WAYANAD:Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said that Chief Wildlife Wardens (CWW) are empowered under the the Wildlife Protection Act to declare wild boars as vermin and therefore the law does not need to be amended. The minister also emphasised that the CWWs have the power under the Act […]
KOLLAM:Lauding the ‘Youth Meets Haritha Karma Sena’ initiative organised by the Suchitwa Mission, Local Self Governments Minister M B Rajesh said that youth intervention will have a major impact on the ongoing state-wide waste-free campaign. Inaugurating the ‘Youth Meets Haritha Karma Sena’ programme at Kottarakkara in Kollam district on Sunday, Rajesh said leveraging youth power […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala has set an ambitious goal of achieving cent per cent physical literacy in 10 years for which Yoga can contribute significantly, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said today. The Chief Minister was inaugurating a two-day colloquium on “Yoga in Life Sciences& Beyond—Emerging Possibilities for a New World Order”, organised by Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Seeking to make Kerala a Soft Power hub, the state government will soon come out with upfront initiatives to promote it as a preferred venue for global conferences, Tourism and Public Works Minister PA Mohamed Riyas announced today. Riyas was speaking after inaugurating the two-day annual conference of the Soft Power Club, a leading global […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Ragesh Gopakumar, one of the eight Indians who were recently released from a jail in Qatar, cannot stop thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gopakumar returned to his home in the suburbs of the state capital city at Balaramapuram after spending 18 months in jail. He was one of the eight former Indian Defence personnel, who […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday witnessed a war of words between the ruling Left Front and Opposition UDF over the power crisis being faced by the state and the unprecedented financial crunch suffered by the Kerala Electricity Board. Leader of the Opposition in the assembly, V D Satheesan, alleged that the Left government’s cancellation of […]
NEW DELHI:Leaders and lawmakers from the Left Democratic Front of Kerala, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, staged at protest against the Union government at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Thursday. The Kerala chief minister accused the central government of not giving states their due share of taxes, and using governors in opposition-ruled states to disrupt […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The state Budget for 2024-25 has imparted a big thrust to Kerala Tourism which is on a resurgence path, making a substantial allocation of Rs 351.42 crores to carry forward the groundbreaking projects and unveil new initiatives in the key sector, Tourism Minister P A Mohamed Riyas said today. It is significant to note that […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Even as the Supreme Court is hearing a plea of the Kerala government on the treatment meted out to the state by the Centre with regards to finances, on Monday state Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal slammed the Centre during the budget presentation in the Assembly. He pointed out that Kerala cannot remain a mute spectator […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Not long ago the Left in Kerala had opposed any form of privatization in the higher education sector, but on Monday, state Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal while presenting his fourth straight budget said the doors have been opened for private and foreign universities to open their campus. As the first step for this, he said […]