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The chief minister said since the LDF government came to power Kerala in May 2016, 281 cases connected with violence involving RSS activists have been registered.

A bill to regulate the admissions and fee structure for private medical colleges in Kerala has been introduced in the state assembly on Monday.

Earlier, Pinarayi ​Vijayan told the assembly that violence had taken place in Kerala in the past also but this time "lies are being spread... with a purpose. 

Claiming that the pattern of killings that have been happening in Kerala is distinct, Rakesh ​Sinha said that the CP(M) are killing Dalit activists because they are dejecting them and coming to RSS

Earlier Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condemned the murder and called for an all-party meeting on August 6 regarding the same.

The case was transferred to the NIA which arrested those behind the crime. In 2015, the NIA court here found 13 guilty and acquitted 18.

A 47-year-old activist of a radical Muslim group was arrested here on Saturday by the NIA for alleged involvement in the chopping off of the palm of a college professor seven years ago.

Hadiya, earlier known as Akhila, was a homeopathy student in Kerala when she converted to Islam and changed her name.

The RSS on Friday demanded a judicial probe into the "political killings" of its workers in Kerala, alleging that they were aimed at containing its expansion in the state.

The NIA is following a lead based on a case registered in March against eight IS supporters who held a secret meeting in Kanakamala near Kannur. Barring one, the rest have been arrested.

Police said two gang members have been identified and they were closely monitoring the movement of the Maoists in and around the region

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Meenakshi Lekhi alleged that the political opponents were being killed in "Talibani style" in the state and even workers of Congress, CPI and Muslim League have been targetted.

A youth from Kerala, who had left home to join the Islamic State last year, has been killed, according to the message received by his family.

The state has been witnessing a serious of violent incidents allegedly involving BJP-RSS and CPI-M workers with the capital city rocked by incidents of attacks on houses of rival partymen in the past few days.

Condemning the recent violent incidents in parts of the state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said political parties should be vigilant and initiate steps to create awareness among their cadre to shun violence.

They apprised the governor of the steps taken in connection with the brutal killing even as the police said seven persons were arrested.

In an unprecedented move, Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam on Sunday summoned Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to discuss the law and order situation in the state after an RSS worker was killed overnight.

Speaking to ANI, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said that the ruling party (CPI-M) is definitely behind the death of the RSS worker.

The 34-year-old RSS worker, who was hacked on Saturday night in the state capital, breathed his last at a private hospital. 

The CCTV visuals shown at the press briefing by BJP showed five persons, who came in three two-wheelers, pelting stones and breaking the glass panes of vehicles parked in front of the office.

BJP`s lone legislator O Rajagopal told the media that the visuals showed the role of local CPI-M councillor IP Binu in the attacks.

A trial court here on Wednesday denied bail to Congress legislator M. Vincent, arrested on charges of sexually harassing and stalking a 51-year-old woman in Kerala.

The scam pertains to a Rs 5.60 crore bribe allegedly paid by a medical college to Kerala-based Bharatiya Janata Party leaders for influencing the Medical Council of India.

Be it downpour or a thunderstorm, this weather man has never failed to record it over the past 34 years. 72-year-old MP Vimal Kumar who wakes up at 6am starts his day by checking the rain gauge. 

In the recent times, Kerala has fast emerged as a hot bed of terror-related activities with many having close links with the Syria and Iraq-based global terror outfit Islamic State.

Kerala unit's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Uzhavoor Vijayan died on Sunday at a private hospital here, his relatives said.

Sections 376 and 354(d) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) have been slapped against Kerala Congress MLA M Vincent. 

M Vincent had moved for anticipatory bail from a court here, but with his arrest taking place he will now seek bail on Monday.

Top Congress leaders in Kerala on Friday welcomed the police probe into complaints against the first-time Congress legislator.

A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the representatives of nurses and private hospital managements convened by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan here.