Kerala Assembly Elections 2016
Cries of 'azadi' find echo in Pattambi“Abhivadyangal, abhivadyangal, nooru chuvappan abhivadyangal,” this slogan itself was enough for Kanhaiya Kumar to get all fired up and deliver a speech that lasted over half-an-hour at the campaign Union minister of state for tourism Dr Mahesh Sharma on Friday said the Prime Minister’s Office and BJP national leadership will soon clarify on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks comparing the - Pinarayi, Chandy wrestle on Facebook over Kerala’s development
A day before public campaigning ends, warring leaders of Kerala found time to debate the state’s development. CPM leader Pinarayi Vijayan responded to chief minister Oommen Chandy’s challenge to In a setback to chief minister Oommen Chandy ahead of the impending assembly election, the second additional sessions judge in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday rejected his plea to restrain opposition - Peoples' verdict will be absolutely in UDF's favour: Veerendrakumar
The peoples' mandate in Kerala in the May 16 assembly elections will be absolutely in favour of the ruling United Democratic Front due to its development initiatives, according to Janata Dal (United) - JNU test, poll dates clash; students irate
For many Kerala students who want to study in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) the May 16 elections couldn't have been timed worse. The polls are clashing with the JNU entrance examinations. - Meet the man who treasures manifestos
Mangalam Gopinath, a 79-year old from Manjeri in Malappuram district, has amassed a collection of manifestos, including those the Congress published during the 1937 provincial elections. He still - 13 days, 64 rallies: No sweat, says 92-year-old VS
Communist veteran VS Achuthanandan has been campaigning tirelessly, with no signs of fatigue. But the BJP claims that in his own Palakkad constituency, he is only a visitor who comes every five years - Techies pick Pinarayi over Achuthanandan as CM, 91.5% to cast vote
Most employees in Technopark will be casting their votes this election as per a survey conducted by Technoparktoday, an online portal based in Technopark. Around 60.2% techies said that the LDF will - Akshaya to enable webcasting in 140 booths
To prevent any untoward incidents in Ernakulam district, the Election Commission (EC) has taken precautionary measures at 226 sensitive polling stations and 29 critical polling booths. Among these, - Strict action would be initiated against code violators, says Ernakulam district collector M G Rajamanickam
The public campaign of candidates contesting in the upcoming assembly polls will end at 6pm on Saturday.Ernakulam district collector M G Rajamanickam said that strict legal action would be initiated - Poll effect: District reports surge in RTI inquiries
After the declaration of assembly polls, there has been a surge in RTI applications in the district. From March 2016, the administration has received nearly 350 RTI applications. This is at least - Campaign to end at 6pm on Saturday in Kerala
- Special provision for senior citizens in Kerala
Nasim Zaidi, Chief Election Commissioner of India, in response to the letter of Justice Cyriac Joseph, Member, NHRC (dated 6th May, 2016), regarding the difficulties faced by the senior citizens in - Modi's Somalia statements were misinterpreted, says Parrikar
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar said that prime minister Narendra Modi had compared Kerala’s Attappadi with Somalia and his statements regarding Somlia were misinterpreted here. - 70 transsexuals to cast vote from Thiruvananthapuram district
Around 70 transgender people will cast their votes for assembly elections from Thiruvananthapuram district. This is for the first time transgender people were included in voters' list. - ‘Somalia’ connect kicks up a Bihari DNA-like row
The ‘Somalia remark’ controversy triggered by chief minister Oommen Chandy’s open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has snowballed into a major row with more leaders joining the issue and the CM Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “misquoted” and targeted for something “he never said,” Union minister for urban development M Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday. aidu was referring to Modi’s reported - BJP will end politics of appeasement, says Amit Shah
Addressing party workers at the election convention in Muthalakkulam in Kozhikide on Thursday, he said if voted to power, BJP would put an end to the politics of appeasement practiced by both the Even as the Election Commission is trying to ensure participation of all voters in the polls, around 1,000 students in Kerala may have to forgo voting on May 16. Otherwise, they will have to dump - No wave visible in south, but LDF has the edge
When Kerala chose UDF in 2011, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kollam stayed with the LDF. Thiruvananthapuram, as before, chose to go with the winner and gave the UDF a two-seat majority. As campaigns - Somalia comparison is unfair, says Gujarati community
Gujaratis, who have been residing in the state for a long time, said that it is unfair to compare the condition of scheduled tribes in Kerala with Somalia. - Not the first time a comparison with Africa has rattled Keralites
Juxtaposing one human development index of the tribal population of Kerala to that of Somalia has snowballed into a major controversy, but it's not for the first time that a comparison of a - Kodiyeri blames CM, ministers for Modi's Somalia jibe
While pointing at the 'public backlash' against the BJP after PM Modi's Somalia jibe, CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan blamed chief minister Oommen Chandy, his cabinet colleagues and other - Infant deaths have come down in Kerala, claims government report
Experts said that PM Narendra Modi's comparison of tribal areas in Kerala with povertystricken Somalia is unfair and contrary to facts. - Mulling legal action against PM Modi: Chandy
Escalating his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his controversial comparison of Kerala with Somalia, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday said the state government is considering
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