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  Chandy ministry sails into fourth year

  Politics | May 18, 2014 14:00 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress-led UDF Government led by Oommen Chandy today stepped into its fourth year, resolving to go ahead with its “development and welfare” agenda after doing well in the Lok Sabha elections.  The UDF

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  Congress reaching consensus on re-opening 418 Kerala bars?

  Politics | April 29, 2014 11:34 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: With Congress' Kerala unit president V.M.Sudheeran seemingly softening his stand against renewing the annual license to 418 bars, it appears that a consensus on this issue is likely to emerge when the issue will

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  A third of Mizoram votes

  Politics | April 11, 2014 13:25 IST

  Aizawl: Nearly a third of the electorate cast their ballot Friday in the first three hours in the lone Lok Sabha constituency and a by-poll for an assembly seat in Mizoram, officials here said.Balloting for

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  Mizoram goes to the polls Friday

  Politics | April 10, 2014 15:46 IST

  Aizawl: Balloting for the lone Lok Sabha constituency and a by-poll for an assembly seat in Mizoram will be held Friday, after it was postponed due to a three-day shutdown and boycott call by NGOs

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  Antony blasts BJP's stand on J & K

  Politics | April 08, 2014 13:42 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Holding that BJP's manifesto revealed its “communal agenda”, Congress leader and Defence Minister A K Antony today said the saffron party's stand on special status to Jammu and Kashmir was a matter of serious

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  Historic setback awaits Congress in LS polls: CPI(M)

  Politics | March 31, 2014 11:56 IST

  Kozhikode (Ker): CPI(M) today said a “historic setback” awaits Congress in the coming Lok Sabha polls and the number of seats it bags would plummet to two digit mark.“A historic setback is awaiting Congress in

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  Seasoned politician Chacko and Malayalam actor Innocent battle it out in Chalakudy

  Politics | March 22, 2014 14:24 IST

  Kochi: It is likely to be a cakewalk for senior Congress politician P C Chacko in the April 10 polls from Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency, where he is pitted against Malayalam film actor Innocent, the

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  After Lok Sabha polls, LDF will vanish: Congress

  Politics | March 20, 2014 12:49 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: With no anti-incumbency factor visible in Kerala, the problem-ridden LDF, a coalition of Opposition parties in the southern state, will vanish after the polls, a senior state Congress minister said Thursday.Addressing reporters here at

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  Shashi Tharoor's assest comes to around Rs 23 crore

  Politics | March 19, 2014 12:43 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, who is seeking reelection to Lok Sabha in the April 10 polls, has declared a total assest of about Rs 23 crore.Tharoor, who filed nomination papers from Thiruvananthapuram, said in

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  Leaders plunge into campaign in Kerala

  Politics | March 17, 2014 14:02 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: With the voting for Lok Sabha just three weeks away, leaders of ruling Congress-led UDF and opposition LDF have plunged into campaign in Kerala, which gives 20 members to the lower house of Parliament.Though

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  Confident Chandy blames media, pooh poohs solar scam

  Politics | March 17, 2014 10:05 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: With general elections only weeks away, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has tried to give a clean chit to himself in the Rs.70 million solar scam, even as he slammed the media in the

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  UDF will face defeat in LS polls: Vijayan

  Politics | February 25, 2014 19:55 IST

  Kozhikode: CPI(M) State Secretary, Pinarayi Vijayan today claimed that the ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) will face total defeat in the coming parliament election in the Kerala.Speaking to reporters at the nearby Nadapuram in

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  Solar scam: UDF seeks central forces to face LDF 'Siege'

  Politics | August 09, 2013 13:40 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9: Gearing up to tackle the indefinite siege of the government secretariat by the opposition LDF over solar scam, the Congress-led UDF Government in Kerala has requisitioned paramilitary forces to face the massive

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  No BJP, CPI-M Secret Pact In Kerala, Says Sushma

  Politics | April 05, 2011 16:40 IST

  Kozhikode, Apr 5: Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today refuted the Congress charge as ‘baseless' her party had not fielded a candidate against Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan in the April 13 assembly elections as

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  CPI(M) Playing Drama To Bluff People: UDF

  Politics | March 18, 2011 17:37 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 18:  Congress-led UDF in Kerala today termed CPI(M)'s decision to go to polls under Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan reversing its earlier decision not to field him as a "drama" plotted and enacted

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  LDF, UDF In Kerala Scramble For Seat Sharing Parleys

  Politics | March 03, 2011 12:18 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram,Mar 3: As Kerala is set to go for assembly polls on April 13,the ruling CPI (M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF have to race against time as they are yet to finalise the seat-sharing