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TopicVD Satheesan

Topic: VD Satheesan

Tata Group plans $1 billion shipbuilding investment in Kerala, says CM Satheesan

Satheesan said the state is likely to approve the proposal within a month and will provide land for the project.

Another Satheesan appointment, another controversy in Kerala. This time from within Congress

KPCC General Secretary P.M. Niyas questioned Cong govt's appointment of retired district judge N. Sheshadrinathan as State Election Commissioner, saying he is affiliated to Sangh Parivar.

A CM & his books: Satheesan’s maritime museum pitch came from Amitav Ghosh’s The Nutmeg’s Curse

V.D. Satheesan said the book about Dutch colonialism in Indonesia’s Banda Islands and his interest in maritime history were the influences behind the International Maritime Museum.

Congress govt to implement PM-SHRI in Kerala, with riders. It’s reignited a political row

Addressing the media, CM Satheesan said Kerala govt was compelled to continue with the scheme as the state had already signed the PM-SHRI MoU and had received money.

Kerala implements free bus travel for women from Monday. It promises to be a bumpy ride 

KSRTC losses stood at Rs 20,961 crore in 2024-25, up from Rs 19,380 crore the previous year. New initiative, named Priyadarshini, is expected to cost an additional Rs 750-800 crore annually.

Kerala goes from Captain to Pookie—VD Satheesan’s smile dominates Malayalis’ reels

Pinarayi Vijayan cultivated the image of Captain—a stern, no-nonsense leader. Satheesan’s smiling, laid-back demeanour is a change Malayalis are welcoming wholeheartedly.

Kerala’s UDF govt kicks off with welfare blitz: pay hikes for ASHA, teachers, school cooks

The UDF government cleared a series of welfare measures in its first Cabinet meeting which included free bus rides for women and a welfare department for the elderly. 

Kerala CM-designate Satheesan ties up loose ends ahead of swearing-in; meets Chennithala, Venugopal

Meets Congress’s CM contenders, opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan, and UDF allies; caps his convoy to three vehicles and says no Cliff House overhaul

Kingmaker to king: Satheesan, darling of allies who put UDF on winning spree in Kerala amid faultlines

On Thursday, the AICC announced VD Satheesan as the 13th Kerala CM. This propels the Leader of Opposition to the top post, leaving KC Venugopal & Ramesh Chennithala behind.

Congress finally takes a call 10 days after poll results. VD Satheesan set to be Kerala’s 13th CM

AICC names outgoing LoP to top post after party allies back him over Ramesh Chennithala and K.C. Venugopal; state unit to meet Governor Thursday evening

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Pakistan’s paradox under Asim Munir: A broker for the world, a bruised state for citizens

Pakistan is busy monetising on geopolitical disorder even as disorder consumes its own peripheries.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

Gen VN Sharma, who led Army in the turbulent late eighties, dies at 97

Hailing from an illustrious military family, he was son of Maj Gen Amar Nath Sharma. His eldest brother Maj Som Nath Sharma is the first recipient of the posthumous Param Vir Chakra.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.