Kerala BJP leader KS Radhakrishnan on Monday sought legal action against ministers of Communist Party of India (Marxist) for allegedly misbehaving with Swapna Suresh, who is the prime accused in the Gold Smuggling case.

She mocked the state governments' projects like KFON and K-Rail as VFON and V-Rail.

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 16 (ANI): Kerala government on Monday decided to drop the on-site social impact study for the K-Rail's SilverLine semi high-speed rail corridor and decided to opt for a GPS-enabled study instead.

Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader AN Radhakrishnan on Sunday said love jihad and narcotic jihad will be major issues in the upcoming Thrikkakkara assembly bypolls.

Thiruvananthapuram Apr 21 PTI The attempt to lay survey stones for the Kerala governments ambitious SilverLine rail corridor project which was resumed after a gap in the state triggered a clash between local residents and the police near Kaniyapuram in the capital district on Monday As the protest intensified the officials were forced to stop the procedure temporarily and leave the place A group of local people led by the activists of the opposition Congress blocked the officials when they arrived with the equipment to lay survey stonesThe clash broke out after the police who escorted the officials tried to remove the protesters from the area In visuals aired by local television channels a policeman could be seen kicking some of the protesters with his boot The injured protesters were rushed to a nearby hospital laterOne of the protesters said they would continue to gather at the place and they would never allow officials to lay the survey stonesHe also said the residents of the place did not get any prior information regarding the procedure However police rejected the allegations of high-handedness against the protesters saying they did not boot any protesters deliberately but only tried to give protection to K-Rail officials It was after a gap of almost one month that the authorities resumed the survey stone laying process which had led to mass protest in several parts of Kerala since the beginning Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly V D Satheesan later visited the injured people at the hospital where they were admitted for treatment Though the Left government is going ahead with the multi-crore semi-high-speed rail project it is being opposed by the opposition Congress and the BJP as well as by the local people in many parts of the southern state The SilverLine rail corrdior envisaged to cover a 530-kilometre stretch from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod is estimated to cost around Rs 64000 croreThe project aims to make transportation easy along the entire north south of Kerala and reduce travel time to less than four hours as against 1214 hours PTI LGK LGK LGK SS SS

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Amid intense Opposition protests against the ambitious SilverLine semi-high speed rail project Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday asserted that the project will be good for the state and will create thousands of job opportunities Claiming that there are political conspiracies and fake narratives being spread against the project he said those against it seem to believe that no development is required in the state Vijayan who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Thursday said the Prime Minister has assured that he will discuss the project with the railway minister While expressing hope that the central governments approvals for the project will come fast Vijayan stressed that people know the reality No one will be harmed no one will lose their homes by the project There will be no uncertainties about compensation Vijayan said His comments also came on a day when many MPs from Kerala were allegedly manhandled by Delhi Police while they were protesting against the SilverLine project at Vijay Chowk here Listing out various benefits of the SilverLine project which is also known as the K-Rail project Vijayan said that thousands of job opportunities will be created by it There are transportation issues in Kerala and existing facilities are inadequate Vijayan said The SilverLine project would cover the 530-kilometre stretch from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod in the stateIt would be developed by K-Rail -- a joint venture of the Kerala government and the Ministry of Railways The state government is always thinking about the development of the state Vijayan said PTI RAM DRR

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capitalThe meeting also came against the backdrop of massive protests by Opposition parties against the Kerala governments ambitious semi-high speed rail project SilverLineIn a tweet the Prime Ministers Office PMO said Vijayan called on the prime ministerThe PMO also tweeted pictures of the meetingAccording to reports Vijayan was expected to discuss various issues related to Kerala including about SilverLine Also known as the K-Rail project it is a joint venture of the Kerala government and the Railway MinistryKerala is awaiting approval from the central government for the project PTI RAM BAL BAL

Thiruvananthapuram Mar 19 PTI As Kerala continued to witness raging protests by people against the Left governments flagship Silver Line rail corridor project Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday categorically made it clear that the multi-crore infrastructure initiative would be implemented as announced with the support of the people of the southern stateRejecting the ongoing agitations being reported from various parts of the state against the laying of survey stones he said such demonstrations were against the development of the land and none of the projects announced by the government would remain only on papersThe CM also accused the opposition Congress and BJP of adopting a stand against the progress of the state but warned them that the common people were aware of their motiveThe opposition Congress has become a group which stands against the progress of the land The BJP also adopts a similar positionWhatever projects have been announced by the government they all will be implemented with the support of the people Vijayan said while speaking at a function in KollamHowever opposition Congress-UDF and BJP reiterated their stand saying they wont allow the Marxist Party government to implement the Silver Line project as people of the state were vehemently opposing it and they would extend all support to the commoners who stage protests in various placesLeader of Opposition V D Satheesan said the UDF has taken over the anti-Silver Line agitation and would continue to remove the survey stones being laid by the authorities as part of the implementation of the projectThe people of the state will not allow such a project to happen in our state We are with such common people We will continue our fight he told reporters in KochiUnion Minister V Muraleedharan visited Madappally a tiny hamlet in Kottayam district where police had forcibly removed agitators including women as the protest turned violent two days ago and lent an ear to the concerns of local peopleLater the senior BJP leader assured them that the central government had not given any nod to the state authorities to implement the projectPeople wont allow the government to implement such projects The Centre already made it clear that they have given no nod for the initiative No one can implement such a project through the means of violence in the democratic India he told reportersStrongly condemning the alleged police action against people especially women protesters he sought to know whether the government was conducting the social impact study by dragging them on roadsMuraleedharan also charged that the police high handedness in Madappally was a pre-planned one as police personnel came wearing helmets and avoiding their name boards to block all possible chances to recognise themMeanwhile protests continued in several places in the state today including Tirur in Malapppuram and Chottanikkara in Ernakulam district where a large number of people especially women came out on street protesting against K-Rail officials who came to install survey stones PTI LGK ROH ROH

Kottayam (Kerala) [India], March 18 (ANI): Kerala Police detained people protesting against the land acquisition for the SilverLine semi-high speed rail (K-Rail) project.

Kochi Feb 28 PTI Tension prevailed at Neduvannoor near Nedumbassery here on Monday after local residents protested and disrupted the laying of survey stones in the land identified for the proposed K-Rail project Police took one person into preventive custody for disrupting the public officials from performing their duties Protesters raised placards with slogans against the proposed SilverLine rail project which is also known as K-Rail Residents claimed that the survey stone laid for the seaport-airport road was still there and that the project has not materialised yet These surveyors come and lay stones for various projects in these regions Many residents lost their land for the international airport Most of them have survey stones in their properties for seaport-airport road Now this K-Rail project The residents are not even able to sell their land due to these projects a protester claimed Amid protest over the proposed ambitious semi high-speed SilverLine rail project the Kerala government had on January 15 published the Detailed Project Report DPR with an estimated cost of the project as Rs 63941 crore The DPR which was published in the Legislative Assembly website says the project is expected to be completed by 2025 and will reduce journey time from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod from 12 hours to just four hours The 52945 km long project is executed by Kerala Rail Development Corporation Limited K-Rail a joint venture of Government of Kerala and Ministry of Railways for implementing the railway infrastructure in the state PTI RRT RRT HDA HDA