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TopicKerala assembly elections

Topic: Kerala assembly elections

Eye on polls, Vijayan rolls out Rs 800-crore infra projects, says his govt’s vision is for ‘Nava Kerala’

The Chief Minister said his government will increase living standards in Kerala to match that of developed nations. "It's not impossible."

Ahead of Kerala polls, Nair outfit drops ‘Hindu unity’ plan after SNDP chief gets Padma Bhushan

NSS’s Sukumaran Nair questions why SNDP chief sent son Thushar Vellappally, a BJP ally, for unity talks

Pinarayi confident of super majority in Kerala, but 2 key vote banks may be shifting away from LDF

In recently concluded local body polls, voting patterns in Muslim- and Ezhava-dominated regions suggest different story. However, CPI(M) says the communities were misguided by UDF & BJP.

‘Semi-final’ before state polls: Kerala gears up for 2-phase local body polls, results on 13 December

7 districts to vote on 9 December, 6 on 11 December. Ruling LDF banking on development work, Cong-led UDF depending on anti-incumbency, BJP hoping to open account & emerge as third front.

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.

Ruling LDF still in dilemma over AI, Congress starts Kerala unit’s AI training with eye on 2026 polls

Thiruvananthapuram: Shortly after the Kerala Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) appeared to be in a dilemma over Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

Congress-led UDF dashes BJP’s hopes in crucial Palakkad bypoll as Mamkootahil wins by wide margin

The BJP, which was looking to make history by winning the seat because of the strong RSS grip in the area, finished second.

‘Poll fund misuse, bribery, now heist’ — Kerala BJP chief’s problems just keep piling up

K. Surendran finds himself caught in a case of an alleged robbery on a Kerala highway near Thrissur ahead of elections. Target was RSS worker and businessman Dharmarajan.

Single seat in Bengal, dip in Kerala tally — why ‘Muslim parties’ didn’t do well this time

While ISF and AIMIM failed in Bengal, AIUDF-Congress alliance couldn't stop the BJP from retaining power in Assam. In Kerala, the IUML's performance has taken a beating.

Kerala’s Deng Xiaoping, Pinarayi Vijayan is showing Bengal’s Left how it’s done

With the LDF's historic win in Kerala, CM Pinarayi Vijayan has further increased his clout before the CPM's central leadership, especially with the Left drawing a blank in Bengal.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.