Current Affairs

Congress Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor said here on Wednesday that he supported entry of women into Sabarimala temple in Kerala.

“I support the constitution: end discrimination, whether on grounds of caste, creed, sexual orientation, age or gender,” he said.

Congress leaders in the State has taken an opposite stand.

A study by ASSOCHAM says Kerala Roads are under excessive pressure with traffic growing at a rate of about 10-11 per cent annually. Moreover distribution of traffic is also highly skewed and is concentrated on district and city roads thereby leaving villages and remote areas virtually unconnected. The transport network is thus getting choked. This calls for reorientation of the policy.

The State government has showed discrimination in according State honours during funeral of distinguished persons in recent years.

Full State honours with gun salute and sounding of bugle was given to P. K. S. Raja, Zamorin of Kozhikode. However, the same was not accorded to Ramavarma Kochaniyan Thampuran, Rajah of Kochi

No State honours were given to Supreme Court judge K. S. Paripoornan.

Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said on Saturday that report against Superintendent of Police (Vigilannce) R. Sukesan had not been kept in cold storage for more than one year as alleged.
The Home Minister said that Mr. Sukesan had been reprimanded on receipt of the report.  There was no recommendation for crime branch probe against Mr. Sukesan in the report.

Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has ordered a crime branch probe against Superintendent of Police (Vigilance) R. Sukesan and Bar Hotel Owners Association leader Biju Ramesh for allegedly conspiring to implicate Ministers in bar bribery.

The order was issued on the basis of a report of Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau citing audio recordings submitted by Mr. Ramesh before a magistrate court as evidence of crime.