SANTOSH KUMAR, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Kerala left fails to nail dubious builders

SC had ordered demolition of four illegal skyscrapers by 20 September. NEW DELHI: If last September it was the Sabarimala issue that the Left Front...

Left hypocrisy exposed in Kerala

The Kerala Left Front government’s decision to allow its DGP to initiate criminal proceedings against the Pradesh Congress Committee president and order a CBI...

Left hypocrisy exposed in Kerala

The Kerala Left Front government’s decision to allow its DGP to initiate criminal proceedings against the Pradesh Congress Committee president and order a CBI...

Left hypocrisy exposed in Kerala

The Kerala Left Front government’s decision to allow its DGP to initiate criminal proceedings against the Pradesh Congress Committee president and order a CBI...

Sabarimala turmoil continues to haunt CPM

The party has now decided to take part in religious festivals and temple activities. New Delhi: It may be coincidental, but the Kerala CPM chose...

Left makes merry amid Kerala financial crisis

A representative has been appointed to coordinate with Centre on state’s affairs. New Delhi: Kerala, which is in the throes of another natural disaster that...

Kerala Left not keen to reinstate IPS officer Thomas

Another political slugfest in offing as BJP may pitch in for suspended senior police officer. New Delhi: In yet another embarrassment to the Left Front...

Kerala CPI leader justifies police action on party cadre

Congress and three CPI MLAs condemned the growing police violence in the state. New Delhi: The endorsement that “If our police beat us up, what...

Kerala CM now says his police helped RSS during Sabarimala stir

According to reports, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that some police officers passed on vital information regarding the force’s plan of action to RSS...

Opposition vanishes in Kerala, people suffer

CPM has found out that ‘people are to blame’ for its defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. New Delhi: It may sound harsh, but the...

Fifth custody death casts shadow on Kerala police

Rajkumar, 49, allegedly died due to police torture late last week. New Delhi: Barely a year after the custodial death of 26-year-old Sreejith, arrested on...

After poll drubbing, controversies haunt CPM in Kerala

What is disturbing is that the more the party tries to distance itself from murder politics, the more its cadre gets involved in it....

With Kerala on radar, PM visits Guruvayur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kerala, ostensibly to pray at the famous Guruvayur Sri Krishna temple in central Thrissur district, days after his...

With Kerala on radar, PM visits Guruvayur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kerala, ostensibly to pray at the famous Guruvayur Sri Krishna temple in central Thrissur district, days after his...

With Kerala on radar, PM visits Guruvayur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kerala, ostensibly to pray at the famous Guruvayur Sri Krishna temple in central Thrissur district, days after his...

Extinct: CPM in Kerala may go the Bengal way

The CPM state leadership under Pinarayi Vijayan—for Kodiyeri is just a titular head of the party—is blissfully unaware how the party has been alienated...

Stalin survives the Modi wave, for now

AIADMK can win 2021 state polls only by solving river-sharing and NEET issues. New Delhi: Cyclones and tsunamis are nothing new to Tamil Nadu. The...

Kerala’s ‘no’ to Modi is a warning to CPM

Instead of going for either BJP or LDF, Kerala sees Congress as trustworthy. New Delhi: Kerala has done it once again, disagreeing to agree with...

Tamil Nadu to remain regional to the core

Here, it’s a battle between AIADMK, DMK, MNM and AMMK. New Delhi: On 18 April, for the first time in 40 years, Tamil Nadu voted...

RSS working to consolidate likely poll gains in Kerala

BJP pins its hopes on the crowd it pulled during its ‘Save Sabarimala’ campaign. New Delhi: Even as the Congress and the CPM trade charges...

Women, minority vote will tilt balance in Kerala

For first time Kerala witnesses a triangular fight among UDF, LDF and NDA. New Delhi: Kerala is on the edge. This is perhaps the first...

Fight for survival in Dravidian battlefield

Tamil Nadu for the first time went to polls without M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa in almost five decades. When Tamil Nadu voted on 18...

Fight for survival in Dravidian battlefield

Tamil Nadu for the first time went to polls without M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa in almost five decades. When Tamil Nadu voted on 18...

Fight for survival in Dravidian battlefield

Tamil Nadu for the first time went to polls without M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa in almost five decades. When Tamil Nadu voted on 18...

Survey bells toll for LDF in Kerala

CPM was hoping for double digit figures in Kerala. New Delhi: The ruling Left Front in Kerala is fighting a three-pronged battle this Lok Sabha...

Wayanad: Rahul effect confined to Kerala

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s “southern outreach” by contesting from Wayanad is unlikely to bring any dividends other than in Kerala where the...

Congress may have to pay for wayanad impasse

Kerala is yet to sight Rahul Gandhi on its political horizon. New Delhi: Who is stopping Congress president Rahul Gandhi contesting from Kerala or rather...

CPM struggles to defend last frontier Kerala

Party has tried to put its best foot forward this time. New Delhi: Cutting across party lines, winnability seems to be the key mantra that...

Sabarimala set to dominate Kerala campaign

New Delhi: The Sabarimala clouds are once again gathering over Kerala’s political horizon. Not that the cloud had faded away completely, but the intensity...

BJP falls back on RSS ideologue, hopes to reap Sabarimala benefits

Thiruvananthapuram had a fair share of the Sabarimala agitation. Many political pundits think that the fallout of the Sabarimala agitation may swing the majority...

Testing times ahead for orphaned Dravidian parties

The role of newcomers adds suspense to the political drama in Tamil Nadu. New Delhi: In the absence of two stalwarts, J. Jayalalithaa and M....

20 murders in 1,000 days in Kerala

Murder of two Youth Congress workers coincided with completion of 1,000 days of Left Front government. New Delhi: It is an irony that the murder...

Violence feared in Kerala as Sabarimala reopens

Since the SC has not given a fresh order and its earlier ruling stays, many Hindu bodies are planning to revive their Save Sabarimala...

Lady IPS shifted for raiding CPM office in Kerala

Chaitra Teresa John has been cleared of violating any rules, yet the CPM is insisting on disciplinary action against her. New Delhi: Is CPM above...

Jittery over devotee votes, CPM woos Kerala minorities

NEW DELHI: Sensing a likely erosion in its Hindu vote bank in the wake of more than three months of the Sabarimala imbroglio, the...

Fake or mistake? Row over Kerala’s Sabarimala women devotees’ list

When media contacted a few whose mobile numbers were on the list, they said they were above the age of 50 and hence naturally...

Post Sabarimala, leadership problem hobbles Kerala BJP

NEW DELHI: Now that Sabarimala is more or less peaceful and the Mandala puja period coming to an end this week, the focus will...

Entry of two women to Sabarimala is no solution to the problem

The right of ordinary women to have a peaceful darshan of Lord Ayyappa remains elusive. There seems to be a deeper political conspiracy to...

Sabarimala: Wall vs Jyothi fight is all about politics

The women’s wall will be totally a CPM show of strength in Kerala before the general elections. ‘Ayyappa Jyothi’ is BJP’s political answer to...

Sabarimala: Wall vs Jyothi fight is all about politics

The women’s wall will be totally a CPM show of strength in Kerala before the general elections. ‘Ayyappa Jyothi’ is BJP’s political answer to...

Sabarimala: Wall vs Jyothi fight is all about politics

The women’s wall will be totally a CPM show of strength in Kerala before the general elections. ‘Ayyappa Jyothi’ is BJP’s political answer to...

BJP’s Sabarimala agitation is fizzling out

The leadership is finding it hard to keep the issue alive in the wake of normalcy in and around Sabarimala. NEW DELHI: It is...

Left’s Wall of Women to counter Congress, BJP

TheLDF government has decided to bring one million women on to the streets of Kerala on 1 January, from Kasaragod to state capital. Even two...

Woman member fails to get justice from CPM in Kerala

Suspension of Sasi for six months from party is being seen as face-saving measure. The Kerala CPM’s suspension of a senior party MLA for six...

Entry of women no more the issue in Sabarimala

The state BJP now says that its agitation is not against entry of women, but against the communist government. Even as four women moved the...

Sabarimala: TDB will move court on a non-existent time frame

Over 700 women are seeking permission to visit the temple. A day before she landed at Kochi airport on a chartered flight wanting to...

From deluge to Lord Ayyappa, LDF staves off Opposition

If the floods united the state to fight nature’s fury, the right of women’s entry into Sabarimala has divided the state, both to the...

Left, Right keep Sabarimala pot boiling for political gains

Amit Shah immediately after the first phase of the Sabarimala agitation, threatened to ‘pull down’ the LDF government in the state. With the BJP’s rathyatra...

Disqualification upheld, Tamil politics back on centre-stage

The development paves the way for byelections and a new dawn in Tamil politics even as new players like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan wait...

Ayyappa devotees, LDF government square off in Kerala

Amid the growing shadow of politics over the right of young women to enter the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala, as upheld by the highest...

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