KOTTAYAM: Defence minister Rajnath Singh took a dig at Rahul Gandhi Thursday, saying that after Rahul’s defeat in Amethi in 2019 he does not dare to stand from there this time.While campaigning for BJP‘s Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency candidate Anil Antony in Kerala, Singh said Rahul migrated to Kerala from Uttar Pradesh following his defeat.He…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/THRISSUR/MADURAI: PM Narendra Modi accused CPM on Monday of “looting the poor” and raised corruption charges against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family. He also targeted Congress, saying the “yuvraj” of the grand old party, who could not protect his family’s seat in UP, had come to Kerala to seek votes.In his speech…
KOZHIKODE: The small village of Muthuvallur in Kerala‘s Muslim-majority district of Malappuram has scripted a heart-warming tale of communal harmony over the renovation of a 400-year-old Durga temple, reaffirming in this Ramzan season a centuries-long tradition of Hindu-Muslim generosity centred on places of worship.Muthuvallur Sree Durga Bhagavathy Temple, near Kondotty, stands out as an exemplary…
The RSS has taken a backseat in the Lok Sabha campaign in Kerala this time -it could be due to BJP’s attempt to veil its hard-line Hindutva face in the run-up to the election or the fallout of BJP asserting its political authority over its parent organisation in Kerala too.Not only are saffron flags and…
NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and state Congress leaders on Thursday traded barbs accusing each other of being afraid of the BJP. Vijayan said Congress and IUML flags were not used at Rahul Gandhi‘s road show in Wayanad yesterday as the grand old party was scared of the BJP. This evoked a sharp…
KOZHIKODE: “Unconditional” support offered by Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) to Congress-led UDF in the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala has put the latter in a spot, with both BJP and the governing Left (LDF) accusing it of taking support from extremist groups. SDPI is widely viewed as the political arm of the banned…
KOZHIKODE: “Unconditional” support offered by Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) to Congress-led UDF in the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala has put the latter in a spot, with both BJP and the governing Left (LDF) accusing it of taking support from extremist groups. SDPI is widely viewed as the political arm of the banned…
The irony is probably lost on every stakeholder – an ‘unlucky’ number – 13 – of states allow lotteries, which were back in news after lottery ‘king’ Santiago Martin emerged as the biggest electoral bond buyer.Lotteries vary across states – some are govt-run, some allow private players, they are a local obsession in some, not…
