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.
Left front including the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI, Forward Bloc on Tuesday strongly condemned the bomb blast near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro station, describing it as a “dastardly” attack and expressing deep anguish over the loss of lives.
Painting the EC and Modi government in black, the protests were also a show of strength and solidarity among the allies of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Front, comprising the Congress, VCK, Left Parties, MDMK, and Muslim parties, and others.
Bihar is the epicentre of political news today, sending shock waves day after day, with media groups trying hard to keep pace with speeches of political stalwarts and manifestos of innumerable parties.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the ruling DMK and its allies chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the DMK headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, in the evening
Barely six months before Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s March 31, 2026, deadline to wipe out the armed Left-Wing Extremism from Indian soil, the banned CPI (Maoist) appears to be battling deep internal divisions.
