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TopicVD Satheesan

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‘Invited as vlogger, not spy’—Congress-led UDF backs Kerala govt amid row over Jyoti Malhotra’s visit

Jyoti Malhotra visited the state for a routine tourism campaign handled by external agencies, says Kerala Tourism Minister Mohammed Riyas as BJP attacks his govt over her 2024-25 trips.

Nilambur isn’t Kerala. UDF must look beyond Muslim votes to win 2026 polls

Congress-led UDF seems to be taking the wrong lessons from the Nilambur bypoll. The ruling CPI-M is leveraging even the loss to build its narrative for the assembly election.

Kerala’s Vizhinjam port inauguration brings CPI(M), BJP and Adani together; Congress out

Though absent, Leader of Opposition Satheesan shared a video of late chief minister Oommen Chandy’s speech about the port in the Kerala Assembly from 2015 on social media.

Is VD Satheesan eyeing control of Kerala Congress? Chandy Oommen’s outburst lays bare tug of war

Satheesan's stocks are high after his successful election engineering post Palakkad bypolls. And the old guard have seemingly come to resent his growing dominance in Congress party.

Can Congress fight CPI-M in Kerala today? ‘Dark horse’ in Tharoor could get UDF back in power

Shashi Tharoor should get the Oomen Chandy faction’s backing, but K.C. Venugopal, V.D. Satheesan and Ramesh Chennithala can gang up to deny him the opportunity.

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Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

After watching the most discussed series on Netflix, I was planning to write an asterisk-heavy column. As a tribute to the asterisks in its...

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.