New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday struck an optimistic note on his party’s prospects in Kerala, declaring that the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is heading towards a “landslide victory” with as many as 100 seats.Kerala goes to the polls on April 9 to elect 140 legislators, with the campaign now at its peak despite the sweltering heat.The assertion came after Rahul Gandhi met senior Congress MP from Kannur…
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New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has raised serious concerns over the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, alleging that the proposed changes could dilute key protections and roll back rights recognised by the Supreme Court.In a lengthy post on X, Tharoor on Sunday said he was closely following legislative developments despite being away from Parliament due to the ongoing Kerala elections. He expressed apprehension over what he described as th…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday launched a sharp attack on successive central governments led by the Congress and the BJP, holding their policy decisions responsible for the country’s worsening energy crisis. In a strongly worded statement, Vijayan alleged that policies shaped under American influence over the years have undermined India’s long-term energy security.He said the ongoing conflict in West Asia has only aggravated the situati…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) The month-long “Puthuyuga Yatra”, led by Kerala’s Leader of Opposition V.D.Satheesan, which began from Kasaragod on February 6, will culminate in the state capital on Saturday with a massive public rally to be addressed by Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.Announcing the conclusion of the yatra, Satheesan said the final meeting will be held at Putharikandam Maidan and will mark the end of a journey that, according to his Congress-led United…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12 (IANS) The controversy surrounding eminent poet, critic and Kerala Sahitya Akademi President K. Satchidanandan’s remarks on the need for governments to alternate in power shows little sign of abating, even as the writer has now said he will not comment further on the issue. Days after his initial observation triggered sharp reactions, particularly from sections aligned with the CPI-M, Satchidanandan had returned to social media with a detailed post situating his positi…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 2 (IANS) The Congress on Monday intensified its attack on the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government by launching a website and releasing a charge sheet under the banner of the ‘Kadakku Purathu’ campaign, reviving a phrase that has come to symbolise his combative relationship with the media and critics.The campaign derives its name from a 2017 incident when Chief Minister Vijayan abruptly told journalists to “Kadakku Purathu” (Malayalam for “get out”) during a peace m…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) What began as a brief moment in the kitchen of a Kerala household during a CPI(M) door-to-door campaign has snowballed into a political and social media storm, turning an ordinary domestic gesture into a contested political symbol ahead of the Assembly elections.The incident occurred when CPI(M) General Secretary M.A. Baby, while visiting a family in Thrissur as part of the Left Front’s grassroots outreach, walked into the kitchen and began washing his plate a…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) Vellappally Natesan of the SNDP Yogam and G. Sukumaran Nair of the Nair Service Society (NSS) are once again making headlines as efforts to unite the two dominant Hindu social organisations in Kerala gain momentum.Sukumaran Nair on Wednesday welcomed the SNDP Yogam to Perunna, the NSS headquarters, asserting that the proposed SNDP-NSS unity is “certain” and dismissing political apprehensions surrounding the move.“They are welcome to Perunna. When Tushar Ve…
Kochi, Jan 19 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday struck a defiant ideological note in Kochi as he addressed a mammoth Maha Panchayat gathering of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), congratulating nearly 7,800 Congress representatives who emerged victorious in the December 2025 local body elections.The programme marked the UDF’s first major post-poll mobilisation and underlined its renewed confidence ahead of the Assembly elections.Hailing the man…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 1 (IANS) For nearly a decade, Pinarayi Vijayan has dominated Kerala’s political landscape with an authority that a few Chief Ministers in the state’s history have wielded.Within the CPI(M), he has emerged as the unchallenged helmsman and within the government, the final arbiter. That aura of invincibility, however, is beginning to fray — and the most telling sign is not coming from the opposition, but from within the Left Democratic Front (LDF) itself.The first salvo…