Congress leader Shashi Tharoor thanked the grand old party on Friday for the opportunity to 'defend his seat' after he was named candidate from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, a seat he has held for three terms.
"Received mortal remains of the late Shri Patnibin Maxwell, who was killed in an attack in Israel, at Thiruvananthapuram Airport and paid my respects. I share the deep sorrow and anguish experienced by his family members," the post on X read.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday criticized the Congress party over their leaders joining the Bharatiya Janata Party and asked on which side the 11 Congress ministers are now.
Kerala has 20 parliamentary seats. The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) is likely to contest on two, and one seat each will be given to Kerala Congress (Joseph) and Revolutionary Socialist Party (B), he said.
After the meeting, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said "We had the first central election committee regarding the parliament candidates. We finalised seats from Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Lakshadweep. The procedure is going on; formal announcement will
Moshe Arbel, the Israeli interior minister, visited India to pay tribute to Patnibin Maxwell, an Indian killed by a Hezbollah rocket while working on a farm.
In another setback to the Congress party ahead of the coming Lok Sabha polls, Padmaja Venugopal, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) general secretary and late Kerala Chief Minister K. Karunakaran's daughter, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here in the national capital in the
In a bid to reinforce Kerala's presence in IT and new-generation technology on the international map, the state is holding a global conclave on artificial intelligence this monsoon, Industries Minister P Rajeeve informed on Thursday.
The Kerala High Court also directed the State government to frame guidelines, schemes or rules to give licences to individuals interested in maintaining stray dogs so that dog lovers can protect the animals.
In a recent face-to-face programme titled 'Insafi' under the 'Nava Kerala' initiative, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's apparent displeasure with a presenter's remarks has sparked public discourse.
The cabinet has taken this decision in the wake of a recent spurt in attacks on humans by wild animals in the state. The State Disaster Management Authority will also be tasked to control man-animal conflict.