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Time of India
20 hours ago
- Health
- Time of India
Oppn intensifies protests seeking Veena's resignation
T'puram/Kottayam The Congress-led opposition intensified the protests against health minister Veena George following the death of a woman in the building collapse at Kottayam Medical College Hospital. Youth Congress, KSU, Mahila Congress and Youth League organized protests across the state, including Palakkad, Kochi, Kollam, Kannur and Mananthavady, seeking the resignation of the health minister. In the state capital, Youth Congress organized a protest march to the official residence of the health minister, Thycaud House. The march resulted in a face off between the protesters and police for hours as the YC workers refused to disperse even after repeated use of water cannons by police. The YC activists tried to climb the walls of the health minister's residence. However, police, who were present in large numbers, managed to prevent them from entering the building. Police used water cannons several times against their attempt to breach the barricades. Police later arrested and removed the protesters from the scene. The face-off lasted for hours on the busy Thycaud-Vazhuthacaud road. Clashes also occurred during a Congress march to the Sasthamkotta taluk hospital in Kollam, demanding the health minister's resignation, injuring the block president and others. In Palakkad, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, while launching a protest by the Mahila Congress, said that chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan ought to have sought the health minister's resignation before going abroad in view of her alleged "inefficiency", "indifference" and "grave mistakes". In Pathanamthitta, Youth Congress and BJP continued their protests. Protest marches were taken out to the residence of the minister at Kumbazha and Angadickal as well as the DMO office and General Hospital. YC workers protested over the dilapidated condition of the E Block at the General Hospital. They staged a symbolic protest by placing pillars to support the walls.
India Today
6 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Setback for INDIA bloc as Congress pushes to go solo in Mumbai civic body polls
In a meeting held on Monday in Delhi, a section of Maharashtra Congress leaders pushed for the party to contest the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections leaders felt that the Congress risks being sidelined in the city if it contests elections to the cash-rich civic body along with its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies - the Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) and the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) - leaving the Congress High Command in a within the party pointed out that while minority votes were shifting to the Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction), Hindutva-leaning voters were not rallying behind the Congress either. However, the party High Command may not have to make the difficult call after all, as the Uddhav Sena had already expressed its intention of fighting the civic body polls elections are scheduled to be held either this year or early next meeting on Monday was attended by top Congress leaders from Maharashtra, including its state in-charge Ramesh Chennithala, Rajya Sabha member and general secretary Mukul Wasnik, ex-state unit chief Nana Patole and of 227 seats, the Congress managed to win only 31 seats in the 2017 BMC polls, while it won 56 in 2012 and 75 in the poor show put by the MVA alliance in last year's assembly elections, the fate of the INDIA bloc in Maharashtra hangs by a thread ahead of the civic body of 288 assembly seats, the MVA could bag only 46 seats, with Congress winning only 16.- EndsMust Watch
The Hindu
23-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
PILs seeking compensation in Sprinklr case: HC seeks State's explanation
The Kerala High Court has sought the State government's explanation within two weeks, on public interest litigations (PILs) filed in 2020 by Congress leader and former Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala and former BJP State president K. Surendran, seeking compensation to COVID-affected people and those under observation whose medical data was allegedly 'leaked' in the Sprinklr case. They had further alleged that there was corruption in the contract that had been inked with Sprinklr, a U.S.-based firm. The government had then contended that the PILs had little relevance, since the period of contract with the firm had expired. The court had subsequently sought amendments to the demands if any in the PILs. Subsequently, the petitioners sought details of people who were affected by the data leak and the payment of compensation for them. The firm had in May 2020 submitted an affidavit before the High Court, stating that the back up data of COVID patients and those who were under observation that was stored in the server of the data analytical firm, had been permanently deleted. In July 2022, Congress leader Jyothikumar Chamakkala had filed a petition before the High Court, demanding that the government clarify the legal status of the agreement with the firm and whether it had facilitated the sale of data for a price.
Time of India
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Community march against drug abuse
: On June 26, International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Proud Kerala will organize a community march in Kollam against drug menace. The initiative, led by Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, aims to unite people from all walks of life to create a public resistance against the growing drug use among youth. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The march will start at 6am from Asramam Maidan and conclude at Chinnakada. An anti-drug pledge will be taken at the concluding event. Proud Kerala chairman Malayinkeezhu Venugopal said that students, youth, volunteers, representatives of anti-alcohol and anti-drug organisations and cultural and political leaders will participate in the campaign.
The Hindu
15-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Central, State governments aligning with corporate interests, sidelining workers: Ramesh Chennithala
The Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) will lead strong protest movements against the Central and State governments that are aligning with corporate interests and sidelining workers, said senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala. Speaking at the inauguration of the INTUC Thrissur district leadership conference held at the Regional Theatre here on Sunday Mr. Chennithala criticised both governments for trampling labour laws and neglecting the rights of the working class. He particularly condemned the Pinarayi-led State government for reducing the number of workdays and failing to ensure minimum wages for labourers. Mr. Chennithala emphasised that a strong response would be mobilised by rallying public support against such anti-worker measures. The meeting was presided over by INTUC district president Sundaran Kunnathulli. INTUC State president R. Chandrasekharan delivered the keynote address.
