New liquor policy to be centred on abstinence

Edit The Hindu 25 Oct 2016
The government’s liquor policy will be centred around the abstinence spelled out in the manifesto of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), Minister for Excise and Labour T.P ... abstinence and it will be made public after discussing in LDF ... The LDF has the mandate of the people for that.”....

State subverting Food Safety Act, says BJP

Edit The Hindu 25 Oct 2016
Sreekanth has alleged. The successive UDF and LDF governments in the State pocketed crores of rupees by diverting food stock meant to be supplied through the public distribution system (PDS), Mr ... Delay in issuing cards ... ....

Call for interventions to end cashew-sector crisis

Edit The Hindu 25 Oct 2016
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) State secretary and UTUC-affiliated All Kerala Cashewnut Factory Workers Federation working president A.A ... At a press conference here on Monday, Mr ... 860 factories ... “The LDF government appears to be completely ignoring the issue.” There were about 860 registered cashew factories in the State and most of these factories had remained closed before Onam ... Mr ... Mercykutty Amma had limitations ... ....

Liquor curbs will not affect tourism industry: KPCC

Edit The Hindu 25 Oct 2016
The government’s claim that a ban on liquor will affect the State’s tourism sector is absurd and aimed at misleading common people, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president V.M. Sudheeran has said ... Mr ... ‘Hike in tourist inflow’ ... The rise in crime rate and atrocities against women and children was a sad fallout of the LDF government’s liquor policy, he alleged. Reducing consumption ... Karunakaran, A.K ... ....

LDF Joins 19 Organizations and 32 Law School Professors in Filing Amicus Brief Addressing Color Discrimination in Jury Selection (NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Oct 2016
On October 20, 2016, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) joined the Fred T ... (LDF) observed, 'Permitting discrimination based on color in any part of our justice system further undermines trust in our public institutions ... LDF has long been dedicated to the fight against discrimination in jury selection, including as amici in Batson, and continues to seek an end to all forms of discrimination in the criminal justice system.'....

Council to consult on Martyrs Lane site (Woking Borough Council)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Oct 2016
(Source. Woking Borough Council). 24 October 2016 ... Cllr Ashley Bowes, Portfolio Holder for Planning Services and Chairman of the Local Development Framework (LDF) Working Group, said ... These responses were reported to the Local Development Framework (LDF) Working Group, the cross-party panel appointed by Woking Borough Council to consider and make recommendations to Council ... Further information ... (noodl. 35960633) ....

Malappuram cancer centre in limbo

Edit The Times of India 24 Oct 2016
MALAPPURAM. The Malappuram Cancer Centre and Research Institute at Panakkad remains uncertain as the government has not yet taken a decission on finance ... But the budget of LDF government did not allocate the amount ... Click here to download it for your device....

RSS takes Kerala government to task

Edit The Hindu 24 Oct 2016
Giving the details of deliberations held on the second day Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh of RSS Dr ... They stated that whenever CPI (M)-led LDF would come to power in Kerala, the party would make the police force its handmaid giving a free hand to its cadres to violently attack ‘Sangh Shakhas’ and workers with impunity ... Recently, a Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) worker C.K ... Ramith in broad daylight on October 12 ... ....

LDF wins 3 seats in local body by-polls

Edit The Hindu 23 Oct 2016
The LDF has won all the three seats where by-elections were held in the district ... When the LDF retained the Kaipamangalam and Pallur East, it snatched Njamanghat from the UDF. LDF’s B.G ... LDF candidate Sindu Manoj ......

LDF wins 10 wards in local body by-elections

Edit The Hindu 23 Oct 2016
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 10 wards, the United Democratic Front (UDF) three, and the ... The following are the wards won by the LDF with details of districts and candidates....

LDF loses a seat in byelection

Edit The Times of India 23 Oct 2016
Kozhikode. LDF lost a sitting seat in the byelection held to the Areekkad ward of the corporation ... BJP candidate Anil Kumar got 390 votes ... The LDF is ruling the corporation with the support of 47 councillors ... RELATED. From around the web....

LDF gets Mankulam grama panchayat

Edit The Hindu 23 Oct 2016
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) will now rule the Mankulam grama panchayat with the victory of its candidate Bincy Roy by a margin of 48 votes over his nearest United Democratic Front (UDF) rival Elsy Eldhose in the by-election held for the Ambatham Mile (Ward No 3) ward held on Friday ... The LDF has four seats ... ....

UDF pulls off upset win in corporation bypoll

Edit The Hindu 23 Oct 2016
Dealing a blow to the one-year-old ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the city council, the United Democratic Front (UDF) captured the Areekkad ward in the bypoll, the result of which was declared on Saturday. V.S. Sayyid Muhammed Shameel, an Independent supported by the Congress-Indian Union Muslim League-Janata Dal (United) combine defeated T. Moideen Koya of the CPI(M) by a margin of 416 votes ... Mr ... Mr ... in State. V.S ... ....
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