Dr Kelkar takes charge as Kerala CM Secretary
Senior IAS officer Dr. Rathan U. Kelkar took charge as Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan on Sunday, despite it being a weekend holiday.
Senior IAS officer Dr. Rathan U. Kelkar took charge as Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan on Sunday, despite it being a weekend holiday.
According to Jharkhand Police, the surrendered CPI (Maoist) members were active in the Kolhan and Saranda regions of West Singhbhum district and were associated with the team of Central Committee member Misir Besra alias Sagar Ji and Asim Mandal.
The CPI’s demand for a bigger Opposition role after the LDF’s defeat has exposed deeper tensions with the CPI(M) over leadership and political space in Kerala.
The issue has triggered fresh debate within the Left camp after its heavy defeat in the Kerala Assembly elections. Senior leaders are now split over who should lead the Opposition.
Commercial LPG prices have seen a sharp increase of ₹993 per cylinder. CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar has blamed the hike on the government’s foreign policy.
CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar said that the much-hyped press conference of the ECI turned out to be a damp squib and answered none of the questions raised by the Opposition.
According to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Tuesday, there is a decline of 55 basis points in the headline inflation of July 2025 in comparison to June 2025.
The ruling Left parties -- CPI(M) and the CPI -- and the Congress party on Tuesday stepped up their attack on the issue of the alleged voter roll scam in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The delegates participating in the conference were of the view that the party’s state leadership is so weak that no one questions the policies of the CPI-M.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Thursday strongly condemned the United States for imposing a 50 per cent tariff on Indian exports, terming it "arbitrary, dictatorial and reflecting bullying tactics of the US administration."
