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.
The issue has been deliberated in detail with the national and international experts, Reserve Bank of India, International Monetary Fund and other UN institutions and government organisations.
Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja has questioned the government's "Naxal Mukt Bharat" initiative, urging the government to accept a proposal made by Naxal groups for talks.
Amid reports that the much-hyped Global Ayyappa Sangamam held on Saturday at Pampa by the LDF government and the Travancore Devaswom Board(TDB) had been a damp squib with lesser participation of devotees in the event than expected, CPI-M Kerala secretary MV Govindan on Sunday said that the Sagamam was a “grand success”.
With an eye on the 2026 Assembly elections, the CPI-M has announced plans to set up a Mahila Brigade across north Bengal districts after Durga Puja.
"In particular, the requirement that only individuals practising Islam for ve years could create waqf was a blatant attempt to restrict the rights of minorities. These changes were clearly part of a broader design to stigmatise the Muslim community, deepen communal divisions, and open the way for arbitrary takeover of Waqf assets," Kumar said.
