Kerala Assembly Elections 2016
Kasturi report adds to marriage woes
The Idukki diocese claimed that wedding bells were rarely heard in 94 churches these days as apprehensions over the Kasturirangan report have hit the marriage market. The Idukki diocese claimed that Mathew Kunchirakkat from Perinchamkuty, who does cultivation in four acres, has been a resident for over 60 years. But he lacks pattayam (title deed) for the land and banks are reluctant to sanction - What we need is informed debate, says Gadgil
- Playing with fear in Idukki
In Kerala, paranoia can win you votes and end political careers. Parliamentarian Joice George of the LDF had the last laugh a year ago after whipping up fears that the Kasturirangan report would ruin - Sonia gives it back to PM, LDF hardly gets a mention
Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched her election campaign in Kerala on Monday with a blistering attack on the Narendra Modi government’s divisive and anti-poor policies, and said a vote for UDF - Sonia Gandhi launches poll campaign, attacks Modi regime, LDF
- 'You can't take away my love for India': Sonia hits back at PM Modi
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a blistering attack at Sonia Gandhi, the Congress president has hit back. "India is my home. It is here that I will breathe my last. It is here that - Catch words and slogans steal election show
- Police on a poster war against Maoists
In a bid to counter the propaganda of Maoists, police in Malappuram and Wayanad districts have come up with posters with images of Maoist atrocities in other states, including violence against - New voters will prove decisive in UDF bastion
The summer sun was burning high though it was just 10 in the morning. Congress candidate and MLA from Paravur constituency in Ernakulam, V D Satheesan, who was perspiring in the heat, took a teabreak - Modi's image decreasing day by day, says Gowda
Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image was "diminishing" each day. He asserted that the NDA's failure in the Assembly polls in Delhi and Bihar The Samastha Kerala Jam-Iyyathul Ulema has not exerted pressure on IUML against fielding women in the upcoming election, the organization’s general secretary, K Alikkutty Musaliyar, has said. - Don’t turn Kerala into another Gujarat, Antony tells Modi
The emergence of BJP is a threat to the secular fabric of the state, senior Congress leader and former defence minister A K Antony said on Sunday. Asserting his belief that BJP won’t “open its - Poll code violation by BJP goes unnoticed
The model code of conduct went for a toss during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the capital on Sunday when BJP activists adorned the city footpaths with party flags. The party flags were - CPM responsible for BJP’s growth, says Chandy
CPM is the single reason for the present growth of BJP in Kerala, said chief minister Oommen Chandy. In a Facebook post, the chief minister said that the analysis of the vote share in two - State's finance position sound, says Chandy
Chief minister Oommen Chandy has denied reports that the state is facing a financial problem."There is no financial crunch and on March 31, the state had a surplus of Rs 1,643 crore," said Chandy , in The UDF has intensified its campaign activities with the launch of its multimedia vans that depict the government’s achievements, on Sunday. The vans also display answers to the allegations against The Kozhikode rural police are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to preventing untoward incidents during the assembly polls. Besides taking steps to prevent political violence, cops in the rural - Blood sport claimed his limbs, not hope
There is an indifferent smile on his face as he straps the prosthetic legs. He had lost the real ones 22 years ago, hacked by former ‘comrades-inarms’ in the CPM, who were seeking retribution for the - ‘Left still doesn’t understand markets’
The concepts put forward by LDF for the economic development of Kerala are Utopian, said economist B A Prakash, formerly the chairman of the state finance commission. After examining the growth - Thomas Isaac bats for inclusive growth, gender justice and environment protection
Former finance minister T M Thomas Isaac does not resort to hyperboles while campaigning in his constituency, Alappuzha. He speaks about a new economic agenda with ‘sustainable growth’, which he feels - Why Kerala cuts a sorry figure on jobs
- PM says Kerala's mantra should be development
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed three well-attended election meetings in north, south and south-central Kerala, where he exhorted voters to see through the "adjustment politics" - Don't just change regimes, think of future: PM to Kerala voters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the people of Kerala to think of their future and not just change regimes, as he continued his tirade against ruling UDF and the LDF saying both have failed to - Biju Ramesh might face disqualification
AIADMK candidate in Thiruvananthapuram and the whistleblower in the bar bribery scam Biju Ramesh might face disqualification from the election. - 'Poll squad' flees with Rs 1.94 lakh
Nadakkavu police have registered a case and begun probe after a three-member gang allegedly fled with Rs 1.94 lakh by posing as officials of an election squad.
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