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Bengaluru, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A delegation of the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday lodged a formal complaint against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with the State Director General and Inspector General of Police M.A. Saleem, alleging that he made a provocative speech during an election campaign in Assam. In their submission, the BJP leaders demanded the immediate arrest of Kharge for allegedly inciting violence and called for enhanced security arrangements ...Read More >
New Delhi: BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday accused Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of double standards, alleging they pretend to be friends in Delhi while opposing each other in Keralam and blamed both for the Sabarimala gold theft and promoting anti-national forces. "Why is Pinarayi Vijayan, who found fault with Rahul Gandhi in Kerala, befriending him in Delhi, Bengal, and Tamil Nadu? Break your friendship in Delhi. Why are you forming an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday accused Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of double standards, alleging they pretend to be friends in Delhi while opposing each other in Keralam and blamed both for the Sabarimala gold theft and promoting anti-national forces. "Why is Pinarayi Vijayan, who found fault with Rahul Gandhi in Kerala, befriending him in Delhi, Bengal, and Tamil Nadu? Break your friendship in Delhi. ...Read More >
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has strongly refuted Rahul Gandhi's allegations regarding his involvement in the Chhattisgarh nuns attack, accusing the Congress party of enabling the legal framework that led to the incident. Photograph: Sanjay Sharma/ANIKey PointsKerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan refutes Rahul Gandhi's claim of his involvement in the Chhattisgarh nuns attack.Vijayan accuses Congress of enabling laws misused against minorities in BJP-ruled states.The CM questions Congress's inac ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday questioned the sincerity of the Congress party in addressing attacks on nuns and members of the Christian community in Chhattisgarh and other north Indian states. In a social media post, he said that when nuns were attacked in Chhattisgarh, Left national and state leaders rushed to support the victims, and some Congress leaders from Kerala also visited. However, the state unit of Congress, which is the principal opposition party in ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 4 (PTI) VCK founder Thol Thirumavalavan on Saturday announced he will not contest the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, withdrawing from the race days after he nominated himself from Kattumannarkoil. "I wanted to enter the Assembly, but I have now changed my mind to ensure the unity of the DMK alliance," Thirumavalavan told reporters at a press briefing here. Earlier, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi foudner had announced his intention to fight from the Kattumannarkoil con ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday hit back against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over remarks against him and said Congress has no right to judge the Left's uncompromising defence of secularism and the rights of minorities. He alleged that Congress has, through its policies, paved the way for Sangh Parivar's political rise. The CPI (M leader accused Rahul Gandhi of "political ignorance". "Shri @RahulGandhi's attempt to lecture the Left on the ...Read More >
Hubballi: A gym trainer was allegedly assaulted by a group of people following accusations of sexual assault and 'love jihad', even as both families involved in the case traded serious allegations. According to police, a group of individuals went to the residence of Sameer Mulla, a resident of Vijayanagar, and questioned him over his friendship with a woman he had met at a gym. The situation escalated into a clash, during which he was allegedly dragged away and assaulted. He sustained minor inj ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Opposition parties on Wednesday criticised the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government for the introduction of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill (FCRA), 2026, in the Lok Sabha, calling the Bill 'malafide' and 'undemocratic'. While the BJP, in its defence, said the Bill aims to regulate foreign funding and is in 'national interest'. The Bill was introduced on March 25 by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, dur ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 12 (PTI) The Congress-led UDF is closely watching CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran's decision to contest as an independent candidate in the upcoming Assembly election, even as leaders of the ruling LDF expressed mixed reactions on Thursday. KPCC president Sunny Joseph said he had watched Sudhakaran's press conference and that his move would be monitored closely. He said the revelations made by the veteran Communist leader had put the CPI(M) in trouble and that no clear answer ...Read More >
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The 30th International Film Festival of Kerala descended into crisis this week after the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting denied screening permission for 19 films, triggering protests from delegates, filmmakers, and politicians. Among the initially blocked titles: Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece Battleship Potemkin, Fernando Solanas's political documentary The Hour of the Furnaces, four films about Palesti ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has described the controversy surrounding the ongoing 12th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) as an "unfortunate development." This came in the wake of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting refusing screening permission for several films, leading to the cancellation of multiple screenings in Thiruvananthapuram. Addressing mediapersons, Tharoor shared, "This is an unfortunate development. We h ...Read More >
Thiruvanathapuram: After the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting refused screening permission for several films at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2025, the Kerala CM, Pinarayi Vijayan, said that all films that were denied screening permission will be screened at the festival. On his Facebook page, Kerala CM called the Union Government's decision to deny screening of scheduled films "unacceptable". "The Union Government's decision to deny screening permission to films sche ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 (PTI) The Left government in Kerala on Tuesday directed the organisers of the IFFK to screen all films selected for the event, challenging the BJP-led Centre after it allegedly denied clearance for the screening of more than a dozen movies. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Kerala Chalachitra Academy said all films would be screened irrespective of whether the Centre had granted clearance. In a Facebook post, Vijayan termed as "unacceptable" the Centre's denial ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Tuesday that all films denied permission for screening at the 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) will still be shown at the event. He criticised the Union Government's decision, calling it unacceptable and a sign of the Sangh Parivar regime's totalitarian approach, which stifles diverse voices and creative expression in the country. "Enlightened Kerala will not bow to such censorship. Every film denied permis ...Read More >
Thiruvanathapuram (Kerala) [India], December 16 (ANI): After the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting refused screening permission for several films at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2025, the Kerala CM, Pinarayi Vijayan, said that all films that were denied screening permission will be screened at the festival. On his Facebook page, Kerala CM called the Union Government's decision to deny screening of scheduled films "unacceptable". "The Union Government's decision to den ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu delivered a standout economic performance in 2024-25; its well-balanced growth model translated into a sustained surge in gross state domestic product (GSDP). A pickup across sectors enabled the state to post the highest nominal GSDP growth of 16% in 2024-25, according to the latest RBI data. This momentum has cemented TN's position as India's second-largest state economy, behind only Maharashtra, while delivering the fastest compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.59% between 2020 ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 15 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday strongly opposed the Centre's proposal to rename MGNREGA, saying that the bill seeks to "undermine the very foundational objectives" of the employment guarantee scheme. In a post on Facebook, Vijayan said the Centre's move to rename MGNREGA as VB-G RAM G -- Viksit Bharat: Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) reflects the "Sangh Parivar's ideological hostility" towards Mahatma G ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 15 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday strongly protested the Union Government's decision to change the name and structure of the MGNREGA, saying it shows "the level of hatred the Sangh Parivar has" for the name and ideas of the father of the nation. Reacting to the Central Government's decision to introduce the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 that seeks to replace the existing Mahatma Gandhi Na ...Read More >
Though the minister asserted that the state wasn't changing its existing education policy, the decision on PM-SHRI marked a U-turn by the same government, which had in June said it won't sign up for the scheme and will consider taking a legal recourse to get central funds. The CPI, which believes that PM-SHRI is the Centre's way of promoting its National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, disagrees. CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam told ThePrint on Wednesday the Left party is against NEP because the ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], October 22 (ANI): Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal has alleged that not only the PM SHRI scheme but every new incident in Kerala is part of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Communist Party of India (Marxist) secret understanding. Speaking at a press conference here, Venugopal accused the left government of cooperating with the BJP on multiple fronts while pretending to oppose it publicly. Venugopal clarified that the Congress was not implementing the PM SHRI scheme. ...Read More >
KOCHI: A convent-run sch-ool's curbs on wearing the hijab in Kerala's Kochi have spiralled into a religious and political dispute, with three students seeking transfer certificates and CPI alleging the controversy is being stoked by Sangh Parivar to deepen communal divides.The row began recently when a class 8 student attended St Rita's Public School in the Kochi neighbourhood of Palluruthy wearing a hijab, which the management said violated its dress code.The girl's parents complained to CM Pin ...Read More >
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah advised caution against 'sanatanis' and the RSS. He stated they historically opposed B R Ambedkar and his Constitution. Siddaramaiah highlighted an incident where a shoe was thrown at the Chief Justice of India as evidence of 'sanatani' and orthodox elements. He emphasized Ambedkar's role in social transformation and the importance of following his ideals. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday urged people to avoid the company of 'sanatanis' and ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagadish Shettar on Sunday accused Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of targeting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to divert public attention from his government's failure to maintain law and order and control corruption. He said that corruption is rampant across Karnataka, and claimed that the government's action and remarks against the RSS are being made "without any reason or proof." Speaking to AN ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Narayanasa Bhandage has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to invite Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) members to participate in the upcoming 77th Republic Day parade on January 26, 2026. In a letter dated October 17, the Rajya Sabha MP wrote, "I believe this gesture would be a fitting tribute to the RSS's precious contributions to our motherland Bharathi. It was really appreciable on your part, Government of ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) holds its centenary celebrations, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan compared the Sangh to Zionists in Israel. Addressing a public meeting in Kannur on Wednesday, Vijayan said, "Zionists in Israel and RSS in India are twin brothers." He also slammed the Centre for releasing a commemorative postal stamp and coin on the centenary of the RSS. Vijayan said that Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindutva extremist because he refused ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday expressed shock over an alleged comment made by a BJP leader that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be shot in the chest. The chief minister sought to know whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah endorsed the view. "The shocking fact that a spokesperson of @BJP4India has openly issued a death threat saying, "We will shoot Rahul Gandhi in the chest, beware..!!", aimed at the Leader of the Opposition in t ...Read More >
Founded in 1925 by Keshav Balram Hedgewar, the RSS is now the world's largest social organization. It aims to eliminate divisiveness, promote selfless service, and foster unity. The RSS's commitment is viewed as crucial for India's progress and its potential to become a global spiritual leader. The Navaratri celebrations have commenced. The victory of good over evil represents the success of spiritual awakening. The 1920s marked a time of significant turmoil in the Indian independence movement. ...Read More >
Prominent upper-caste outfit Nair Service Society (NSS) has put its weight behind the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government on the Sabarimala issue, sparking speculation that it is inching towards the Left ahead of the Assembly elections next year. For the Congress, which is trying to stop the Left from returning to power for a third straight term, this will be a cause for concern. On September 20, the government conducted a Global Ayyappa Sangamam to discuss the development of the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court's interim verdict on Monday in the controversial Waqf Amendment Act has triggered sharp political reactions in Kerala, with the BJP welcoming the order as a validation of the law, while the Congress-led UDF has demanded its complete withdrawal. BJP state President Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the Congress's claim that the Waqf Amendment was unconstitutional had collapsed in the wake of the apex court's decision. He noted that the amend ...Read More >
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