The court made the observation after initiating a suo motu case into the matter. The High Court also directed the Malappuram District Collector to file a report on May 12.
Cornering the Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala over Brahmapuram fire incident, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief K Surendran on Friday asked the chief minister to inform how much money the state has received from the World Bank, Central Government, foreign and other agencies for waste
Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Thursday staged a protest at Ernakulam Collectorate against the Kerala government over alleged "back door appointments" and accused the Pinarayi Vijayan government of being anti-people.
The governor further said "If somebody sitting in CM's office is directing VC to appoint his relatives and if the CM doesn't know about it, shows how incompetent he is. If he knows about it, then he is equally guilty."
Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, the Union minister of state (Mos) for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs lashed out at the Pinarayi Vijayan government for the 'declining' law-and-order situation in Kerala.
Notably, the Kerala High court has quashed the Kannur University's decision to appoint Priya Varghese, wife of KK Ragesh, private secretary to the Chief Minister, as Associate Professor of Malayalam at the University.
The tussle between Kerala Governor Arif Mohd Khan and the Pinarayi Vijayan government is ceasing to end as the former on Tuesday alleged that all appointments in the state-run universities are "illegal" while also adding that the universities have become "become fiefdoms of the party cadre".
Speaking to ANI, Khan, who has had frequent flashpoints with the Pinarayi Vijayan government, further alleged that Kairali TV, a local Malayam television channel, is an extension of the 'publicity unit' of the CPIM government.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Monday attacked the CPI-M-led Left government in Kerala, saying the state is "becoming a hotspot of terrorism and fringe elements" and "communal tensions are increasing".
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 29 (ANI): Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday hit out at the Pinarayi Vijayan government once again for inaction over the 2019 attack on him, terming it as the beginning of "collapse of the Constitutional machinery".
Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 23 (ANI): After a video went viral wherein a boy is seen raising a provocative slogan allegedly at a Popular Front of India (PFI) march in Kerala's Alappuzha, BJP state chief K Surendran on Monday alleged that the Pinarayi Vijayan government is "helping the terror