Kerala Assembly Elections 2016
Kerala polls: Chandy, Chennithala file nominationsA total of 1647 candidates, including chief minister Oommen Chandy, have filed their nominations for 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala for the May 16 assembly polls. - Women rally for a cause, spark row
Social media is witnessing a debate over freedom of women in Islam after a group of girls wearing hijab appeared in the campaign photo of a Welfare Party of India candidate in Ponnani. The debate organized by a television news channel at Chavara turned violent on Thursday, injuring two of the candidates in the constituency – Shibu Baby John (UDF) and Vijayan Pillai (LDF). Supporters - Poll campaign enters phase-II as filing of nominations ends today
The filed papers will be scrutinized on Saturday. The last date for withdrawing nominations is May 2. On Thursday, the election commission received 283 nominations, taking the number of candidates so - NDA to promise total prohibition in five years
According to sources, the NDA manifesto would also promise complete withdrawal of the government from liquor business. The number of outlets currently run by the beverages corporation would be cut - UDF’s liquor policy, Padmaja get Church nod
Giving cheers to the UDF camp, the Thrissur Archdiocese has said that liquor policy will be the key issue in this election and hailed the candidature of Padmaja Venugopal in the Thrissur assembly - Tough battle ahead, says Sudheeran
KPCC President V M Sudheeran on Thursday conceded that the state would witness a tough fight between the UDF and LDF and it is difficult to predict how many seats his front would win. An uneasy calm prevailed in Nadapuram and neighbouring areas on Thursday, a day after five men sustained injuries in an explosion. This incident has given the UDF a reason to highlight its argument of - Kerala CM files defamation suit against VS Achutanandan, complains to EC
He had sought an apology from 93-year-old Achuthanandan for levelling 'blatant and false' charges against him and some of his cabinet colleagues during campaigning or face legal proceedings. This had - EC launches mobile app for Kerala assembly polls
Titled 'e-voter', the app is envisaged to help voters search electoral rolls, locate polling stations, obtain information about candidates and the affidavit filed by them, file complaints and so on. - Wooing the captive crowd: `50 weddings a day & respite from heat'
With elections coinciding with the marriage season in Kerala, candidates have chalked out plans to turn nuptial venues into campaign spots. - Thiruvananthapuram wakes up to a triangular contest
Neither corruption nor devel opment is the debate in this constituency which is the nerve centre of governance.Voters here are more or less indifferent to the campaign issues that are hot topics in - High Road to Perdition
The Consequences Of Substance Abuse And Alcoholism Have Started Impacting Public Health And The Law & Order Situation In Kerala - No meat in anti-liquor promises
Of the numerous promises made by LDF and the UDF in their election manifestoes, the most celebrated is the alcohol policy that they both plan to implement. - No graft talk at Adoor Prakash's poll campaign
It is a fact that he stood against fielding Adoor Prakash again in Konni. But since the party high command finalised his candidature, KPCC president V M Sudheeran seems to have shed his differences - Feuds get a burial as Achuthanandan, Sudheeran bat for `rivals'
Braving the unrelenting summer sun, hundreds of people waited patiently for opposition leader V S Achuthanandan's arrival at the LDF convention at Udayamperoor near here on Wednesday afternoon. - IUML gets caught in Sunni turf war
The continuing turf war between the two Sunni groups over the control of mosques in Malabar has become a major headache for the IUML. - For proletarians, election is secondary
The anchored boats at Ayikkara fishing harbour, with their faded flags, paint a gloomy picture. Fishermen Sugunan K and T Parthivan have just returned from the sea on their small fishing boat as the - Heat wave warning issued in the state
For the first time, Kerala was given a heat wave warning by the India Meteorological department (IMD). It will be clear by Thursday evening whether the state, so far insulated from the condition, had - UDF trains all guns at VS
The UDF leadership, it is learnt, has decided to train their guns on veteran V S Achuthanandan, while going soft on Pinarayi Vijayan. - Kerala elections 2016: 249 more candidates file nominations
As many as 249 candidates filed nominations on Wednesday for the May 16 Assembly polls in Kerala. With this, the total number of nominations filed so far has risen to 629. Palakkad saw the highest - God's own destination, but heading nowhere
Kerala, with its unique mix of ayurveda, backwaters and culture, had been using tourism as a growth engine for the past 30 years.But, now the tourism industry fears that the model has fallen into a - Biju Ramesh promises Amma canteens
AIADMK might not be a major political force in Kerala, but its candidate Biju Ramesh (51) is approaching voters with a promise that he will replicate all the welfare initiatives implemented by the - As campaign peaks, spurt in public display of inter-faith affection
Politicians in the state have never been short of displaying their secular credentials, but it seems this time around candidates are making it a point that they project a picture of inter-religious Law enforcement agencies have stepped up measures to monitor the flow of unaccounted money during election in the state even as probe is on to identify the source and destination of about Rs 2.75 core - PM, ministers to add ammo to NDA's armoury
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