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In the name of Ayyappa, devotees take to the streets in god’s own country

Devotees are holding protests in Kerala, even threatening to physically stop women who come to Sabarimala.   Kerala, which is still struggling to recover from the...

Allegations of nepotism, corruption add fizz to Kerala brewery scandal

Water resources in all the districts selected to set up the breweries are depleting fast. Where are they going to get the water needed...

After deluge, it is liquor time in Kerala politics

The Left Front in its 2016 election manifesto had promised to reopen all bars, but reduce availability of liquor in the state.   After a lapse...

Bishop behind bars, what next is the question

Agitating nuns had expressed their concerns regarding delay in bishop’s arrest.   Now that Kerala police have arrested Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun...

CPM shields Kerala MLA, hinders arrest of Jalandhar Bishop

The Left government in Kerala is dragging its feet in the bishop case because it wants to keep its Christian vote share intact by...

Party will probe sexual harassment complaint, not police: Kerala CPM

Brinda Karat, a known champion of women’s rights, did not take up the case since, it is being explained in party circles, that...

Too many hurdles on Kerala’s road to recovery

The Left Front government needs to answer some pertinent questions raised by the Opposition, especially regarding the management of dams during the floods.   Now that...

Post deluge, it is Kerala’s hour of need

On Saturday, Kerala observed Onam, perhaps the dampest and gloomiest ever in the history of the state. This year, instead of bringing happiness and...

Onam turns into a nightmare in Kerala

202 people have died in the past ten days. Lakhs are still marooned and thousands unaccounted await rescue.   As the sky opened up late July,...

Onam turns into a nightmare in Kerala

202 people have died in the past ten days. Lakhs are still marooned and thousands unaccounted await rescue.   As the sky opened up late July,...

Onam turns into a nightmare in Kerala

202 people have died in the past ten days. Lakhs are still marooned and thousands unaccounted await rescue.   As the sky opened up late July,...

Stalin’s task cut out even as superstars turn politicians

Karunanidhi leaves behind a well-structured, organised, cadre-based party.   With the departure of Muthuvel Karunanidhi, it is now time for bit players and artistes aspiring to...

CPM cries ‘federalism’ as Centre bypasses Kerala government to talk to Vayalkilis

What started off as a farmers’ struggle against forcible acquisition of their paddy fields to build a National Highway bypass in Kerala, has now...

Death sentence a blow to Kerala police image

The police has been accused of human rights violations.   A CBI special court delivering capital punishment to two Kerala police officers for the brutal killing...

Death sentence a blow to Kerala police image

The police has been accused of human rights violations.   A CBI special court delivering capital punishment to two Kerala police officers for the brutal killing...

Death sentence a blow to Kerala police image

The police has been accused of human rights violations.   A CBI special court delivering capital punishment to two Kerala police officers for the brutal killing...

PM Modi ‘disappoints’ Alphons-phobic Kerala CM

Why did the Kerala CM and others including the BJP state leadership not think of including Alphons Kannanthanam, in the all-party delegation?   Can a Central...

Kerala Left’s love for Islamist PFI has deep roots

The Left government in Kerala says no to any ban on the Popular Front of India despite CPM’s student activist Abhimanyu’s brutal murder.   It is...

Kerala Left’s love for Islamist PFI has deep roots

The Left government in Kerala says no to any ban on the Popular Front of India despite CPM’s student activist Abhimanyu’s brutal murder.   It is...

Kerala Left’s love for Islamist PFI has deep roots

The Left government in Kerala says no to any ban on the Popular Front of India despite CPM’s student activist Abhimanyu’s brutal murder.   It is...

Shah’s plain-speak sets agenda for warring BJP in Kerala

The fact remains that the state leaders have not capitalised on the central leadership’s initiatives in the state.   BJP national president Amit Shah’s one-day visit...

Malayalam movie industry’s gender politics stands exposed

The chauvinistic face of AMMA came to light when its female members, including the victim,  quit the association in protest against Dileep’s re-induction.   Days after...

‘Slaves’ in police force dare to revolt in Left-ruled Kerala

It took the boldness of a police driver, who was assaulted by the wife and daughter of his superior, to bring to light the...

No Opposition in Kerala, field day for Left Front

A government which came to power with the promise to set everything right has dropped all vigilance cases pertaining to corruption during the last...

No Opposition in Kerala, field day for Left Front

A government which came to power with the promise to set everything right has dropped all vigilance cases pertaining to corruption during the last...

No Opposition in Kerala, field day for Left Front

A government which came to power with the promise to set everything right has dropped all vigilance cases pertaining to corruption during the last...

CPM turns communal, stuns Congress, BJP in Kerala

At the end of counting on Thursday all charges evaporated in thin air with a more aggressive Vijayan berating newspersons for their ‘false campaigns’.   CPM’s...

CPM to lose Kerala bypoll, but no gains for opposition

The party is trying to turn the by-poll into an anti-Modi platform.   The Assembly byelection in Chengannur in Kerala’s Alappuzha district on 28 May, Monday,...

Kannur twin murders: CPM blood is thicker for Kerala Chief Minister

It is time someone told the Marxist Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan that he was no longer the state secretary of the CPM,...

Kannur twin murders: CPM blood is thicker for Kerala Chief Minister

It is time someone told the Marxist Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan that he was no longer the state secretary of the CPM,...

Kannur twin murders: CPM blood is thicker for Kerala Chief Minister

It is time someone told the Marxist Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan that he was no longer the state secretary of the CPM,...

Policing is about politics in Kerala

The intelligence wing has submitted evidences of the police association meetings being used as ‘a platform to discuss politics’, where office bearers at times...

Post tourist’s rape and murder, Kerala minister finds human right commission inhuman

A week after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan charged the human rights commission with “politicising” the death of a 26-year-old in police custody, one...

After 15 days, Kerala CM says rights panel politicising custody death of Sreejith

The cold-blooded murder of Sreejith—father of a three-year-old girl—belonging to Varappuzha in Kochi, on 9 April, has raised questions as to whether the guardians...

Who was responsible for the hartal that stunned Kerala?

Even as the police is in the dark over the instigators behind the hartal, it is somewhat clear that the aim of the hartal-mongers...

Tripura shadow looms as CPM readies for bypoll in Kerala

With the Congress in a shambles in the state, political pundits see a direct fight between the CPM and BJP here, for the first...

CPM gears up to counter renewed struggle by farmers in Kannur

Farmers’ resistance against acquisition of agricultural land has assumed larger connotations, with Congress, Muslim League and AIYF joining hands with BJP. It is not “American...

Another CBI probe makes Kerala CPM see red

In yet another body blow to the Left Front government and CPM, the Kerala High Court this week handed over the investigation into the...

Kerala debates child torture in Attukal temple ritual

The Pongala, a sort of annual offering at the Bhagavathi temple in Attukal, 3 km off Kerala’s state capital Thiruvananthapuram, is perhaps the largest...

Amid political murders, Jayarajan’s grip on Kannur remains firm

Ten days after the gruesome murder of a Youth Congress leader by alleged CPM cadre, yet another all-party peace meeting was enacted in strife-torn...

Congress, BJP slam CPM’s Kerala ‘murder politics’

It is only one-and-a-half months into the New Year, and Kannur in Kerala has kept its date with murder politics. It is now two...

Congress, BJP slam CPM’s Kerala ‘murder politics’

It is only one-and-a-half months into the New Year, and Kannur in Kerala has kept its date with murder politics. It is now two...

Congress, BJP slam CPM’s Kerala ‘murder politics’

It is only one-and-a-half months into the New Year, and Kannur in Kerala has kept its date with murder politics. It is now two...

In Kerala, five-star Marxism marches on

The CPM-led Left Front government in Kerala seems to be courting one controversy after another in quick succession, involving businessmen who have become dear...

In Kerala, five-star Marxism marches on

The CPM-led Left Front government in Kerala seems to be courting one controversy after another in quick succession, involving businessmen who have become dear...

In Kerala, five-star Marxism marches on

The CPM-led Left Front government in Kerala seems to be courting one controversy after another in quick succession, involving businessmen who have become dear...

Godless CPM exerts control over Kerala temples

The Kerala Left Front government’s decision to cut short the tenure of Travancore Devaswom Board president Prayar Gopalakrishnan was largely overshadowed in the wake...

Godless CPM exerts control over Kerala temples

The Kerala Left Front government’s decision to cut short the tenure of Travancore Devaswom Board president Prayar Gopalakrishnan was largely overshadowed in the wake...

Godless CPM exerts control over Kerala temples

The Kerala Left Front government’s decision to cut short the tenure of Travancore Devaswom Board president Prayar Gopalakrishnan was largely overshadowed in the wake...

BJP targets CPM’s double standards in Kerala

The Kerala BJP leadership, which came under severe criticism within the party for its “under performance” in the Vengara byelection, got a shot in...

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