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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

Topic: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

Actor-writer Sreenivasan dies at 69. Malayalam cinema loses its sharpest satirist

The National Award-winning actor had starred in over 225 films across his five-decade career.

Congress says ED notice to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in Masala Bond case ‘fraudulent’

The probe relates to the end-use of Rs 2,000 crore raised by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board through masala bonds and its compliance with FEMA norms.

Masala bond heat returns ahead of Kerala local polls. CM Pinarayi, ex-minister Isaac get ED notices

With just a week left for Kerala local body polls, the ED has revived probe into Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board's 2019 masala bond, alleging FEMA violations.

Stalled in courts, a 2019 fraud case linked to Pinarayi daughter still a political flashpoint in Kerala

The CMRL-Exalogic case allegedly involved fraudulent payments to a firm owned by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena T. Both have denied the allegations.

With welfare push and ‘New Kerala’ pitch, LDF hits the ground ahead of local body polls

LDF setting the tone for Assembly polls expected next year. Already CM Pinarayi Vijayan has declared the state free of extreme poverty. Opposition has dismissed the claim as an ‘election stunt’.

Kerala’s LDF govt blinks as ally CPI dials up dissent. Inside feud that pumped the brakes on PM SHRI

Thiruvananthapuram: A sharp U-turn by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) after intense infighting for the past few days over implementing the PM SHRI...

The forgotten victims of Wayanad landslide: Pinarayi meets Modi amid Centre vs Kerala fund feud

Kerala's Left Democratic Front govt has sought a Rs 1,202.12 cr compensation package & Rs 2,221.03 cr for reconstruction work, but the Centre has so far released only Rs 790 cr.

Kerala Assembly passes resolution against SIR. Politics of exclusion visible in Bihar, says Pinarayi

CM Pinarayi Vijayan said there is concern if this is Centre's backdoor attempt to implement NRC. Attempt to turn citizenship into religion-based concept challenges democracy, said the CM.

Kannur’s famous ‘2-Rupee’ doctor passes away, Kerala CM offers condolences

Dr AK Rairu Gopal, who treated thousands of poor patients & charged only Rs 2 as fee for 5 decades, passed away Sunday due to age-related illnesses.

Another Kerala govt-Raj Bhavan kerfuffle, this time over ‘RSS-style’ Bharat Mata tribute

Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad boycotted the event, saying that the picture displayed at the Raj Bhavan is typically used by the RSS in its functions.

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India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.