JSS leader KR Gouriamma leaves UDF

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 20:15

A minor partner in Kerala`s ruling Congress-led UDF, Janathipathy Samrakshana Samithi leader KR Gouriamma decided to end its two-decade old alliance with the Front following differences.

Kerala not to file affidavit on Aadhar

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 19:57

Facing severe criticism, Congress led UDF government in Kerala Monday decided not to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court supporting the implementation of Aadhar for availing various subsidy benefits till people`s apprehensions on the issue were resolved.

Kerala UDF partner CMP on verge of split

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 14:03

Communist Marxist Party (CMP), a minor partner of the ruling UDF led by former minister MV Raghavan, is on the verge of a split with rival factions in the party expelling each other.

Court rejects UDF Govt`s plea to end palmolein case

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:42

In setback to Congress-led UDF government in Kerala, Vigilance Court disallowed government from withdrawing palmolein import graft case dating to 1992 when Congress` K Karunakaran was Chief Minister.

Students, cops hurt as SFI march turns violent in Kerela

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 17:27

A protest march taken out by the CPI(M)`s youth wing SFI against the UDF Government`s move to grant autonomy to several colleges in Kerala turned violent on Wednesday, resulting in injuries to some student activists and police personnel, police said.

Gouriamma claims LDF tried to woo her ahead of 2011 polls

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 17:25

Since the 2011 assembly polls, when the JSS failed to win a single seat, Gouriamma loyalists have been at loggerheads with the UDF, though the party has not yet officially severed relations with the ruling coalition.

Chandy predicts victory for UDF in Kerala

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 17:39

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday expressed confidence that the ruling Congress-led UDF in the state would achieve success in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Oommen Chandy`s mass contact programme pulls crowds

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 13:23

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has been criss crossing the state with his `Mass Contact Programme` by directly engaging with people.

No threat to UDF Government: Oommen Chandy

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 20:40

Kerala CM rejected the assertion of CPI(M) that the present UDF Government would fall after next year`s Lok Sabha polls.

`Verdict will strengthen LDF resolve to fight corruption`

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 12:11

CPI(M) politburo member and former Kerala minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Wednesday said the CBI special court verdict in the SNC Lavalin graft case would strengthen the LDF resolve to fight against corruption.

LDF to launch stir against fadulent land deals: Achuthanandan

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 12:56

CPI-M veteran and opposition leader in the Kerala Assembly VS Achuthanandan on Saturday said LDF would launch a mass agitation and take legal steps to expose the `influencial power behind` fradulent land deal worth Rs 250 crore carried out by Salim Raj, former gunman of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

BSP gets panchayat president`s post in Kerala for first time

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 13:06

For the first time in Kerala, a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) nominee became the president of a gram panchayat, garnering the support of the Congress-led UDF.