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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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Topic: Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala’s ‘CSR party’ Twenty20 is eyeing expansion, plans to contest 55 civic bodies

Started as a CSR initiative of company in 2013, Twenty20 made a surprise entry in politics 2 years later with local body polls & won Kizhakkambalam Grama Panchayat in Ernakulam.

A student asked Shashi Tharoor the ‘inevitable’ Congress question. How the MP responded

Tharoor's relations with Congress have been on a downswing for a while now. He also led one of the government's delegations to world capitals to present India's stance on terror.

Day before her execution, a ray of hope for Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen

Priya was scheduled to be executed Wednesday. Postponement gives Save Nimisha Priya campaign time to negotiate ‘blood money’ & mount renewed efforts.

Repairs begin on British Navy’s stranded F-35B fighter in Kerala after 24-day wait

A team of engineers from UK deployed at Thiruvanathapuram airport will now assess whether the F-35B can be repaired on site or if it will need to be dismantled & transported back.

Congress alleges Centre & CPIM ‘compromise’ as RA Chandrasekhar takes charge as Kerala DGP 

Congress raked up 1994 Koothuparamba police firing case in which 5 DYFI activists were killed. Chandrasekhar was appointed as ASP in Kannur district just two days before incident.

Kannur suicide: Woman’s family claims no case of moral policing, police say couple was intimidated

Thiruvananthapuram: Days after a 40-year-old woman died by suicide at Kayalod in Kerala’s Kannur district due to alleged harassment by Social Democratic Party of...

‘Have disagreements with Cong leaders’: Tharoor says he wasn’t invited for Nilambur bypoll campaign

The Thiruvananthapuram MP added the Congress party, its values & workers were ‘dear to him’, and said that it was best to resolve differences with the leadership internally.

Tharoor-Congress feud sparks buzz in his Thiruvananthapuram constituency, unease in party unit

The Congress leader has come under fire from party colleagues Udit Raj & Jairam Ramesh. Back in his constituency, voters & party workers watch his moves closely, with mixed reactions.

Eye on local, assembly polls & ‘new Kerala’ aspiration, BJP names Rajeev Chandrasekhar new state chief

Chandrasekhar is set to replace K. Surendran, the party head in Kerala since 2020, following factionalism in the state BJP unit during the Palakkad by-poll.

Rajeev Chandrashekhar is modern, moderate. But tragically loyal to bigoted BJP

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is up against Shashi Tharoor in Thiruvananthapuram. He’s marketing himself to a state that has traditionally radiated contempt for the BJP.

On Camera

How global monetary policy divergence presents an opportunity for India

Despite the depreciation of the rupee, India continues to be a magnet — safer than peers like Turkey, South Africa or Brazil, and offers greater returns than the US or Europe.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.