Kerala cabinet expanded

September 12th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHPURAM - The opposition parties critiscised the Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) for allegedly providing the confidential notes of the state cabinet to Party's state unit secretary Pinarayi Vijayan. Vijayan is an accused in the multi crore SNC Lavlin scam.

September 11th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHPURAM - Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Kerala, K. Karunakaran has been admitted to the Sree Chithra Thirunal Hospital here on Friday, as he complained of high fever.

September 9th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Accusing the Kerala Government of giving cabinet decision documents on a corruption case to CPI-M's tainted leader Pinarayi Vijyan, the Congress-led Opposition staged a walk out of the Kerala Assembly on Wednesday. Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, however, denied the charges, saying that the documents were given to Vijayan as per rules and on the basis of a RTI application filed by him.

August 17th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Monday expanded his ministry by accommodating three allies in the 20-member council of ministers.

June 26th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala will ask the central government to set up more public sector units and centre-state joint ventures in the state to spur its industrial development, Industries Minister Elamaram Kareem said Friday. Kareem told IANS here that he would go to Delhi next week to discuss the state's demands with Defence Minister A.K.

May 27th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - With as many as six Kerala MPs set to be part of the council of ministers in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, the state had reason to be happy Wednesday. Three Congress MPs got the call for the swearing in Thursday.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Maharashtra has garnered the maximum berths, three, in the Manmohan Singh cabinet that took oath here Friday. The three ministers from Maharashtra are Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leaders Sushil Kumar Shinde and Murli Deora.

May 8th, 2009 TRIVANDRUM - Pressure seems to be building on Kerala Chief Minister VS Achatunandan to quit after he defied CPI (M) stand to give a clean chit to party's state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the Lavalin scam. Sources claim that in a meeting held in the CPI (M) state secretariat in Trivandrum, members asked for Achutanandan's resignation as he has been defying party's stand to give a clean chit to Pinarayi Vijayan.

April 2nd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala is planning to induct parties with a secular outlook after the Lok Sabha polls, a senior leader of the combine said Thursday. P.P. Thankachen, convenor of the UDF, told reporters: 'We are looking forward to induct parties which have a secular outlook.' The UDF comprises eight parties.

March 23rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will field four candidates in Kerala in the Lok Sabha elections. NCP state president K.

February 12th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan Friday said he is disappointed with the interim rail budget for 2009-10 presented by Railways Minister Lalu Prasad in parliament.

February 11th, 2009 KALLOOPPARA - The police here have taken into custody Josekutty, the only son of former Kerala speaker T.S. John, for his suspected involvement in the murder of his mother Wednesday night.

February 11th, 2009 PALAKKAD - The Kerala cabinet has approved the adoption of a new policy to ensure gender equality and prevent crime against women, Pinarayi Vijayan, state secretary of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said here Thursday. Vijayan, who is on a tour of the state, told reporters that the main objective of floating the new policy was to ensure social justice for women.

February 3rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala government Wednesday sought legal opinion on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking the governor's sanction to prosecute Pinarayi Vijayan, a ruling party leader and former minister, for a scam. The government has sought the opinion from Advocate General C.P.

February 3rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala government Wednesday gave its nod to set up a 2,400 MW thermal power plant in the state facing shortages of electricity supply. Chief Minister V.S.