The Minorities Narrative

What the world sees as two important...

Star-spangled contests enliven polls in mid-Bengal

KOLKATA: Among the notable names are Adhir Ranjan...

Muted debate in Congress over Priyanka’s exclusion

NEW DELHI: 26 years since her first political...

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BJP’s campaign in Kerala eyes Christian voters

Christians now seem disillusioned with both the Congress and Communist fronts.   New Delhi: Even as BJP national president J.P. Nadda began his two-day visit to...

Kerala CPM digs up ‘solar sex scandal’ to target Congress

Asks CBI to probe the case involving Congress leaders, including Oommen Chandy.   New Delhi: The decision of the Left Front government in Kerala to ask...

Report on Sprinklr deal dents Left’S good governance claim

Original damning report of two-member panel is in public domain, thanks to an RTI reply.   New Delhi: Kerala may have earned worldwide appreciation for its...

Kerala CPM goes all out to demolish Congress

CM Vijayan’s bid to consolidate the Christian vote may help the BJP get Hindu votes.   New Delhi: Strange are the ways of politics. And in...

Kerala BJP MLA sides with Left against farm laws

O. Rajagopal’s action fuels gossip that the grand old man is keeping the CPM in good humour, hoping to get another term with the...

KERALA GOVERNOR, LF GOVT TUSSLE OVER FARMERS’ STIR

Arif Khan refuses nod for Assembly session to pass resolution against farm laws.

Local body win boosts Pinarayi stature in Kerala

Brightens chances of coming to power for a second consecutive term.   New Delhi: Contrary to expectations, the ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front practically swept the local...

Testing times for Pinarayi, LDF in Kerala local body elections

Polls to panchayats, municipalities and corporations will begin next week in three phases. New Delhi: Elections to the local bodies (panchayats, municipalities and corporations) in...

Principal Secretary, prodigal son embarrass CPM

One is Pinarayi Vijayan’s former Principal Secretary, the other one is Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s son.   New Delhi: The ruling coalition in Kerala, the Left Democratic Front,...

Second term no more a sure bet for Left Front in Kerala

While smaller partners of the LF have kept quiet, CPI has openly admitted to lapses.   New Delhi: However harsh it may sound, the truth is...

Left in kerala objects only to CBI, not other agencies

Housing for the poor launched by Vijayan government is under CBI scanner.   New Delhi: It seems that Kerala, the only remaining Left-ruled state in the...

Battle for minority vote in Kerala amid raging pandemic

Over 23% of voters are from the minority community and every party needs that vote.   New Delhi: Even as coronavirus cases surge in Kerala with...

CPM bid to stall CBI probe into murders foiled

Kerala High Court puts the spotlight back on the political murders of two Youth Congress workers in 2019.   New Delhi: Once again, memories of political...

Fissures appear in AIADMK, BJP ties in Tamil Nadu

Parties spar over move to prohibit celebrations of Vinayaka Chathurthi in pandemic.   New Delhi: Politically, this Vinayaka Chathurthi has turned out to be not very...

CM in quarantine, new facts out in gold smuggling case

ED comes out with revelations linking Vijayan’s office to gold smuggling accused.   New Delhi: Covid-19 has come as a saving grace at the most appropriate...

Plane crash, landslides add to Kerala’s Covid woes

The turn of events following heavy rains has exposed the state govt’s indifference.   New Delhi: For the third consecutive year, August has come to haunt...

Kerala Opposition steps up heat on Vijayan, CPM

CM under pressure over the issue of gold smuggling racket and state’s Covid crisis.   New Delhi: However hard Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his...

Kerala Left under scanner over ‘diplomatic’ smuggling

Once photographs got splashed of the controversial lady with Sivasankar and the CM himself, the government and the CPM came under pressure.   New Delhi: In...

Kerala Left tries to create aura around CM Vijayan

CM capitalises on PCC chief comments flaying state’s Health Minister Shailaja.   New Delhi: Kerala PCC president Mullappally Ramachandran may have scored a self-goal by making...

Kerala struggles to contain Covid as Gulf expats return

Real issue is how prepared the government is in receiving its residents from abroad.   New Delhi: With the return of Malayalis from the Gulf in...

Kerala cancels Covid data collection deal with U.S. firm

Opposition parties say the tie-up with US firm Sprinklr was in violation of all norms. New Delhi: In a major climb down, the Pinarayi Vijayan...

Daunting task awaits Kerala in post Covid scenario

The real test may be lying in wait in the next six months or so.   The success story of Kerala’s fight against coronavirus continues unabated....

Kerala govt attacked over deal with US firm

Opposition alleges that decision was taken by CM on his own.  New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic success story in Kerala is marked by a deal the...

Politics back in focus as ‘probe’ aims to silence Pinarayi critic

New Delhi: The abrupt decision of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to end his month-long daily press briefings mid this week on the status...

Kerala tipplers left high and dry

New Delhi: It is no exaggeration that one in every three Malayalis is a devotee of Bacchus, the reigning deity of wine. So it...

Love in the time of coronavirus, CPM-style

Suspended controversial IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman has been reinstated. New Delhi: The Kerala Left Front government’s decision to reinstate suspended controversial IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman...

Rajini gets stage fright, not sure about launching party

Goes on a monologue on how he wants to be a ‘kingmaker’ rather than king.   New Delhi: Once again Rajinikanth has flunked. The Tamil superstar,...

Left vows to thwart CBI probe into murder case

NEW DELHI: Even after so many years, there is no answer as to why Kerala strongman Pinarayi Vijayan and his CPM are so scared...

Hard times ahead for new president of Kerala BJP

‘The state party unit’s differences with the RSS are out in the open’. New Delhi: The appointment of Sabarimala poster boy K. Surendran as the...

Rajini may be ready for political plunge

If the star is serious, this is his final chance, for Tamil Nadu polls are due in 2021.   NEW DELHI: In Tamil Nadu, there seems...

Vijayan wants NIA to hand over case to Kerala cops

The case under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act involves two youngsters.   NEW DELHI: In a major climb down from his previous tough political stand, Kerala’s Marxist...

CPM blows hot and cold on Governor Arif Mohammad Khan

Congress-led UDF is pressing for the adoption of a resolution in the state Assembly, demanding recall of the Governor. New Delhi: Even as Kerala’s ruling...

Congress, CPM spar over Credit for anti-CAA stir

The Congress fears that Muslims will see Pinarayi as their saviour against CAA.   New Delhi: Barely a month after joining hands to protest against the Centre,...

Controversy mars grand Kerala show for its NRIs

The second edition of the Loka Kerala Sabha 2020 (LKS), a brainchild of the Left Front government, which met in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram...

Left Front to broaden stir against Centre on CAA, NPR

The Kerala Left Front government continues its defiant posture against the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and is now planning to step up its...

Left Front to broaden stir against Centre on CAA, NPR

The Kerala Left Front government continues its defiant posture against the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and is now planning to step up its...

Left Front to broaden stir against Centre on CAA, NPR

The Kerala Left Front government continues its defiant posture against the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and is now planning to step up its...

CAA makes enemies come together in Kerala

DMK has accused the AIADMK of ‘betraying’ the Sri Lankan Tamils.   New Delhi: The Opposition Congress in Kerala and the ruling All India Anna Dravida...

‘Poor’ Kerala hires chopper to hunt Maoists

The police are also acquiring three bullet-proof cars from Japan for Rs 1.5 crore.   New Delhi: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Front government in Kerala seems to...

Court’s ‘lack of clarity’ on Sabarimala saves CPM

Bindu Ammini had filed a plea as she was attacked for trying to enter the temple.   NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court observation early this week...

Tamil Nadu headed for tumultuous days

Rajinikanth had hinted at joining Kamal Haasan’s political party in future.   NEW DELHI: It was in Tamil director K Balachander’s Apoorva Raagangal that Rajinikanth made...

Kerala braces for another Sabarimala pilgrim season

While admitting the petitions the court did not stay the previous decision to allow menstruating women into the temple. Things are not going to...

Kerala angry with Left over encounter killings, acquittal of child rapists

The slaying of four activists allegedly belonging to the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in the forests of Attapadi in Palakkad district has come...

Kerala angry with Left over encounter killings, acquittal of child rapists

The slaying of four activists allegedly belonging to the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in the forests of Attapadi in Palakkad district has come...

Kerala angry with Left over encounter killings, acquittal of child rapists

The slaying of four activists allegedly belonging to the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in the forests of Attapadi in Palakkad district has come...

Kerala voters shut the door on community leaders

NEW DELHI: The recent byelections to five Assembly constituencies in Kerala saw the ruling CPM win two and the opposition United Democratic Front win...

Kerala byelections are crucial for BJP

BJP is uncertain of getting the support of its main ally, Bharat Dharma Jana Sena.   NEW DELHI: As five Assembly constituencies in Kerala vote on...

Attack on environmental activists goes unnoticed in political Kerala

Well known writer Karassery said that a mob raising slogans in support of the MLA attacked the activists.     New Delhi: As practically the whole...

Political killings: HC snub for LF in Kerala ahead of bypolls

The government is under the scanner over varied issues, political and otherwise.   New Delhi: In a fresh blow to the Kerala Police and its political...

Setback for Kerala Congress

The result in Pala will change 54-year-old equation in Kerala’s coalition politics.   New Delhi: It is quite natural that the defeat of the Congress-led United...

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