Cherian Philip

The issue reportedly arose after Mammootty expressed displeasure with CPM’s Wayanad district secretary K Rafeeq standing close to him during the actor’s personal visit to the township on Saturday. According to reports, Mammootty, often considered a fellow traveller of the Marxist party, asked Rafeeq why he was standing near him and remarked that people might assume he had come there on behalf of the ruling party.

Ending his 20-year-old stint with CPM, Cherian Philip rejoined Congress by terming that “there is no inner party democracy in the CPM”.

Cherian Philip is likely to announce his new political decision on Friday. There are speculations that he will be rejoining the Congress party, which he had left in 2001.

Kerala Tourism Development Corporation has called a meeting of its sales agents here on Oct 19 to discuss strategies to attract tourists following the recent Thekkady Boat tragedy that claimed 45 lives.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former Congressman Cherian Philip demanded a probe into the allegations levelled by two KPCC general secretaries against electricity minister K Muraleedharan.

The Kerala government is in the process of formulating steps to attract Rs 1000 crore investments in the tourism sector.

Amid fears that tourist arrivals to the state would be less due to global recession,the tourism season in Kerala began with the arrival of the first batch of tourists from the UK.

In a blatantly sexist remark which he sought to subsequently dress up as a comment on Congress culture, former Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee secretary Cherian Philip, currently a CPM fellow traveller, said in a Facebook comment on Sunday that "several women have disrobed themselves in secret and won seats in the Congress in the past."

Kerala Tourism Development Corporation sought to probe whether there was any corruption in the purchase of the "Jalakanyaka" boat that capsized in Thekkady lake claiming 45 lives on September 30.

An expert report on the Thekkady tragedy has pointed to flaws in the design of the ill-fated boat. The report has been prepared by Pyarelal, an expert at the Cochin University of Science and Technology.

In a ruling that might result in closure of roadside eateries along the national highway, the Kerala High Court has held that prior permission from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is required for such businesses.

In a ruling that might result in closure of roadside eateries along the national highway, the Kerala high court has held that prior permission from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is required for such businesses.

The Thekkady mishap in which 45 tourists died could have been averted had the boat, which had "serious structural defects", been tested for its "water worthiness", a forensic probe has revealed.

The refusal of political leaders to stay away from the unveiling of the statue of former chief minister R Sankar in Kollam on Tuesday has gifted the Sangh Parivar a perfect stage for 'adopting' one of the tall leaders in state politics, who had been a Congressman till his last breath.

Changing governments pay scant heed to the demands of the marginalized.It is high time that the government took steps to rehabilitate tribespeople, said poet and activist B Sugathakumari.

Hundreds of LDF workers and social and religious leaders joined hands together in the capital on Thursday raising the demand for a new dam at Mullaperiyar.

Oommen Chandy and his competitor Sindhu Joy are leaning on the same support - crutches.

BANGALORE: Sartorius India, a Bangalore-based biotech engineering firm, is set to double its investment into its production facility

BANGALORE: Sartorius India, a Bangalore-based biotech engineering firm, is set to double its investment into its production facility.

In a move which can be seen as a damage control exercise, CPM is exploring the possibilities of allocating a Rajya Sabha seat to finance minister T M Thomas Isaac. Three Rajya Sabha (RS) seats will fall vacant from the state in May 2021.

Women leaders cutting across party lines reacted strongly to Philip’s comment.

Kerala assembly which unanimously passed a resolution on Monday on Lakshadweep issue had once earlier witnessed an instance where the legislators sparred over the validity of the question on denial of organisational and individual rights in Lakshadweep. Pinarayi Vijayan, who moved the resolution on Monday, was one of the legislators who had asked the question in the assembly.