THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sitaram Yechuri, new general secretary of the CPM came forward supporting opposition leader V S Achuthanandan. He justified the act of VS greeting him at the party congress.
In an interview to a private channel, he said there is nothing wrong on the side of the leader congratulating him. VS is a senior leader and his contributions to the party should continue, he said.
Yechury is a leader close to VS. The leader was made a special invitee due to the strong intervention of Yechury. His intimacy with VS may cause ripples in Kerala and it may upset the loyalists of Pinarayi faction.
The party will decide whether Pinarayi Vijayan should be made the chief minister candidate in the next assembly polls, said Yechury. I have no personal enmity with him.
Yechury confirmed that there was differences of opinion on the general secretary post at the party congress. There is nothing wrong if polls were held. Many names were considered for the post. Only after selecting the new central committee, there was a consensus on who should be the general secretary. If there is a situation of protecting the interests of a section in the party, it would be corrected, he said.
LPG strike at Udayanmpur, Paripally; State faces LPG shortage
KOCHI: Kerala today witnessed a severe shortage of LPG cooking gases as the LPG strike continued in Udyamperoor and Paripally LPG plants. Housekeeping-loading workers of Kochi-Udayampur LPG bottling plant of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), in support of their various demands and truck owners, in connection with the renewal of contract agreement, had been on strike for the past several days.
As the strike intensified in the two plants, the supply of LPG got affected in many parts of the State. In the current circumstances, strikers were again called for talks on Monday.
As the indefinite strike called by workers at Udayanmpur entered the fifth day, the supply of the cylinder got affected in eight districts. The strike started last Thursday under joint action council. The third round of talks held in Nettoor also failed
The strike is being held under the aegis of CITU,INTUC and IOCEU and their demand include renewing the service-wage agreement that expires on January 31 and granting temporary relief of Rs 10000 each to workers.
As the strike intensified in the two plants, the supply of LPG got affected in many parts of the State. In the current circumstances, strikers were again called for talks on Monday.
As the indefinite strike called by workers at Udayanmpur entered the fifth day, the supply of the cylinder got affected in eight districts. The strike started last Thursday under joint action council. The third round of talks held in Nettoor also failed
The strike is being held under the aegis of CITU,INTUC and IOCEU and their demand include renewing the service-wage agreement that expires on January 31 and granting temporary relief of Rs 10000 each to workers.
No call from VS for votes, says JD (U)
KOZHIKODE: Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan had not telephoned me seeking votes for the LDF in the Rajya Sabha polls, said Janata Dal (U) state president M P Veerendra Kumar. He has not spoken to anyone from the JD (U).
Talking to the media, he said that he has not spoken to VS for quite some time.
Veerendra Kumar said that he is ready to share the venue with the LDF in order to oppose the policies of Sangh Parivar.
Talking to the media, he said that he has not spoken to VS for quite some time.
Veerendra Kumar said that he is ready to share the venue with the LDF in order to oppose the policies of Sangh Parivar.
Mass contact programme an effort to resolve problems: Chandy
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The third edition of much popular Mass Contact Programme (MCP) of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy began here Monday with the Congress leader asserting that the programme was a coordinated effort of government officials and elected representatives to resolve problems faced by the people.
Thousands of people, including several old persons and women, from the district reached the Central stadium, the venue of the programme, in the early morning itself to present their cases before the chief minister.
Inaugurating the programme, Chandy said some of the present laws and norms created hindrance to resolve genuine issues of people. "The officials are being blamed for this", he said.
"Genuine issues of people will be resolved by amending the existing laws and norms if needed", he said.
Government amended certain laws and rules on the basis of complaints received at the last MCP, he said.
"Several petitions of this type were received which was discussed by the Cabinet in detail and certain amendments were brought to the laws to provide relief to the people", he said.
Several changes were made in this year's MCP as certain drawbacks were pointed out in the conduct of the previous phase of the programme. The main issue pointed out was the difficulty in getting ambulances and other vehicles to patients who wanted to attend the MCP to avail financial help for treatment.
Considering their difficulties, it was decided that such persons need not come to the venue of MCP. "Their petitions will be taken up by officials and they will go to their homes and attend their issues", he said, adding, action has already been taken on most of the petitions received even before the start of the programme.
At Thiruvananthapuram a total of 16,253 petitions have been received out of which 15,810 have already been attended. The petitions have been checked and forwarded to departments concerned.
On petitions received for assistance from Chief Minister's Relief Fund, he said out of the 5,784 petitions, 5,567 have been resolved. Amounts due to them would be transferred to their accounts today itself, he said.
Thousands of people, including several old persons and women, from the district reached the Central stadium, the venue of the programme, in the early morning itself to present their cases before the chief minister.
Inaugurating the programme, Chandy said some of the present laws and norms created hindrance to resolve genuine issues of people. "The officials are being blamed for this", he said.
"Genuine issues of people will be resolved by amending the existing laws and norms if needed", he said.
Government amended certain laws and rules on the basis of complaints received at the last MCP, he said.
"Several petitions of this type were received which was discussed by the Cabinet in detail and certain amendments were brought to the laws to provide relief to the people", he said.
Several changes were made in this year's MCP as certain drawbacks were pointed out in the conduct of the previous phase of the programme. The main issue pointed out was the difficulty in getting ambulances and other vehicles to patients who wanted to attend the MCP to avail financial help for treatment.
Considering their difficulties, it was decided that such persons need not come to the venue of MCP. "Their petitions will be taken up by officials and they will go to their homes and attend their issues", he said, adding, action has already been taken on most of the petitions received even before the start of the programme.
At Thiruvananthapuram a total of 16,253 petitions have been received out of which 15,810 have already been attended. The petitions have been checked and forwarded to departments concerned.
On petitions received for assistance from Chief Minister's Relief Fund, he said out of the 5,784 petitions, 5,567 have been resolved. Amounts due to them would be transferred to their accounts today itself, he said.
Nursing recruitment fraud: CBI seeks Interpol’s help
KOCHI: The CBI has sought the help of Interpol to trace Uthuppu Varghese, a native of Puthupally, Kottayam and the main accused in the Rs 300 crore nursing recruitment scam. He is currently hiding somewhere in Kuwait. The agency has asked the Interpol to issue lookout notice against him.
Uthuppu Varghese embezzled crore through his Al Sarafa Agency. The agency had made an agreement with Kuwait Health ministry to recruit 1200 nurses
As per government regulations only Rs 19,500 can be collected as service fee from a person but the agency charged Rs 19.5 lakh from a person after fraudulently changing the figure ‘19,500.00’ to 1950000’ by removing the decimal point.
Though the CBI had sent an email to Uthuppu Varghese, asking him to be present at its office for questioning, he didn’t turn up. Following this the Inerpol’s help was sought.
It was In a raid conducted by the Income Tax officials at the Agency office, the financial fraud was spotted. An unaccounted money of Rs 3 crore was also recovered from the office.
Uthuppu Varghese embezzled crore through his Al Sarafa Agency. The agency had made an agreement with Kuwait Health ministry to recruit 1200 nurses
As per government regulations only Rs 19,500 can be collected as service fee from a person but the agency charged Rs 19.5 lakh from a person after fraudulently changing the figure ‘19,500.00’ to 1950000’ by removing the decimal point.
Though the CBI had sent an email to Uthuppu Varghese, asking him to be present at its office for questioning, he didn’t turn up. Following this the Inerpol’s help was sought.
It was In a raid conducted by the Income Tax officials at the Agency office, the financial fraud was spotted. An unaccounted money of Rs 3 crore was also recovered from the office.
Vayalar Ravi, Abdul Wahab, Ragesh elected to RS
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the election to three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala, Congress leader Vayalar Ravi, Muslim League leader P V Abdul Wahab were elected as UDF representatives and K K Ragesh was elected as CPM representative. The second candidate of Left, CPI’s K Rajan was not elected.
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