Kerala High Court dismissed a petition seeking a CBI probe into the alleged letter written by Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran for providing a list of CPIM party members for filling various vacancies in the health wing of the corporation.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Chigurupati Babu Rao on Thursday took a jibe at the newly released song of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone and said that it was better to feed any hungry person than watching 'Pathaan'.
The issue will be raised by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Congress and Communist Party of India (CPI) MPs Tiruchi Siva, Pramod Tiwari and Sandosh Kumar P, respectively.
Kerala High Court has restrained Police from arresting Sabu M Jacob, Chief Coordinator of the Kitex-group backed Twenty20 party which is the ally of AAP in Kerala in a case registered under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The police report said, "After going through the video and other records, they could not prove that the former minister has intentionally insulted the constitution or its architects. The reports say that they also got a legal opinion on this."
In addition to the main sentence under sections 38 and 20 of UAPA, the court sentenced Arun Bhelke to five to seven years imprisonment under IPC sections for the offences of cheating, and forgery, all these sentences are to be served simultaneously.
"The higher education sector is being completely saffronised. The Governor is making efforts as part of this. Left and democratic organisations have mobilized people in Kerala. The people of Kerala have surpassed the people of other states in many ways," said MV Govindan.
India's retail inflation rate based on Consumer Price Index declined to 5.88 per cent in November from 6.77 per cent during the previous month, according to data released on Monday by the ministry of statistics.
"In the evening in the district Headquarters of Kadapa, I tried to meet the district collector. Our party leader Easwarayya tried several times and sent messages to the collector. But the honourable collector had no courtesy even to respond" CPI MP alleged in a letter to CM Andhra Pradesh,"
Responding to CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan's statement, calling the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) as a secular party, BJP state president K Surendran on Saturday claimed that the primary motivation behind the remark was vote-bank politics.
The petition was moved by Malappuram native Biju P Cheruman in July this year. The petitioner contended that Saji Cherian publicly insulted the Constitution in a public speech at his political meeting and his conduct is violative of Articles 173(a) and 188 of the Constitution of India.
As the Parliament winter session began on December 7, Communist Party of India (CPI) MP Binoy Viswam has given a suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha and demanded a discussion over the reported breach of databases at several prominent government hospitals across the co