Pinarayi Vijayan takes charge as the chief minister at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on May 25, 2016.

Industries minister E.P. Jayarajan tries to get into his cabinet colleague E. Chandrasekharan's official car after a cabinet meeting in the secretariat. Jayarajan's aide acted swiftly to let the minister know his mistake.

Agriculture minister V.S. Sunil Kumar and finance minister T.M. Thomas Isaac participate in the rice harvest in the Methran Kayal paddy fields.

RSS leader P. Gopalan Kutty greets CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan during an all-party meeting convened in the backdrop of a rising tide of political murders in Kannur.

Students of the Law Academy Law College celebrate victory after their month-long agitation against the college management. The management yielded to some of the demands in a meeting held in the presence of education minister C. Raveendranath.

The police block Jishnu Pranoy's mother Mahija in front of the office of the director general of police in Thiruvananthapuram. The woman was seeking justice for her son, who was led to suicide by his teachers and the management of the Pampady Nehru College near Thrissur.

Shiv Sena workers chase away youngsters from the Marine Drive walkway in Ernakulam.

The police drag away Pulsar Suni when he arrived to surrender in a court in Ernakulam after he was accused of kidnapping and tormenting a Malayalam movie actress near Angamaly.

Transport minister A.K. Saseendran arrives at the Kozhikode West Hill guest house to announce his resignation after being lured into a honeytrap.

Pembilai Orumai leader Gomathi Augustine protests electricity minister M.M. Mani's disparaging remarks against her independent union in Munnar.

Devikulam subcollector Sriram Venkitaraman in a heated argument with local CPM workers who protested the eviction of encroachers around Munnar.

A moment of confusion when director general of police T.P. Senkumar claims back his post as the state police chief after a favorable Supreme Court order. Senkumar raises a point of procedure and insists that he must sign under the signature of outgoing police chief Loknath Behera.