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The CPM Mayor of Kollam, Shri N Padmalochanan recently inaugurated the karyalaya of RSS Mahasangik at Ashramam Grounds, Kerala. He lighted the lamp in front of the photographs of Doctorji and Guruji.

After questioning the existence of Lord Ram, the party has now trained its guns on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon), describing it as a "major threat" to Communists.

Hazirabag (Jharkhand): Ravi Sharma, the 50-year-old agricultural scientist-turned-Maoist who was arrested on October 10, has said the Left radicals do not regret having killed so many people, including policemen, in the past 25 years.

Those who like to change our Nepalese national Flag, they are traitors. After the regime of Maoist Now, we have culprits & antinationalist Regime in Nepal. The Maoists are changing their hues and showing new dramas.

Trivendram (Kerala): A day after Kannur MP A P Abdullakutti praised Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's investor-friendly policies for the second time within two months, the Kerala CPM suspended him from the party for one year on Saturday.

'If it had not been (Major) Sandeep's house, not even a dog would have glanced that way.' This was how Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan heaped scorn on Monday on the family of NSG Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

New Delhi: The kerala link to the Ahmedabad blasts confirms that Gujarat has only paid for the failure, or worse, reluctance of the LDF government to act against fundamentalist elements thriving in the state.

Purulia (West Bengal): Suspected armed Maoists on Wednesday looted over Rs 84 lakh from a branch of the Punjab National Bank in Purulia.

Kochi: The event was attended by over 1,500 people spilling over the hall that is part of the three-storeyed building.

Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who fought a 10-year-long civil war to oust the nation's ruling royal dynasty, have now given embattled King Gyanendra a deadline of four weeks to quit the palace.

Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala government committee has recommended banning religious worship in private schools that receive assistance from the state.

Sabarimala (Kerala): Achuthanandan made the visit following a spate of complaints leading to vocal protests by the devotees about poor arrangements, including distribution of aravana prasadam.

New Dehli: As opposition BJP plans to disrupt Parliament proceedings on the Nandigram issue, the Left parties decided not to allow it to be raised saying it was a "state subject".

Bhubaneswar: An American devotee on Thursday was fined by priests for entering into the famous 12th-century Jagannath temple in Orissa's holy city of Puri, where entry of foreigners are prohibited, police said.

Marxists in Kerala are only against Hindu culture and spiritual practices. But they are fond of Hindu temples, temple income and temple management.