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Shashi Tharoor interview: 'Vijay might yet be invited to join the INDIA bloc. He’s not being excluded'
May 05, 2026 9:37 pm
Tharoor spoke on the delay in naming the next chief minister, Kerala’s fiscal crisis, and what the mandate means for the INDIA bloc. Edited excerpts of an interview:
Delhi Confidential: Post-poll Plan
May 05, 2026 4:50 am
AS THE early trends indicated the Congress-led UDF would emerge victorious in the Kerala Assembly polls, the party announced a press conference at its Akbar Road office at 5 pm, to be addressed by Congress’s communication department head Jairam Ramesh.
Zero to 3: BJP gains in capital & Kollam, but setbacks elsewhere
May 05, 2026 3:47 am
The BJP’s third seat came from the Chathannoor constituency in nearby Kollam district, where B B Gopakumar’s consistent work at the grassroots level paid rich dividends to the party. Gopakumar had lost the elections at the constituency in 2016 and 2021.
Congress-led UDF sweeps Kerala: ‘An interesting transformation’. Pune's large Kerala community welcomes change
May 05, 2026 12:20 am
Ranjani Prabhakaran said there are certain issues mainly concerning the youth in the state that need to be addressed on priority basis by the new government.
Vijayan-Revanth verbal duel marks end of campaigning for Kerala polls
April 08, 2026 4:49 am
Key faces who will face the electoral test include CM Vijayan, Congress state president Sunny Joseph; LoP Satheesan; former Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala; BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Union Minister George Kurian
‘BJP and LDF are fighting Kerala polls unitedly as Communist Janata Party’: Chandy Oommen
April 05, 2026 4:29 pm
“If Ayyappan’s gold is stolen, will the government treasury be spared? So even Ayyappan would opt for a change in government,” says the Puthupally MLA, on the alleged Sabarimala shrine gold theft case
Kerala's development vs discontent battle: Why Thrithala is emerging as a key test for Vijayan govt
April 05, 2026 11:07 am
Amid CPI(M) MLA M B Rajesh vs Congress ex-MLA V T Balram tussle, many voters don't deny development, but feel the “real issues of unemployment, inflation and farmers’ distress remain unaddressed”
So close, yet so far: Will BJP's K Surendran be fourth-time lucky in Manjeshwar?
April 05, 2026 2:59 pm
Ex-state BJP chief K Surendran came close to winning Manjeshwar in 2016 and 2021 polls, with the seat being the only one this time where BJP and IUML are caught in a direct fight
Comrade vs former comrade: Red feud plays out in a high-stakes Kerala battle
April 04, 2026 9:10 am
The Indian Express visits Ambalapuzha in Alappuzha district to witness how the contest between CPM MLA H Salam and his former party colleague G Sudhakaran, now backed by UDF, is unfolding.
In Kerala fray, LoP Satheesan throws down gauntlet to Vijayan, rides on 'anti-incumbency'
April 04, 2026 6:16 am
Key Congress front-runner in CM race, Satheesan pitches for change, rakes up Sabarimala gold theft case, claims UDF will "create a new Kerala where our children will be safe and our youths will get jobs”
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Elections 2016: From Assam to Kerala, see how poll campaigns unfold
March 25, 2016 8:07 pm
See how political parties are campaigning for the upcoming Assembly election in the states.
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