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Topic: Kerala

CPI(M), CPI name Kerala candidates; Vijayan to defend Dharmadam, Shailaja shifts to Peravoor

The parties announced their candidates for Kerala assembly elections shortly after the Election Commission declared polling dates for four states and a Union Territory.

‘Party has opinions, decisions need consensus’—How Kerala’s LDF is justifying its Sabarimala stand

After 2019 poll setback, LDF govt seems to have softened stance on women’s entry to shrine, informs SC about need for expert consultation, says state response same as that in 2007.

Can women enter Sabarimala? Kerala says neither yes nor no, tells SC to ask scholars, weigh equality

The debate has resurfaced due to a batch of review petitions and constitutional questions arising from the Sabarimala judgment that are currently before the Supreme Court.

‘Mediator’ for school, ‘Captain’ for Kerala, ‘Mundu Modi’ for critics—Pinarayi Vijayan, the powerful CM

Briefly a beedi roller, Vijayan, 80, has won Kerala two consecutive times for the Left—and now leads what the party calls a survival battle ahead of assembly elections.

End of Vellappally era? Why Kerala HC disqualified SNDP Yogam chief, son Thushar & 2 others

Kerala HC’s Justice TR Ravi said disqualification of Natesan and three others, including his son Thushar Vellappally, was necessary because they violated rules under Companies Act.

Left veteran Sudhakaran finally cuts the cord, plans Independent run in Kerala polls

Sudhakaran’s rift with the party began after the 2021 polls in which he did not participate. During the next year’s organisational reshuffle, he was dropped from state committee.

Kerala minister Ganesh Kumar’s wife who ‘caught him cheating’ says issue ‘resolved’ after apology

Controversy erupted after Bindu Menon Monday accused the minister of infidelity and said she had caught him ‘red-handed’ at their family home in Trivandrum.

After actor Mammootty’s township visit sparks CPI(M) criticism, Kerala CM issues public apology

Accounts linked to CPI(M) allegedly criticised Mammootty after he was seen asking a party functionary not to follow too closely during a visit to the Wayanad Model Township

Rahul Gandhi declares UDF’s guarantees for Kerala, takes poll fight to LDF’s welfare pitch

The pledges include free bus rides for women, Rs 1,000 for college students, a health insurance scheme, a minister for elderly welfare, and loans to start businesses.

Cracks in the red fortress: CPI(M) battles rebellion in Palakkad, Alappuzha and Wayanad ahead of polls

The ruling Left party in Kerala is facing open dissent in several districts, with rebel convention, leadership disputes and resignations complicating its election preparations.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.