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"We're Not Naive": Amarinder Singh To Minister On Citizenship Act

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday January 3, 2020

Taking exception to the remarks made by Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Punjab Chief Minister today came out in support of the resolution passed by the Kerala Assembly seeking amendment to the Citizenship Act

No Legal Validity Of Resolution Against Citizenship Law: Kerala Governor

Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday January 2, 2020

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has rubbished the resolution passed against it by the state assembly against the citizenship law. Echoing Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, he said the resolution has no legal or constitutional validity. "Citizenship is exclusively a central subject so this actually means nothing," he said today.

"No Escape" From Citizenship Law: Ravi Shankar Prasad's Message To States

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday January 2, 2020

There is "no escape" from implementing the contentious Citizenship law, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has reminded the states after Kerala assembly passed a resolution against the law last week, asking the Centre to revoke it. Chief Ministers of nine states, including Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan, have refused to implement the law and there is sp...

Kerala Assembly Passes Anti-Citizenship Law Resolution

Kerala News | ANI | Wednesday January 1, 2020

CPI (M) leader Prakash Karat said that the Assembly urged the Centre to roll back the Citizenship law as it feels that the law is discriminatory in nature.

Citizenship Law Protests Live Updates: Kerala Chief Minister Moves Resolution Against Citizenship Act In State Assembly

India News | Edited by Aditi Ghosh | Tuesday December 31, 2019

Amid ongoing protests against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, the Kerala Assembly today passed a resolution demanding the withdrawal of the Citizenship Act. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today moved resolution against the Act in state Assembly, demanding withdrawal of the contentious act.

Kerala Assembly Passes Resolution Against Citizenship Act

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 31, 2019

The Kerala Assembly today passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, amid raging countrywide protests against the legislation.

Kerala Assembly Speaker Censures 4 Congress MLAs For Ruckus

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 21, 2019

Four Congress MLAs were censured by Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan on Thursday for climbing on to his dais and raising slogans, violating rules and lowering the dignity of the house as the Opposition boycotted proceedings for a second consecutive day.

Four Kerala MLAs Censured For Climbing Speaker Dias, Raising Slogans

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 21, 2019

Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan on Thursday censured 4 opposition Congress MLAs for climbing on to his dais and raising slogans during a protest.

After Clashes, Kerala Opposition Takes Blood-Stained Vest Inside Assembly

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Wednesday November 20, 2019

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance in Kerala protested inside the state assembly today over alleged police crackdown, a day after a Congress MLA and the president of the student wing - Kerala Students Union - were injured during clashes with the police in Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala IAS Officer Who Ran Over Journalist, Drove "Carelessly": Police

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 11, 2019

IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman, arrested in connection with the death of a journalist after his car knocked him down in August, was driving ''carelessly'' according to a police report, the Kerala Assembly was informed on Monday.

Kerala Voters Battle Heavy Rain To Cast Vote In Assembly Bypolls

Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday October 21, 2019

Kerala voters braved heavy rain this morning to vote in bypolls for five Assembly seats in the state. Nearly 10 lakh people are eligible to vote in this election, which was necessitated because MLAs holding four of the five seats were elected to parliament in Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year. A bypoll for the fifth seat was necessary because ...

By-Election Result 2019: Left Wins Kerala Assembly Seat After Decades Of Congress-Led UDF Rule

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday September 27, 2019

The Left in Kerala has snatched a big win in an assembly constituency where the Kerala Congress (M), represented by KM Mani, had been in power for decades - with an exception in 1980 when Mr Mani contested as a Left Democratic Front (LDF) ally and won, until he left the alliance two years later.

Weeks After NRI Businessman's Suicide, His Venture In Kerala Gets Cleared

Kerala News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday July 7, 2019

Eighteen days after a Nigeria-based NRI businessman committed suicide allegedly after his Rs 16 crore state-of-the-art convention centre in Kerala's Kannur was stalled by the local civic body, the project has got official clearance, it was announced on Saturday.

Kerala Opposition In Assembly Walk-Out Over Alleged Custodial Death Case

Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday July 1, 2019

The opposition in Kerala walked out of the Assembly today after demanding a judicial probe into the alleged custodial death of a 49-year-old man in Idukki district

Kerala Assembly Adjourned After Protest Over Businessman's Suicide

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Monday June 24, 2019

Days after a businessman in his late 40s killed himself in Kerala's Kannur district, the state assembly was adjourned today after the Opposition raised slogans and rushed to the well of house, hitting out at the ruling Left over the suicide.