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Kerala CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Kerala: MLA Kappan expresses dissatisfaction over Cabinet berth

UDF Independent MLA Mani C Kappan on Sunday openly expressed dissatisfaction over the proposed Cabinet allocation, saying that if it is a "Team UDF", everyone should be accommodated.

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Kerala CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Kerala CM-designate Satheesan opts for lean convoy, cites public inconvenience

Kerala Chief Minister-designate V D Satheesan on Sunday described himself as a “Nehruvian socialist” and said that reducing public inconvenience was a key reason behind his decision to maintain a smaller security convoy.

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Kerala CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Kerala: 21-member UDF Cabinet to take oath today

Satheesan said that there was no pressure from any leaders in Cabinet formation, and that there was no groupwise seat-sharing.

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Kerala CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Congress MP K C Venugopal arrives at the airport to welcome the dignitaries

Kerala CM swearing-in LIVE updates | CM-designate V D Satheesan arrives at airport to welcome the dignitaries

Kerala CM swearing-in LIVE updates | I am going to take up the home portfolio, says Ramesh Chennithala ahead of oath ceremony

Kerala CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Rahul, Kharge, Siddaramaiah to attend oath ceremony; Vijay to skip?

Kerala CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi arrive in Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala swearing-in Ceremony LIVE updates | V D Satheesan to take oath shortly; Rahul, Kharge, ex-Kerala CM Vijayan present

Kerala swearing-in Ceremony LIVE updates | All stanzas of Vande Mataram sung; Satheesan takes oath

Kerala swearing-in Ceremony LIVE updates | Senior IUML leader P K Kunhalikutty takes oath

Kerala swearing-in Ceremony LIVE updates | Ramesh Chennithala takes oath

Kerala swearing-in Ceremony LIVE updates | KPCC chief Sunny Joseph, K Muraleedharan, Mons Joseph take oath

Kerala swearing-in Ceremony LIVE updates | RSP leader Shibu Baby John takes oath

Kerala swearing-in Ceremony LIVE updates | 'Whatever portfolio is given, we'll do it with full commitment': IUML's V E Abdul Gafoor

Kerala swearing-in Ceremony LIVE updates | CM Satheesan rushes to hug and shake hands with senior Cong leaders and ex-CM Vijayan on stage after taking oath

Kerala swearing-in Ceremony LIVE updates | N Samsudheen, P C Vishnunath, Roji M John and Bindu Krishna take oath as cabinet ministers

India Politics LIVE Updates | 'We won't be a nuisance, let them govern,' says ex-CM Stalin

India Politics LIVE Updates | Kerala CM V D Satheesan, newly sworn-in cabinet ministers meet Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Lok Bhavan

India Politics LIVE Updates | 'PM is always on tour, not bothered about local problems': K'taka minister Khandre slams Modi

India Politics LIVE Updates | Veteran AIADMK leader Semmalai resigns from party

India Politics LIVE Updates | V D Satheesan takes charge as CM of Kerala at the State Secretariat

India Politics LIVE Updates | PM Modi should have accepted in Parliament that there is economic crisis due to West Asia war: Priyank Kharge

India Politics LIVE Updates | Free KSRTC bus travel for women from June 15: CM Satheesan

India Politics LIVE Updates | West Bengal govt to stop minority welfare schemes from June; approves 'Annapurna' scheme

The West Bengal cabinet on Monday approved the 'Annapurna' scheme of Rs 3,000 monthly assistance to women from June 1, and allowed free travel for them in government-run buses from the next month.

Addressing a press conference after the meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna, minister Agnimitra Paul said women, who applied for citizenship under the CAA and approached tribunals for inclusion in voter rolls in the wake of the SIR exercise, will also receive 'Annapurna' scheme benefits.

"The Bengal cabinet decided to discontinue government assistance to groups based on religious categorisation from June. The government also scrapped the existing state OBC list in accordance with the Calcutta High Court judgment and will set up a panel to decide quota eligibility," Paul said.

She said schemes being implemented under religious categorisation by the departments of Information and Cultural Affairs and the Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education would continue till the end of this month and would be stopped from June.

Notifications in this regard would be issued separately, she added. (PTI)

India Politics LIVE Updates | Calcutta HC grants protection to TMC's Falta candidate Jahangir Khan from coercive action

The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted TMC's Falta Assembly repoll candidate Jahangir Khan protection from any coercive action by police till May 26 in connection with criminal cases filed against him.

Moving the court of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya, Khan's counsel Kishore Dutta prayed for disclosure of all FIRs filed against him, and protection from coercive measures.

The court directed that no coercive steps will be taken against Khan in connection with the pending criminal prosecutions till May 26.

Directing Khan to cooperate with the investigating agency, Justice Bhattacharyya granted permission to the police to bring to the notice of the court any deviation from the order by the petitioner.

The court also directed the Trinamool Congress candidate to follow the Election Commission's guidelines and not intimidate or obstruct voters and other stakeholders. He was permitted to campaign for the repoll if time permitted under the model code of conduct. (PTI)

India Politics LIVE Updates | Park Circus unrest: Suvendu issues ‘final’ warning, vows zero tolerance on attacks against police

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday declared "zero tolerance" towards vandalism and attacks on police personnel, warning of the strictest legal action and asserting that if such incidents recur, "no one will be worse than me as the home minister".

The warning came a day after protests against a bulldozer drive linked to action against "illegal structures" turned violent in Kolkata's Park Circus-Tiljala area, with demonstrators allegedly pelting stones at police personnel and vandalising vehicles, prompting Adhikari, who also holds the home portfolio, to signal what he described as the end of the era of "tied hands and feet" policing.

Addressing reporters after visiting the Park Circus Deputy Commissioner's office and meeting police officers and injured personnel following Sunday's violence in the minority-dominated Park Circus area, he projected a tough law-and-order stance, while drawing a sharp contrast with the "functioning" of earlier administrations.

The violence left six police personnel and two CRPF jawans injured, Adhikari said, adding that 40 people had so far been arrested and that the probe was being directly monitored by the Commissioner of Police. (PTI)

India Politics LIVE Updates | Tamil Nadu CM Vijay orders refurbishment of Amma Canteens, launched during 2011-16 AIADMK regime

The Tamil Nadu CM directed officials to improve infrastructure, ensure delicious, quality food.

India Politics LIVE Updates | 'False news' was spread that AIADMK planned to form govt with DMK's support: AIADMK chief Palaniswami

He refused to join BJP: Kejriwal on AAP leader Singla's arrest

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday came out in defence of party leader Deepak Singla after he was arrested by the ED in an alleged money laundering case, claiming he was facing the repercussions of refusing to join the BJP.

The BJP said that it is not the first case of financial wrongdoing by leaders of AAP, which had claimed that it would deliver honest politics, and demanded that Kejriwal take action against Singla and Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora, who also has been arrested by the ED.

Singla, the Aam Aadmi Party's Goa co-incharge, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after searches in Delhi and Goa led to the alleged recovery of incriminating documents in a bank loan fraud-linked money laundering case, according to officials.

"Deepak Singla was not arrested because he did anything wrong. Rather, he was arrested because he was working against the BJP and refused to join the BJP. Deepak is brave and fighting for the country," Kejriwal said in a post on X in Hindi.

'Compromised PM': Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi for not taking Norwegian journalist's questions