The Centre-state relationship worsened further with the Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan writing to the Chief Election Commissioner over the ED probing KIIFB officials.
Around 190 students and 70 teachers of two government schools in Malappuram have tested positive for COVID-19,prompting health officials to ask school authorities in the district to keep extra vigil and strictly implement the COVID-19 protocol.
Updated Jan 31, 2021 | 09:09 IST
The Kerala BJP unit is looking to bridge a stronger alliance with various Christian denominations and the talks are on at various levels ahead of the assembly polls. BJP flag | Photo Credit: IANS
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One of the major demands of the various churches and their representatives during the meetings was to end the discrepancy in the minority reservation ration in the state
The church heads also requested the Prime Minister to look into the issue forceful conversion in the guise of marriage
Prime Minister had assured that the government will look into the issues
Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP in Kerala has decided to work closely with the various Christian communities and church denominations, and thus ending all the ambiguities regarding the various issues pertaining to the community with the saffron party and thus signalling the party’s secular outreach ahead of the crucial assembly elections in April.
The latest increase in liquor duty by 7 per cent by the Kerala government indicates that the state is depending heavily on the liquor tax to meet its financial requirements.
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