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.
In a major setback to the CPI (Maoist) insurgency in Jharkhand, a top Naxalite commander carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head was killed in a joint security operation in Latehar district.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday strongly condemned the encounter of 27 Maoists, including their general secretary Nambala Kesavarao, in Chhattisgarh.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation on year-on-year basis in April 2025 stands at 3.16% (provisional). It is the lowest year-on-year inflation after July, 2019.
BJP Kerala President Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Sunday that there are dynasties in Congress and CPI-M and there is a competition between Congress and CPI-M in terms of corruption.
The CPI also took strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not attending the meeting.
