Thiruvananthapuram: The CPM in Kerala is scrambling to limit damage after its Idukki district chief's controversial remarks that the party kills off its political rivals. And in a first, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi slammed the CPM - a move that has been interpreted as the BJP's out-reach to Mamata Banerjee. Confessions of a CPM insider, Idukki district secretary MM Mani narrating the history of political eliminations in the state...
12:10 AM, May 28, 2012
Thrissur: Kerala Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said on Tuesday that the CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan is trying to sabotage the TP Chandrasekharan murder case by intimidating the officials investigating the case. He was responding to Vijayan's earlier statement that the UDF government's days were numbered and that there would be some crucial changes in the sate politics after the Neyyattinkara bypoll. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the passing-out parade...
11:42 AM, May 16, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The feud between the Communist Party of India Marxist's (CPM) two tallest leaders in Kerala - V S Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan - appears to be headed for an exciting finish, with the former now taking on not just his bete noire but the party itself. In stinging remarks, Achuthanandan on Saturday warned that party state secretary Vijayan will soon meet the fate of the once iconic Indian Communist...
12:13 PM, May 14, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: It seems that former Kerala chief minister and one of the founding members of the CPM VS Achuthanandan is likely to split the party. Achuthanandan on Saturday openly said that he did not believe that Party Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan had the last word. He also said that the CPM did not have a high command like the Congress and the Muslim League. A rift seemed to be brewing in...
03:32 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be a rift brewing in the Kerala CPM after the brutal killing of rebel leader TP Chandrashekharan. Though a police probe is still on, many allege that Chandrashekharan's killing was orchestrated by CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan's group. Vijayan alleges that the killing is a conspiracy to tarnish the CPM and even reiterated an earlier comment that Chandrashekharan was a traitor. "A traitor is a...
09:42 AM, May 10, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Two days since Left leader TP Chandrashekharan was killed in Kerala there is still no clue about those who were behind the assassination. Sources say some CPI(M) leaders are involved in the killing of Chandrashekharan, which is being seen as the most brutal political assassination that Kerala has seen. Moments after the assassination of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader Chandrashekharan, rumours began that some CPI(M) members had a hand in...
09:46 AM, May 07, 2012
Kozhikode (Kerala): Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan was clearly upset on Monday after he failed to make it into the politburo of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM). Achuthanandan has been in the politburo, the CPM's highest decision making body, since 1985. "I have nothing to say," the blunt speaking politician said as he came out of the venue of the CPM leadership meet. Not one to hide his...
03:15 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI(M) on Thursday urged the Centre and state governments to take immediate action to provide security to fishermen setting out to sea from Kerala shores. In a statement here, CPI-M Kerala unit secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said the incident in which a ship hit a fishing boat resulting in the death of two fishermen pointed to the "insecurity" faced by those going to sea for fishing. He said the...
04:57 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Kollam: Hitting back at CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan for his remarks against him and the party, CK Chandrappan, CPI state secretary has said that leaders should use decent and respectable language. His comment comes a day after Vijayan at the valedictory function of the CPM meet the other day criticised Chandrappan calling his 'event management' comment as petty and that no one ought to be envious because of the...
11:40 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan's uninterrupted reign at the top continues, with him being re-elected on Friday as secretary of the party's Kerala unit for the fourth successive time. The election was a mere formality at the last day of the 20th edition of the CPI-M state party conference. It was in 1998, when as minister of power in the E.K. Nayanar government, Vijayan first...
03:16 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: CPM in Kerala on Monday hit back at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and AICC chief Sonia Gandhi for their alleged remarks that LDF was living in the past, saying the Front's policies were not for generating millionaires but for alleviating poverty. LDF did not believe in the "new line of Prime Minister and Gandhi of generating millionaires in the country," CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters. The Prime...
03:56 PM, Apr 11, 2011
Thiruvanathapuram: Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan on Tuesday welcomed the Kerala High Court ruling setting aside the Election Commission order restraining it from extending the scheme to provide rice at Rs 2 per kg to fresh beneficiaries. In a statement here Tuesday, Achuthanandan said Opposition leader Oommen Chandy "should apologise" to the people for allegedly trying to scuttle the scheme. The EC had in a letter to the Chief...
04:14 PM, Mar 22, 2011
Senior politician accused in Rs 374-crore SNC Lavalin case. ...
12:34 PM, Dec 30, 2009
The court will hear CPI-M Kerala Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan's petition. ...
08:44 AM, Aug 31, 2009
VS Achutanandan will stay on as Chief Minister of the state. ...
02:38 PM, Jul 12, 2009
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