Tag: Pinarayi Vijayan

Prescribing liquor to those with withdrawal symptoms not scientifically acceptable: IMA to Kerala CM

The medical body said writing a liquor prescription can result in the cancellation of the right to treatment.

March 30, 2020

Kerala CM directs Excise dept to provide liquor to those with doctor’s prescription after surge in suicides

The government has also asked the Excise Department to provide free treatment to and admit people with withdrawal symptoms to de-addiction centers.

March 30, 2020

Pinarayi Vijayan writes to PM Modi seeking clearance of road connecting Kerala, Karnataka

In the letter, Vijayan stated that the road, which connects his state with Coorg in Karnataka via Veerajapettah, is a lifeline for the flow of essential commodities to Kerala.

March 28, 2020

Centre’s circular for Indians in Coronavirus-hit nations ‘uncivilised’: Kerala CM

Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Prime Minister Modi late Tuesday night seeking his intervention to withdraw the circular issued by Director General of Civil Aviation.

March 11, 2020

Kerala government passes resolution to withdraw proposed ‘citizenship’ amendment to I-T Act

According to the resolution, the proposed amendment will adversely affect the Non-Resident Indians, particularly from Kerala.

February 6, 2020

UDF MLAs block Guv during Kerala Assembly’s budget session, marshals called in

Khan, of late, has been putting his foot down and has taken a tough position in the manner the Pinarayi Vijayan government has been taking positions on the Citizenship Amendment Act.

January 29, 2020

Pinarayi Vijayan writes to PM Modi, urges him to airlift stranded Indians from China

Pinarayi Vijayan also offered assistance to medical professionals from Kerala if the centre plans evacuation of the Indians from Wuhan.

January 27, 2020

620 km long human chain comprising 70 lakh people formed in Kerala in protest against CAA

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was also standing in the chain along with his family members at Palyam in Thiruvananthapuram.

January 26, 2020

Kerala Chief Secretary meets Guv, gives verbal explanation on government’s suit in SC challenging CAA

Chief Secretary Tom Jose met the governor after attending an emergency meeting held at the State Secretariat.

January 20, 2020

Upset Kerala Guv demands reports from Vijayan government over suit in SC challenging CAA

Since the Kerala government, headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on January 13 moved the Supreme Court to declare the CAA ultra vires of the constitution, Governor has been at loggerheads with the Vijayan's Left Front government.

January 19, 2020

Pinarayi Vijayan while opposing CAA in public, trying ‘good boy’ image in front of PM secretly: Kerala Congress leader

Though Vijayan was opposing the CAA in public, he and his government were going ahead with the steps to implement the controversial Act, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ramesh Chennithala alleged at a press meet in Thiruvananthapuram.

January 17, 2020

Punjab govt moves resolution against CAA in Assembly, second state to do so after Kerala

The state Congress government had on Tuesday said it will proceed according to the 'will of the House' on the issue of CAA, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).

January 17, 2020

‘Breach of protocol, courtesy’: Kerala Governor slams state over plea against CAA in SC

Expressing displeasure over allegedly not being informed of the government's decision to move the Supreme Court, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan stated that he is 'not just a rubber stamp'.

January 16, 2020

Kerala challenges CAA in SC, seeks to declare it unconstitutional; first state to do so

Earlier, the Kerala Assembly on December 31, 2019, passed a resolution demanding the withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Act.

January 14, 2020

Cooperative federalism must work

While non-BJP chief ministers like Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal accuse their governors of political interference, dissent is not just from the opposition as States like Maharashtra and Gujarat had opposed unilateral changes made to the Motor Vehicles Act imposing steep fines for traffic offences.

January 5, 2020

Kerala CM writes to Mamata on CAA

Kerala is the first state in the country to move such an anti-CAA resolution in Assembly on 31 December 2019.

January 4, 2020

Kerala Assembly passed resolution against ‘unconstitutional’ CAA: CM as Ravi Shankar says ‘states can’t decide’

On Wednesday again, the Union Law minister stressed that there is a constitutional obligation on every state to exercise the executive power in such a way that ensures compliance with laws made by Parliament.

January 1, 2020