Kerala Forest Minister Ganesh Kumar

• Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy under pressure to re-induct minister

  Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is under pressure from various quarters to re-induct former state forests and sports minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar into his cabinet.

• Kerala minister asked to quit after allegedly being beaten up by lover's husband

  Chief whip in the Kerala assembly P.C. George Sunday asked state Cinema and Forests Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar to quit after he was allegedly beaten up by his lover's husband.

• Kerala plans to insert chips in sandalwood trees

  Kerala Forest Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar on Tuesday informed the state assembly that plans are being worked out to insert microchips in sandalwood trees at Marayur, the only place in Kerala that has natural sandalwood forests.

• Kerala forest minister's resignation sought

  Kerala Congress (B) president Appachan Vettithanam on Saturday demanded the resignation of forest minister Ganesh Kumar from the ministry "as he is not obeying the party."

• Kerala minister's father 'unsure' of compromise talks

  The standoff between state Forest and Sports Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar and his father, veteran politician and Kerala Congress (B) chairman R. Balakrishna Pillai, continued to remain unresolved with the latter saying he is "unsure" about the outcome of Thursday's talks.

• Minister's father threatens to oust him from party

  Spelling further trouble for the Oommen Chandy-led Kerala government, the father-son tussle in a constituent of the ruling alliance has exacerbated with the former on Tuesday threatening to oust his son, a minister, from the party. The standoff between state Forest and Sports Minister KB Ganesh Kumar and Kerala Congress-B chairman R Balakrishna Pil...