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.
As the Communist Party of India marks its centenary ~ having been founded in December 1925 ~ the parliamentary Left in India confronts an existential crisis.
Sandosh Kumar questioned the Modi government's claims on lifting 25 crore people out of poverty. He said the same claim is made every year, yet paradoxically, the government continues to distribute free food grains to nearly 80 crore people.
During the all-party meeting, the Communist Party of India (CPI) MP P Sandosh Kumar raised several urgent political, economic and democratic concerns.
The year-on-year inflation rate, based on the All India Consumer Price Index (CPI), stood at 1.33%, up slightly from 0.71% in November but still well within the comfort zone.
This was a direct fallout of Chakravarty’s recent post on ‘X’, in which he punctured the MK Stalin-led DMK government's claims about Tamil Nadu's financial health.
