Muraleedharan wants to return to Congress, expelled from NCPJuly 31st, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/NEW DELHI - K. Muraleedharan, the Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Kerala unit chief, Friday said he would appeal to Sonia Gandhi to revoke his suspension, while his father K.
Muraleedharan wants to return to Congress, appeals to GandhiJuly 31st, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/NEW DELHI - K. Muraleedharan, the Kerala unit chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Friday said he would appeal to Sonia Gandhi to revoke his suspension, while his father K.
NCP Kerala unit seeks dissolution of state committeeJuly 30th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Thursday decided to ask the party's national president Sharad Pawar to dissolve its state committee. NCP state president K.
Congress-led UDF to take in JD-S in Kerala, says no to NCPJuly 20th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Monday agreed to include the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in the opposition combine but said the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is not welcome. UDF convenor P.P.
Congress won't act against Goa ministers' outburstApril 22nd, 2009 PANAJI - The Congress has decided not to take any action against the rebellious but powerful Alemao brothers - Churchill and Joaquim - both Goa cabinet ministers, who had called some party leaders 'dishonest' and 'untrustworthy' at a public election rally. Goa state Congress president Subhash Shirodkar said the party would 'not take any disciplinary action against the Alemaos until the elections'.
Third Front has no clear ideology: KarunakaranApril 12th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Nonagenarian Congress leader and former Kerala chief minister K.Karunakaran Sunday attacked the Third Front, saying it has no clear ideology. 'Its shape, size, meaning and ideology is not known and is just hazy...
Where losers will fight to winApril 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Come what may, one loser may win this time from Kerala's Wayanad constituency. For, the three leading candidates here are regular losers.
Party or son - a father's dilemmaMarch 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - It is a tough choice indeed. Veteran Congress leader K.
NCP to field four candidates in KeralaMarch 23rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will field four candidates in Kerala in the Lok Sabha elections. NCP state president K.
Ousted CPI-M MP Abdullakutty decides to join CongressMarch 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ousted Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP A.P. Abdullakutty Thursday said he would campaign for the Congress in the coming general elections and join the party soon.
BJP hopes to break no-win jinx in KeralaJanuary 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has not won a single assembly or Lok Sabha seat in Kerala till now, is hoping to break the jinx in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The BJP's central election committee Monday announced 18 candidates for the April-May Lok Sabha elections, of whom six are from Kerala.
Kerala NCP gives ultimatum to UDFJanuary 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Thursday threatened to field candidates for all 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala unless the Congress agreed to ally with it by Feb 15. NCP Kerala leader K.
NCP to debate whether it should join Congress in KeralaJanuary 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will Monday discuss the crisis in the party's Kerala unit after the Congress objected to it being included in the United Democratic Front (UDF). The party is waiting for NCP president union minister Sharad Pawar to reach New Delhi before discussing the issue Monday, senior NCP leader D.P.
NCP entry into Kerala's UDF a closed chapter: CongressJanuary 2nd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Congress unit in Kerala Saturday ruled out the possiblity of admitting the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) into the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF). 'I do not know why you are so much interested in this topic.
Karunakaran slams state Congress leadership, praises SoniaDecember 31st, 2008 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala unit of the Congress was weak and its chief Oommen Chandy 'dormant', veteran Congress leader K. Karunakaran said Thursday while praising party president Sonia Gandhi for doing a 'fine job'.