CM Dinesh Mani will take charge as the CPI(M) district secretary in Ernakulam, which is a stronghold of VS Achuthanandan. The decision to appoint Dinesh came after the Pinaryi-VS sections held talks and reached a consensus. Dinesh Mani is expected to take char...
Father of Kiliroor sex scandal victim has come out claiming that the silence of Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan over the scandal is dubious. Further on, he has claimed that VS, who appears to be vehemently demanding justice for the Suryanelli rape victim, s...
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan tears into UDF leadership, accusing Chief Minister Oommen Chandy of protecting resigned Forest Minister KB Ganesh Kumar despite complaints by his wife Yamini Thankachi that he had been physically harassing her. Further on, he...
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan skips the two-day long CPI(M) state committee meet in which several crucial issues concerning the party and the current political scenario in the state will be discussed. One of the crucial issues which will be discussed in t...
The two-day long CPI(M) state committee meet is all set to begin. Politburo member S Ramachandran Pillai will be part of the meet. However, Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan is unlikely to be part of this meet too.
The two-day long crucial CPI(M) state secretariat meet is underway in AKG centre. Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan will skip the meet today too. VS has made it clear that he would not attend any of party's meets until P Karunakaran report against him is with...
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan skips the CPM state leadership meet which will last for five days. The meet will discuss the current political scenario in the state and the continued defiance of VS Achuthanandan.
The two-day Politburo meet in Delhi is set to discuss several crucial issues including the date for the central committee meet in which the Opposition leadership of VS Achuthanandan will be discussed.
Finance Minister KM Mani allocated Rs 100 crore, besides the Rs 186 crore budgetary allocation, as special assistance to the KSRTC which had been facing a severe crisis following the hike in diesel prices. Leader of Opposition, VS Achuthanandan says that the a...
Kerala finance minister KM Mani presents the state budget for fiscal year 2013-14 amidst strong protests from the Opposition. The state Assembly budget session began today with Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan making his displeasure known about chief governm...
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan asks the government to take the necessary steps to end encroachment in Munnar. He demands that a team of leaders from various political parties led by Chief Minister Oommen Chandi should visit Munnar to take stock of the situ...
Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by VS Achuthanandan's personal assistant Suresh Kumar and relative TK Soman asking to cancel the FIR against the Opposition leader registered in the Kasargod land allotment case. The case pertains to alleged violation of no...
Political and media analyst Bhasurendra Babu lashes out at Opposition leader VS Achuthananthan saying it is because of the former Chief Minister's ideology that sex crimes are prevalent in Kerala. Babu also says that the concepts and ideologies of Achuthananth...
As the CPI(M) state committee decided to demand removal of VS Achuthanandan as Opposition leader for breach of party discipline, all eyes are now on central committee. The central committee, of which Achuthanandan is a senior member, has to decide on the actio...
The CPI(M) central committee is expected to hold an emergypolit-bureau meet in February to discuss the factionalism within the party's Kerala unit. The meeting was scheduled to be held after March 15. But considering the recent resolution demanding VS Achuthan...
VS Achuthanandan says he will reply only tomorrow on the CPI(M) State Committee's resolution demanding his removal as the Opposition leader. The veteran leader has come under fire for his recent outbursts against the party leadership. The resolution, which was...
The CPI(M) factionalism in the state intensifies with the official faction firm on taking action against VS Achuthananthan for his recent attacks on the party. The polit bureau is expected to discuss the demands from the state leadership as the state committee...
After a two-year-long struggle, CPM officials in Kozhikode have acceded to the demand of party workers and invited Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan to inaugurate the CPM Thekkedathu Thazam branch office in the district.
The CPM Politbureau may be asked to initiate disciplinary action against Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan who continues to defy the party. Meanwhile, VS is likely to stay away from the meet. Chorus is growing in the party to silence the veteran leader who ha...
The CPI(M) decision to withdraw support to the samithi, which is set to decide on environmentally fragile areas, has come as a set back to the Idukku section of the CPI(M). The party has decided not to co-operate with the samithi alleging that they didn't get ...
TG Nandakumar, who is accused of helping VS Achuthanandan to meet Supreme Court judges to implicate Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC Lavalin case, says he got a call from Pinarayi to confirm whether he had involved in the case or not. He also claims that he has eno...
KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala alleges that the fight between the Opposition leader and the party office bearers of CPI(M) has reached its heights. He also assures that the KPCC and DCC meet, which is to be held today in Thiruvananthapuram will discuss abou...
Denying the reports by the State committee’s deliberations on VS seeking Nandakumar's help to influence Supreme Court judges to implicate Pinarayi Vijayan in SNC Lavalin case, VS Achuthanandan said the people would reject such reports with contempt. He also ...
The CPI(M) state committee has asked the party central committee to look into the report tabled by its central committee member P Karunakaran, who probed a complaint regarding VS Achuthanandan meeting Supreme Court judges with the help of a middleman. It was a...
The CPI(M) state committee has asked the party central committee to look into the report tabled by its central committee member P Karunakaran, who probed a complaint regarding VS Achuthanandan meeting Supreme Court judges with the help of a middleman. It was a...
The nest Central committee will decide on the expulsion of three personal staff members of opposition leader VS Achuthanandan, says CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat. The CPI-M state committee had earlier decided to expel Press Secretary K Balakrishnan, P...
The three-day long CPI(M) Central Committee meet begins today at Kolkata. The prime focus of the Central Committee will be the complaint by VS Achuthananthan over the action against his personal staff members. The State committee had earlier decided to sack th...
The CPI(M) state committee has decided to sack three of VS Achuthanandan's personal aides from the party. Achuthanandan's personal assistant A Suresh, press secretary K Balakrishnan and private secretary VK Sasidharan have been sacked by the CPI(M) committee o...
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan has met his former loyalist and former CPM Idukki district secretary MM Mani who is in jail in connection with the murder of Anchery Baby. Speaking to the media after the visit, Achuthanandan has said that the party has denou...
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan is scheduled to visit his former loyalist and former CPM Idukki district secretary MM Mani who is in jail in connection with the murder of Anchery Baby. The party appears to be confused about this visit as VS is visiting Mani...
The 6th meeting of the 13th Legislative Assembly begins today and will continue over the next ten days. It commenced at 8:30 AM with a tribute being paid to former Prime Minister IK Gujral, who passed away recently, by Speaker G Karthikeyan, following which Ch...
The Hon Supreme Court of India will hear a plea filed by VS Achuthanandan's personal assistant Suresh and relative TK Soman asking that the FIR filed in the Kasargod land allotment case be quashed. However, the State Government of Kerala has asked for more tim...
The 6th meeting of the 13th Legislative Assembly will begin tomorrow and continue for a period of ten days. It will commence with a tribute being paid to former Prime Minister IK Gujral and no business will be transacted on Monday as a mark of respect to the l...
CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat inaugurated the Scheduled Castes Colony Association, which was formed by the CPI(M) when an internal study found that the party had lost its influence among the Scheduled Castes. This study was commissioned by the party a...
CPIM Kerala state general secretary Pinarayi Vijayan took a potshot at VS Achuthanandan and said that leader of the Opposition is decided by the party high command. Pinarayi was criticising VS's allegation that the land allotment case against him was a conspir...
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy says that the government does not consider illegal land scam case against Opposition Leader VS Achuthanandan as a political issue but as a legal one. Further on Chandy claims that the government has shown no haste in initiating a p...
Opposition Leader VS Achuthanandan lashes out at Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and State Industries Minister PK Kunhalikutty for conspiring to remove him from the post of the Leader of Opposition by fabricating the illegal land scam case against him.
The High Court division bench comprising of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice MM siddiqui has stayed the decision of single bench to spare Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan in the illegal land gifting case. The case is set to come up for hearing next ...
The Communist Party of India(Marxist) Politburo will meet in New Delhi over the next two days. Indications are likely that the involvement of two senior CPI(M) leaders in graft cases, specifically that of VS Achuthanandan in the Kasargod land allotment case an...
Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan says that the Government has sought the permission of the Advocate-General to prosecute Leader of the Opposition VS Achuthanandan in the TK Soman land allotment case, where 2.33 acres of land in Kasargod were allotted ...
Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has said that the government is seeking the legal opinion of the Advocate General in connection with the alleged land scam involving Opposition Leader VS Achuthanandan. The government appears to have decided that only ...
A court has directed vigilance to incriminate Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan in connection with an alleged illegitimate transfer of land to one of his relatives. Vigilance has been intimated that there is no legal restriction in incriminating the veteran C...
A group of LDF leaders called upon Kerala CM Oommen Chandy to discuss change in rules of ration subsidy distribution. CM said that the government decided on ration distribution through bank accounts as there is corruption in the current manner of distribution....
The director general of prosecution (DGP) has informed the High Court that it will soon file the chargesheet against Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan in a land scam. Achuthanandan is the prime accused in the land scam.
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan confirms that CPM has not changed its stand on the Kovalam Palace and the surrounding land. The party is of the opinion that the palace and the surrounding land should not be given to private parties.
Member of Parliament Anto Antony says that both the Leader of the Opposition VS Achuthanandan and the CPI(M) must make their stance on the Aranmula airport project clear, as the airport project was cleared during the tenure of the previous LDF Government heade...
The LDF has organised a group of like-minded people to protest against the proposed airport at Aranmula in Pathanamthitta. Inaugurating the Aranmula Samrakshana Sangamam, Leader of the Opposition VS Achuthanandan says that eventhough the airport project was cl...
At the book release of 'Environment and Development', Leader of the Opposition VS Achuthanandan says that there are still people who hang on to outdated ideas of the environment, refusing to name anyone in particular. In a veiled attack on the CPM leadership, ...
Muslim League leader Jabbar Haji says he has more proof against KA Rauf. He also alleges that he will provide more proof which shows VS Achuthanandan's involvement in the PK Kunjalikutty's ice-cream parlour sex scandal case.
CPI(M) veteran and the leader of Opposition, VS Achuthanandan today turned 89, but the birthday was devoid of celebrations. Born in a family of working class background in Alappuzha district on October 20, 1923, Achuthanandan has come up in politics hard way s...
Despite Leader of the Opposition VS Achuthanandan's claim that TK Soman is only a distant relative, a Vigilance enquiry report filed in the High Court of Kerala points out that the private cellphone number of VS Achuthanandan's wife was written on TK Soman's l...
Stage is set for the CPM state committee meet, which will last for two days. Politburo member S Ramachandran Pillai will inform the state committee central leadership's decision to warn Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan for taking a stand different from the ...
CPM state secretariat meet is underway in Thiruvananthapuram. The report by the CPM central committee, rebuking Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan for taking a stand that is totally different from the party's in the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Powe...
The Additional Sessions Court at Kozhikode is set to pronounce its verdict on the ice cream parlour case today. Leader of the Opposition VS Achuthanandan had filed a petition earlier, against the closure report filed by the Special Investigation Team handling ...
The Communist Part of India (Marxist) politburo publicly rebukes VS Achuthanandan for his divergent views on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant issue. CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat maintains that his party is not for shutting down of nuclear power pla...
Pointing at the split between the CPI(M) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and VS Achuthanandan, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi says the party has lost all its sheen. He also alleges that the party has no discipline.
The Supreme Court has announced that it will hear the petition filed by VS Achuthanandan's relative TK Soman and VS's personal assitant Suresh in four week's time. The duo have filed the petition requesting to cancel the FIR filed against VS in the land allot...
The CP(M) veteran and the leader of Opposition in the Kerala State, VS Achuthanandan said the names of those who are behind the targetted attacks on him will be revealed anytime soon. He was referring to the alleged telephonic conversation by the Information C...
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan has promised to look into the allegations of sexual harassment made against a prominent CPM leader by one of his employees. CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, however, has refused to comment on the issue.
The CPI(M) Central Committe meet wil be held in Delhi today. The Kerala opposition leader VS Achuthanandan's Kudamkulam journey and elections in various states are to discussed in the meet. Days after Prakash Karat announced the party's stand in the Kudankulam...
VS Achuthanandan today alleged that it is some of the members of the UDF government and the Left front, who are behind K Natarajan. The CP(M) veteran was reacting to the spat over the alleged telephonic conversation between Information Commissioner K Natarajan...
The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by VS Achuthanandan's relative TK Soman and VS's personal assitant Suresh requesting to cancel the FIR filed against VS in the land allotment case. The CP(M) veteran is the prime accussed in the land case where it i...
State information commissioner K Natarajan, who has allegedly attempted to influence a Vigilance DySP to exonerate VS Achuthanandan in the land allotment is in Doha now. In the telephone conversation which came out earlier this week, Natarajan seemed to have t...
R Sreelekha IPS has been appointed to enquire about the role of state information commissioner K Natarajan's alleged attempt to influence a Vigilance DySP to exonerate VS Achuthanandan in the land allotment.
Referring to the meddling in probe against VS land case, KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala, said there should be strong action against Kerala Information Commissioner K Natarajan who tried to influence the officer in charge of the case. Natarajan, over a telep...
The Kozhikode 1rst Class Magistrate court will hear the counter-affidavit filed by leader of opposition VS Achuthanandan in the ice-cream parlour sex racket case.
Reacting to Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan's visit to Kudankulam, where anti-nuclear activists are staging protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat has remarked that VS was informed about the party's take on t...
Leader of Opposition in Kerala, VS Achuthanandan, attempts to join the Kudankulam protests, before being sent back into Kerala. He had already announced his solidarity with the protesters and wanted to take part in the protests. However, considering the volati...
SP Udayakumar, the convenor of Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) says the Kudankulam protest has no links with the Pakistan spy caught at Trichy today. Talking to Headlines Today, from an undisclosed location, he says, in a meeting held earlier t...
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan has said that he sticks to his demand for CBI investigation into the murder of Marxist Party (RMP) leader TP Chandrasekharan even if the CPM does not agree to such a demand.
Responding to VS Achuthanandan's letter seeking details on three projects which are listed in the Emerging Kerala programme, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, writes back making it clear that all the three projects were started during the last LDF government's tim...
Responding to VS Achuthanandan's call for CBI probe into the TP Chandrasekharan murder case, CPM polit bureau member Sitaram Yechury says the party is ready to face any type of investigation as it had already made it clear that it had nothing to do with the mu...
Responding positively to the demand for CBI probe raised by Rama and the RMP regarding the TP Chandrasekharan murder case and opposition leader VS Achuthanandan's views on the same, Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan says the Home Ministry and Chief Min...
Embarassing the party leadership, the CPI(M) Central Committee Member and Leader for Opposition, VS Achuthanandan openly supported the call for a CBI probe into the murder of TP Chandrasekharan at Onchiyam in Kozhikode on May 4. 'The demand of Rama (Chandrasek...
Taking on government's pet project 'Emerging Kerala', Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan says that this project is more harmful to the state than the Global Investors Meet organized by the former UDF government. Meanwhile Chief Minister Oommen Chandy expressed...