Kerala government

The petition in the Supreme Court follows a December 2019 ruling by the Kerala high court which dismissed a plea by the Kerala government on grounds that the case involved a dispute between the Centre and the state which only the Supreme Court is empowered to hear under Article 131 of the Constitution. read more

The court had observed that the practices entailing restriction on entry of women in places of worship was not limited to the Sabarimala case, but also arose in respect of three other cases. read more

Opposition Congress and BJP decried the move and said it was avoidable. After a row erupted, Issac defended the illustration by saying the country won’t forget Bapu’s killers. read more

A health ministry official said all three patients have lower respiratory infection and they were responding well to symptomatic treatment. read more

2500 people have now been put under observation in Kerala amid the coronavirus scare read more

Another possible face-off between Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the Left government looms on the opening day of the budget session of the Kerala assembly. read more

Earlier, the state assembly had passed a resolution urging the Union government to withdraw CAA immediately. read more

The Governor had also openly criticised the resolution passed by the state assembly against CAA last month saying it was unconstitutional and had no legal validity. read more

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said a draft of the ordinance has been sent to Governor Arif Mohamed Khan for approval. read more

The court on Wednesday had agreed to list Fathima’s plea next week after it was mentioned by senior lawyer Colin Gonsalves. On September 28 last year, the Supreme Court had struck down a law barring entry of women in the age group of 10-50 years into... read more

In a late night order issued on Saturday, Minister for Local Self Government A C Moideen has made it clear there will not be any shortage of funds for the repair work. read more

A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana asked the state to place before it by third week of January next year the legislation, also covering the aspects of welfare of pilgrims visiting there. read more

Justice Rohinton Nariman, who authored the minority dissenting judgment, asked the Kerala government to ensure strict compliance with the 2018 verdict. read more

State temple affairs minister Kadakampally Surendran said the government will not give protection to women activists and they should get a court order if they still wanted to visit the shrine. read more

Sindhu had missed the gold when she lost to Spain’s Carolina Marin in the final of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janerio. read more