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Bar licences 'granted without the minister knowing': CPI(M) asks who is running Kerala
Senior CPI(M) leader P. Rajeev alleged on Tuesday that bar licences were granted to some hotels without the knowledge of Excise Minister M. Liju or senior officials, and asked who was running the state. The row follows Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan's order cancelling Rs 1 crore of repair work at Cliff House.
Four arrests, a year later: how the Khammam CPI(M) leader murder probe turned
Khammam police have arrested four men for the October 2025 murder of CPI(M) veteran and former sarpanch Samineni Rama Rao, 72, after polygraph tests on 24 people and forensic work by a team from Gujarat's NFSU. Police cite financial and political motives.
Congress wants CEC out, CPI(M) marches at night, Arunachal BJP backs SIR
The SIR row widened as the Congress demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation in Mumbai, the CPI(M) took out a night march in Kerala, and the BJP's Arunachal unit backed the revision. An audit flagged centralised control on the ECINet platform.
Vijayan's CMRL plea in Supreme Court as ED summons him for Oct 23
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan's plea challenging a Kerala High Court order directing an FIR against him in the CMRL-Exalogic case. His daughter Veena T and son-in-law Muhammed Riyas have also approached the court. The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Vijayan for questioning on October 23.
Rs 25 lakh and a warning: Bengal's stampede response runs into a fight over bookstalls and 'fake' posts
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari handed Rs 25 lakh cheques to families of the Chorbagan Durga Puja stampede victims, warned of action over 'fake' posts traced to Bangladesh, and told Left parties to sell books from their offices rather than outside pandals.
ED calls Pinarayi on October 23, and Kerala's ruling Congress finds the case pointing back at itself
The ED has summoned former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to Kochi on October 23 in the CMRL-Exalogic case. The CPI(M) calls it a political vendetta, while within the Congress questions are being raised about its own government's delay in filing an FIR.
Torches and 'Azadi' chants: CPI(M) night march demands CEC's resignation
The CPI(M) in Kerala's Malappuram took out a night march on Monday demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision, and expressed solidarity with the Jantar Mantar protests.
BJP distances itself as Left bookstall vandalism row deepens in Bengal
With Left parties alleging that their Durga Puja bookstalls were vandalised or blocked across West Bengal, BJP leaders, including Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta, have condemned the attacks and denied party involvement, while the Calcutta High Court dismissed a CPI(M) plea over a Jadavpur stall.