scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicUDF

Topic: UDF

‘PM is panicking after phase 1,’ says Congress’s Alappuzha candidate KC Venugopal

Venugopal thanked PM Modi for 'bringing the Congress manifesto into the public domain'. In Kerala, UDF will sweep all 20 seats, he said.

A tailwind for ‘The Kerala Story’ in run-up to elections, IUML dismisses it as ‘just propaganda’

Syro-Malabar Church screened the film in several dioceses a week ago. While Kerala's ruling Left govt & opposition Congress criticised the move, IUML has kept its reactions low-key.

Rahul Gandhi breached decorum of INDIA bloc by criticising Pinarayi — CPI(M) candidate KK Shailaja

Former Kerala health minister, who is contesting from Vadakara, says Left fielded senior leaders so 'people know that the leaders will raise their voices in Parliament when needed'.

Allies in INDIA bloc, foes in Kerala, how Left & Congress are navigating a tightrope walk

While BJP is attempting to take advantage of this dichotomy while campaigning, CPM and Congress leaders say voters of southern state 'are aware' it is LDF versus UDF here.

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.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.