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Topic: Kerala

What’s the brewery controversy that has united Congress & BJP against the Left in Kerala

Kerala govt announced last week it had sanctioned Madhya Pradesh-based alcohol manufacturer Oasis Group to set up a Rs 600-crore grain-based distillation and brewery unit in Palakkad.

Why Kerala court called Sharon Raj murder case rarest of rare & sentenced girlfriend Greeshma to death

According to the prosecution, the convict poisoned Sharon Raj, 23, after he refused to end their relationship when her family fixed her marriage with an Army officer.

Who is TMC’s PV Anvar, former LDF-backed MLA now on a mission to ‘end’ Pinarayi govt

PV Anvar, former Nilambur MLA who had a falling out with the Pinarayi Vijayan govt in September last year after comments on the CM's top aides, joined the TMC on 10 January.

Who gets a home, who doesn’t? Confusion among Wayanad landslide survivors over rehabilitation criteria

Survivors currently lodged in rented housing say they prefer compensation over government's plan to allot land. Kerala govt says plans not finalised yet, will make changes if necessary.

How Kerala athlete’s courage laid bare cycle of sexual abuse involving neighbours, classmates

As many as 29 cases are registered across four districts of Kerala in connection with sexual abuse that continued for past five years. Over 40 arrests have been made, so far.

The singer of love and loss, P. Jayachandran’s death is personal for all Keralites

Jayachandran's best-known songs are not just romantic, nor limited to Malayalam film industry. He was also the de facto choice for musicians who wanted to evoke a bygone era.

Narayana Guru’s religious secularism—what makes the reformer-ascetic a puzzle for modern politicians

Row over Kerala CM's comment that Narayana Guru was neither a propagator nor a practitioner of Sanatana Dharma has put focus on his dichotomous legacy as both guru and social reformer.

37-year-old tribal man killed in elephant attack in Kerala’s Nilambur forest, 6 others escape

A group of seven including a five-year-old were returning to their hamlet when they were attacked by an elephant. Forest minister AK Saseendran has assured compensation for the family.

No Yogi at Ken-Betwa river link project launch, was never even on PMO’s guest list

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Will do whatever we can, says Iranian official on Nimisha Priya, nurse facing death sentence in Yemen

The nurse from Kerala, who is facing the death penalty, is lodged in a jail in Sana’a, under the control of the Iranian-backed Houthis.

On Camera

What a Tamil town tells us about votes, caste, and fraud in medieval India

Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?