Kerala Protest Against Centre

The Left government in Kerala has invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to join a protest organised by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his cabinet colleagues against the alleged negligence towards the southern state by the BJP-led Centre

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, will stage a protest against the Central government at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on February 8, CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan said.

Kerala, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu have seen sharp attacks and counterattacks between the state governments and their Governors over a host of issues. Several protest demonstrations and marches have been planned against the Governors.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led a rally of around 200 tractors in Kerala's Wayanad today to protest against the centre's farm laws and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the farmers' protests in the country.

Kerala's lone BJP lawmaker, whose win marked the party's debut in the state four years ago, stirred up a controversy with his contradicting remarks on a resolution against the centre'scontentious farm laws that was unanimously passed in the state assembly.

The Kerala government will not implement the contentious farm laws and will move the Supreme Court against them this week itself, Agriculture Minister V S Sunilkumar said in Thrissur on Monday.

Kerala today became the first state in the country to pass a resolution in the state assembly against the Citizenship Amendment Act amid widespread protests across the country. The resolution moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, where the state has asked the asked the centre to revoke the new citizenship law, was supported by leaders across pa...

The ruling Left Democratic Front and opposition United Democratic Front in Kerala came together in a first today to protest against the Centre's new citizenship law, which facilitates citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who migrated to India because of religious persecution.

Spearheading a campaign against the Kerala government over the Sabarimala issue, BJP state unit chief PS Sreedharan Pillai Sunday alleged that the CPI(M)-led dispensation was making the Lord Ayyappa shrine "a centre of dispute to destroy its uniqueness".

The centre has asked the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to tighten security in view of the continuing protests against the Supreme Court order allowing entry of women of all age groups to Sabarimala temple.

A large number of students held a protest at the Indian Institute of Technology or IIT Madras against an attack on a research scholar who participated in a "beef fest" earlier this week. The beef fest was organised to protest against the Centre's new cattle rules, which the students say infringe on their right to eat what they want. There have been...

A research scholar at IIT-Madras was thrashed by a group of students on Tuesday, reportedly because he had led Sunday's "beef fest" at the IIT-Madras (Indian Institute of Technology) campus against the Centre's cattle trade rules last week.

The Centre's new cattle trade rules - -which stops the sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets -- has been put on hold for a month by the Madras High Court. The court has asked the Central and the state governments to file a reply on the matter within a month.

After protests from several states, the Union Environment Ministry is examining changing the definition of cattle in its new rules to exclude buffaloes from a ban on sale for slaughter at animal markets, sources have said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan called the order an attack on state powers and said th...

DMK working president MK Stalin will lead a protest on May 31 in Chennai against the Centre's ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets. The party also hit out at Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami government for "keeping mum" on the issue when the neighbouring states of Kerala and Karnataka have opposed it.

The Left government in Kerala has invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to join a protest organised by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his cabinet colleagues against the alleged negligence towards the southern state by the BJP-led Centre

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, will stage a protest against the Central government at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on February 8, CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan said.

Kerala, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu have seen sharp attacks and counterattacks between the state governments and their Governors over a host of issues. Several protest demonstrations and marches have been planned against the Governors.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led a rally of around 200 tractors in Kerala's Wayanad today to protest against the centre's farm laws and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the farmers' protests in the country.

Kerala's lone BJP lawmaker, whose win marked the party's debut in the state four years ago, stirred up a controversy with his contradicting remarks on a resolution against the centre'scontentious farm laws that was unanimously passed in the state assembly.

The Kerala government will not implement the contentious farm laws and will move the Supreme Court against them this week itself, Agriculture Minister V S Sunilkumar said in Thrissur on Monday.

Kerala today became the first state in the country to pass a resolution in the state assembly against the Citizenship Amendment Act amid widespread protests across the country. The resolution moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, where the state has asked the asked the centre to revoke the new citizenship law, was supported by leaders across pa...

The ruling Left Democratic Front and opposition United Democratic Front in Kerala came together in a first today to protest against the Centre's new citizenship law, which facilitates citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who migrated to India because of religious persecution.

Spearheading a campaign against the Kerala government over the Sabarimala issue, BJP state unit chief PS Sreedharan Pillai Sunday alleged that the CPI(M)-led dispensation was making the Lord Ayyappa shrine "a centre of dispute to destroy its uniqueness".

The centre has asked the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to tighten security in view of the continuing protests against the Supreme Court order allowing entry of women of all age groups to Sabarimala temple.

A large number of students held a protest at the Indian Institute of Technology or IIT Madras against an attack on a research scholar who participated in a "beef fest" earlier this week. The beef fest was organised to protest against the Centre's new cattle rules, which the students say infringe on their right to eat what they want. There have been...

A research scholar at IIT-Madras was thrashed by a group of students on Tuesday, reportedly because he had led Sunday's "beef fest" at the IIT-Madras (Indian Institute of Technology) campus against the Centre's cattle trade rules last week.

The Centre's new cattle trade rules - -which stops the sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets -- has been put on hold for a month by the Madras High Court. The court has asked the Central and the state governments to file a reply on the matter within a month.

After protests from several states, the Union Environment Ministry is examining changing the definition of cattle in its new rules to exclude buffaloes from a ban on sale for slaughter at animal markets, sources have said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan called the order an attack on state powers and said th...

DMK working president MK Stalin will lead a protest on May 31 in Chennai against the Centre's ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets. The party also hit out at Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami government for "keeping mum" on the issue when the neighbouring states of Kerala and Karnataka have opposed it.