Udf Decisions

Ahead of the Assembly polls in Kerala, the opposition UDF on Saturday got a shot in its arm with a faction in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a constituent in the ruling LDF, announcing its decision to part ways with the CPI(M)-led alliance and join the Congress-led front.

The Congress-led UDF today announced that it will continue the protests till the Kerala Police withdrew the prohibitory orders enforced in Sabarimala. The decision was conveyed by the United Democratic Front (UDF) Convenor Benny Behanan to the media, soon after the Liaison Committee of the leadership met in the city.

Kerala Congress (M) candidate Jose K Mani filed his papers as the United Democratic Front nominee for the June 21 biennial elections to Rajya Sabha, amid controversy over the Congress decision to forego its seat in the upper house of the parliament in favour of its ally.

The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala and the Congress-led UDF attacked the centre on Friday for the ban on the sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the centre's decision was "surprising" which was unsuitable for a democratic nation.

CPI-M led LDF government in Kerala, which assumed office today, decided to examine all the "controversial and illegal" decisions taken by previous Congress-led UDF regime after January 1.

The Catholic Church today expressed its displeasure over KM Mani's decision not naming anyone from KC(M)as his successor in the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala after he was forced to resign as finance minister following the High Court's observations in bar bribery case.

In a significant decision, the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala today said that schools which lacked toilet facility would not be issued 'fitness certificates' from the next academic year.

Just days after the Kerala government introduced a policy that is meant to deliver the state into prohibition in 10 years, KPCC Chief VM Sudheeran, seen as the man behind the decision, said that "it was a decision taken after keeping in mind the needs of people and not the elections."

Even as the Congress led UDF government headed by Oommen Chandy won laurels in the initial round of debates over its "bold decision" to shut over 700 liquor bars, questions have surfaced if the cash-strapped state would be able make up the huge revenue loss left by the clampdown on liquor trade.

A decision on providing three subsidised LPG cylinders in addition to the six fixed by the Centre to all consumers in the state would be taken at the ruling UDF liaison committee meeting next week, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Thursday.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has called the UDF Government's decision to introduce Participatory Pension Scheme (PPS) for state service employees an "imaginative measure" to save the state from a future "financial disaster." Reeling out statistics, he said in a statement that Kerala now spent 90.34 per cent of its tax and non-tax revenue on ...

Ahead of the Assembly polls in Kerala, the opposition UDF on Saturday got a shot in its arm with a faction in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a constituent in the ruling LDF, announcing its decision to part ways with the CPI(M)-led alliance and join the Congress-led front.

The Congress-led UDF today announced that it will continue the protests till the Kerala Police withdrew the prohibitory orders enforced in Sabarimala. The decision was conveyed by the United Democratic Front (UDF) Convenor Benny Behanan to the media, soon after the Liaison Committee of the leadership met in the city.

Kerala Congress (M) candidate Jose K Mani filed his papers as the United Democratic Front nominee for the June 21 biennial elections to Rajya Sabha, amid controversy over the Congress decision to forego its seat in the upper house of the parliament in favour of its ally.

The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala and the Congress-led UDF attacked the centre on Friday for the ban on the sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the centre's decision was "surprising" which was unsuitable for a democratic nation.

CPI-M led LDF government in Kerala, which assumed office today, decided to examine all the "controversial and illegal" decisions taken by previous Congress-led UDF regime after January 1.

The Catholic Church today expressed its displeasure over KM Mani's decision not naming anyone from KC(M)as his successor in the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala after he was forced to resign as finance minister following the High Court's observations in bar bribery case.

In a significant decision, the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala today said that schools which lacked toilet facility would not be issued 'fitness certificates' from the next academic year.

Just days after the Kerala government introduced a policy that is meant to deliver the state into prohibition in 10 years, KPCC Chief VM Sudheeran, seen as the man behind the decision, said that "it was a decision taken after keeping in mind the needs of people and not the elections."

Even as the Congress led UDF government headed by Oommen Chandy won laurels in the initial round of debates over its "bold decision" to shut over 700 liquor bars, questions have surfaced if the cash-strapped state would be able make up the huge revenue loss left by the clampdown on liquor trade.

A decision on providing three subsidised LPG cylinders in addition to the six fixed by the Centre to all consumers in the state would be taken at the ruling UDF liaison committee meeting next week, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Thursday.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has called the UDF Government's decision to introduce Participatory Pension Scheme (PPS) for state service employees an "imaginative measure" to save the state from a future "financial disaster." Reeling out statistics, he said in a statement that Kerala now spent 90.34 per cent of its tax and non-tax revenue on ...