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.
Chief Minister MK Stalin, whose DMK is providing a lifeline to the two dominant left parties, CPI and CPI(M), by ensuring two MPs each, is unveiling the statue on Friday.
During the surrender, the cadre- Sukhram Markam, also laid down an SLR Rifle, 12 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, and other articles.
A few months before his demise in 2012, CK Chandrappan, CPI Kerala State Secretary, called me ~ I was at the time a member of the Kerala Public Service Commission ~ to the MN Memorial Building in Thiruvananthapuram to discuss an urgent matter.
CPI Rajya Sabha MP P Sandosh Kumar said the common man is struggling with falling real incomes, rising unemployment, and mounting uncertainty, yet the government has made no serious attempt to revive demand or expand public spending where it matters the most, in the Budget proposals.
An analysis by SBI Research suggests that applying the new weights to existing indices could raise headline CPI inflation marginally by 20–30 basis points, while periods of high food inflation may see the revised CPI lower by a similar margin.
