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Kerala Assembly passes contentious University Laws Bill; UDF boycotts

The Kerala Assembly on Thursday passed the contentious University Laws (Amendment) Bill 2022, which would result in curtailing the powers of the Governor as Chancellor of state universities. The opposition Congress-UDF boycotted the House proceedings before voting alleging that the government was trying to appoint "puppets" of the ruling party in key posts in varsities. Announcing their boycott, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly V D Satheesan said the Bill was an "insult" to the higher education sector of the state. The Bill would affect the autonomy of the universities and would set a wrong precedent in the higher education sector, he charged before walking out of the hall. However, Higher Education Minister R Bindu claimed that the opposition and media's propaganda that the Bill would strip the powers of the Governor was wrong. The Bill was passed at a time when the ruling CPI(M) was facing nepotism charges from opposition parties in connection with the faculty appointment in

75th I-Day: UDF urges Kerala CM special midnight session of Assembly

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly V D Satheesan submitted a letter to the Chief Minister and the Speaker suggesting the same.

Veteran Kerala politician R. Balakrishna Pillai is no more

The 87-year-old R. Balakrishna Pillai, one of Kerala's stalwart politician breathed his last at a hospital at Kottarakara on Monday, said family sources

Kerala Assembly elections: Welfare thrust helps left rewrite history

The state alternates between UDF and LDF even when governments perform reasonably well. Except in 1977, no ruling front has been re-elected

'Will introspect': Congress accepts its mauling in Kerala polls

Top Congress leaders in Kerala on Sunday gracefully accepted their as it seemed the party-led United Democratic Front will, in all likelihood, end up with less seats than 2016

Exit polls close the gap with ads

Skybus ads across newspapers in Assam by major political parties raise serious questions about the business of polling

BJP's ally AGP names six candidates for second phase of polling in Assam

Ruling alliance member Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Thursday released its second list of candidates containing six names for the second phase of polling on April 1.