scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicKerala elections

Topic: Kerala elections

Made co-chair of Congress’s Kerala poll campaign committee, Tharoor likely to miss maiden meeting

Shashi Tharoor might not be present at the meeting due to an injury in his leg, the 10-member election panel’s chair, Ramesh Chennithala, told reporters Friday.

After Bengaluru demolition spat, Kerala and Karnataka CMs now clash again over Malayalam Language Bill

After Siddaramaiah alleged the Bill was against linguistic freedom in bordering areas, Vijayan said it contains key provisions to ensure that no language is imposed.

Kerala local polls ‘1st step to dethroning Pinarayi’, Congress steps up voter connect with door-to-doors

Though Congress-led UDF won 18 of 20 seats in Lok Sabha elections last year, the party in Kerala is mired in infighting and a lack of organisation at grassroots level.

1st LS seat to neck-and-neck fight in Thiruvananthapuram: Why Thrissur isn’t only win for BJP in Kerala

The party, which contested 16 seats, saw its vote share rise to 16.68%, up from 13% in 2019 when it contested 15 seats. This surge has impacted both LDF and UDF.

Congress’s KC Venugopal wins by 63,000-plus votes in Kerala’s Alappuzha

LDF was angry with Congress fielding him since Alappuzha is lone Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala which it won in 2019. Currently, Venugopal is Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan.

Pinarayi Vijayan’s instincts show what smart politics can look like, even for Communists

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Drums, prayers, Theyyam & CPM flags painting state red — the colours of Kerala election

Kerala’s geography changes every hundred kilometres, making the cliche so true of Kerala — This is truly God’s own country.

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.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

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.