back to India would cross one lakh by the last days of elections.

Kozhikode (Kerala), Apr 7 : The Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Kerala Government on Tuesday said that it has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe people having links with terrorists in the State.

Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said the State Government has received a list of suspected people from the Centre, who have links with terrorists.

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 3 : Senior Congress leader and Union Minister A. K. Antony on Friday ruled out the Central Government's role in the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) decision to close the probe against his party leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

"It is not the Central Government's decision. The report was given by the CBI," Antony told reporters at a meet-the-press programme here.