Kerala

PM to visit Kerala on April 11

PM to visit Kerala on April 11Kozhikode, Apr 9 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Kerala for a day-long election campaign on April 11.

Talking to reporters here, District Congress Committee (DCC) President K C Abu revealed that after addressing an election rally in Kochi, Singh would visit Kozhikode to address a public meeting there at 3 p. m.

He further informed that Union Defence Minister A K Antony, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi, Opposition Leader Oommen Chandy and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Ramesh Chennithala would be present.

Congress worried about Left initiating a third front, says Karat

Congress worried about Left initiating a third front, says KaratVadakancherry (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.

Editors Guild of India condemns attack on Kerala journalists

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.

Sonia condemns CPI (M), BJP for hitting out at PM

Sonia condemns CPI (M), BJP for hitting out at PMVatakara (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.

Gulf expats come back to Kerala to join poll campaign

Gulf expats come back to Kerala to join poll campaignMalappuram (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.

SIT to probe terror links in Kerala

SIT to probe terror links in KeralaKozhikode (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.

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