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Kerala Assembly passes Lok Ayukta Bill despite stiff opposition by UDF

Despite stiff opposition raised by the UDF members and their subsequent boycott, the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed the controversial Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to make the executive the appellate authority over reports by the anti-corruption watchdog. After hours-long heated arguments and debates, the opposition announced their boycott of the day's proceedings saying they did not want to witness the "killing" of the anti-corruption agency using its brute majority in the Assembly. Before walking out of the House, Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan said it was a "black day" in the history of the state Assembly. "The opposition cannot support the attempt made by the government to eliminate and weaken an anti-corruption agency. We are registering our stern opposition against passing this bill...we will fight it tooth and nail," he said. When the Congress-led opposition alleged that the bill, which carries away the rights of the constitutional agency, would weaken the

Silver Line project not shelved, hopeful of clearance, says Kerala CM

Kerala's biggest infrastructure project Silver Line (K-Rail) has not been shelved and is awaiting the Centre's clearance, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed state Kerala Assembly

Kerala LA begins today, bills to replace 11 lapsed ordinances on agenda

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan earlier this month refused to give his assent to 11 ordinances that lapsed without studying them in detail

75th I-Day: UDF urges Kerala CM special midnight session of Assembly

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly V D Satheesan submitted a letter to the Chief Minister and the Speaker suggesting the same.

Murmu receives unexpected vote from Kerala; BJP terms it 'positive vote'

During the counting of votes for the presidential elections, Droupadi Murmu was found to have received one vote from Kerala, a state with no BJP legislator in the 140-member Assembly

Oppn seeks adjournment of Assembly to discuss power tariff hike in Kerala

The Congress-led UDF opposition on Monday sought an adjournment of the Kerala assembly proceedings to discuss the increase in power tariffs

Opposition protest in assembly against M M Mani's remarks continues

Congress-led UDF opposition on Monday continued their protest in the Kerala assembly against CPI(M) legislator M M Mani's controversial remarks against a woman MLA

Kerala Assembly passes unanimous resolution against LIC IPO

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who moved the resolution in the Assembly, opined that leaving the insurance giant to the interests of private players would not be beneficial to the country

Kerala CM rejects 'propaganda', says Silver Line will not partition state

The Left government's ambitious SilverLine project, is expected to reduce travel time from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod to around four hours

V Muraleedharan slams Oppn for disrupting Kerala Governor's speech

The Union Minister of State, who hails from Kerala, highlighted that the ruling party and the Opposition are trying to bracket BJP and the Governor together.

Bypoll to Rajya Sabha seat underway in 140-member Kerala Assembly

Voting to elect a Rajya Sabha member began in the Kerala Assembly with the 140 legislators beginning to queue up to cast their votes.

20 held, BJP leaders quizzed in Kodakara black money case, says Kerala CM

20 persons have been arrested in connection with Kodakara black money case, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders were also quizzed by the special investigation team, Pinarayi Vijayan informed

Covid revival package of Rs 20,000 crore, no fresh taxes in Kerala's budget

Special loan schemes for financial rejuvenation, relief package for conservation found a place in the first budget of the second Pinarayi Vijayan government for 2021-22 fiscal

Kerala Assembly passes resolution urging Centre for free vaccination

The Kerala Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the Centre provide COVID-19 vaccines free of cost to all states.

Kerala Assembly resolution asks for removing Lakshadweep administrator

Resolution says attempts are being made to impose saffron agenda and corporate interests in Lakshadweep.

Kerala Assembly to pass resolution of solidarity with people of Lakshadweep

The Kerala Legislative Assembly on Monday will pass a resolution declaring solidarity with the people of Lakshadweep

Congress MLA Satheesan to be Leader of Opposition in Kerala assembly

Senior Congress MLA V D Satheesan will be the new Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly

Shailaja's exclusion raises question of who is bigger: individual or party?

The former health minister's exclusion from Vijayan's second Cabinet raises the age-old question of who is bigger

Winning ways

Neglecting Covid for polls has been costly for BJP

Kerala minister K T Jaleel resigns following Lokayukta's adverse finding

This comes days after the state Lokayukta's finding that he had abused his position as a public servant to favour a relative