LDF is all set to return to power in Kerala, defying all tradition. And the man responsible, ‘captain’ Pinarayi Vijayan, proved himself to be an efficient crisis manager.
E. Sreedharan is up against incumbent Congress MLA Shafi Parambil and CPM’s C. P. Promod. His decision to join BJP & contesting Kerala polls was much debated.
Early leads showed that CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Health Minister K K Shailaja, ex-CM Oommen Chandy and Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala were leading in their respective constituencies.
Bengal, Kerala, Assam — each key state election has a serious ‘Muslim party’ in fray. A lot of young voters are drawn to them, but others are sticking with tried-and-tested ‘secular’ parties.
Polling is underway for 31 seats in the third phase of Bengal elections and 40 seats in the final phase in Assam. Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are voting in single-phase polls.
BJP’s ‘love jihad’ bogey has found resonance with a few Christians while its Sabarimala stand forced a CPI(M) minister to admit that allowing women into the hill shrine was a mistake.
In exclusive interview with ThePrint Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan denies charges he is autocratic, defends KIIFB from corruption allegations & responds to PM Modi’s ‘Judas’ jibe.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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