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Foes in Kerala, friends outside — how contradictions in Congress-Left equation are playing out in state

Congress & Left are locked in an intense fight in Kerala, but leaders from both parties believe this doesn't confuse state's voters, who can distinguish between state & national elections.

What merger with 7-time MLA PC George’s Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) means for BJP

Former Union minister Prakash Javadekar, BJP's Kerala incharge, said George's decision to merge party will help BJP improve its tally in Lok Sabha polls.

BJP is wooing Christians in Kerala, but its ticket to power is to ensure Congress-led UDF’s defeat in 2026

Despite growing islamophobia in a section of Christian community, they are, by instinct, Congress voters. BJP will have to widen schism between Muslims & Christians to pip the Congress.

Pinarayi Vijayan’s son-in-law, CM ‘in waiting’ — who is PA Mohamed Riyas, Kerala’s PWD minister

Riyas shot to prominence after he married Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena in 2020. A recent survey by a Malayalam newspaper had placed Riyas as the likeliest future CM of Kerala.

Importance of being IUML in Kerala politics — Congress ally now courted by ruling Left

In Kerala, CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan's apparent overture to IUML has caused much speculation, as has Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's meeting with IUML chief. 

After Kerala BJP gets a rap from Modi, party preps game plan. Wooing Christians on agenda

BJP believes it's on same page as Christian community in Kerala on 'love jihad'. Party is also focussing on reaching out to beneficiaries of central govt schemes.

Kerala’s Deng Xiaoping, Pinarayi Vijayan is showing Bengal’s Left how it’s done

With the LDF's historic win in Kerala, CM Pinarayi Vijayan has further increased his clout before the CPM's central leadership, especially with the Left drawing a blank in Bengal.

How ‘captain’ Pinarayi Vijayan led LDF in Kerala, is set to break a decades-old record

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.

Ruling LDF leads in 75 seats, UDF in 56 as counting for Kerala elections gets underway

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.

Time and tide on the Malabar coast : Let Rahul Gandhi swim, we will vote for Pinarayi Vijayan

As the sun sets on the oldest mosque in Calicut, Muslims on the Malabar coast are looking at other political parties to vote for, instead of the Congress

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Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.