Kerala News
Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
Kerala cyber police book social media activist in Kasaragod over alleged riot call
Read full article...
SC hearing on Sabarimala LIVE: Nine-judge Bench to hear pleas on religious discrimination against women
The Bench has said it would also examine the "scope and extent of judicial review," concerning a religious practice as referred under Article 25 of the Constitution
Sabarimala review: A strict definition of ‘denomination’, ‘essential religious practices’ will compress plural and diverse Hinduism, Centre tells SC
Eight years ago, a majority judgment of September 2018 had rejected ‘Ayyappans’ as a religious denomination and dismissed prohibition on women aged between 10 and 50 years from entering the Sabarimala temple as an essential religious practice
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: K.K. Rema eyes a second term in Vadakara as LDF confident of a comeback
The incumbent MLA is contesting with UDF support again and her LDF rival is veteran socialist leader M.K. Bhaskaran. The NDA nominee is K. Dileep of the BJP
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Comeback, continuity or change? Poonjar faces a three-way test
P.C. George, the seven-time MLA now representing the NDA, is hopeful of putting behind him the backlash he got from the Muslim community in 2021; incumbent MLA Sebastian Kulathungal of the LDF is pitching stability and steady governance; UDF’s M.J. Sebastian is betting big on anti-incumbency
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: From rallies to reels: high-stakes digital face-off for polls
Podcasts seem to be the most sought out tool for campaigning this time. From bigwigs like Pinarayi Vijayan to V.D. Satheesan, many candidates have given podcast interviews ahead of the polls, most of which have earned lakhs of views
Kerala polls: Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan slams LDF government’s progress report
Read full article...
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Health sector achievements and frailties on focus
While the Left hails the achievements of the health sector over the past decade as unprecedented, high out of pocket expenditure, lack of adequate human resources despite improvements in infrastructure, and issues with Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati implementation contest the claim
From myths to language: examining the renaming of Kerala
The Union Government’s recent approval of the proposal to rename Kerala as Keralam prompts a re-examination of the term’s historicity, including its founding legend, the context of the United Kerala Movement, and arguments for the linguistic purity of ‘Keralam’
Trekking misadventures should not be celebrated, say forest officials
As per Section 27 of the Kerala Forest Department Act, trespass into the forest, which also involves deviating from the trekking path, can elicit punishment of up to five years’ imprisonment
Kerala Assembly polls 2026: Open campaigning to end at 6 p.m. today
Read full article...
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: LDF’s bid to retain supremacy in Kozhikode, UDF hopeful of reviving its fortunes
The Congress does not have an MLA in the district for over two decades. The LDF believes it has an edge in at least eight of the 13 constituencies
Kerala Assembly Polls 2026: BJP circulating ‘malicious’ AI-generated video to target candidate: Congress
Read full article...
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: All arrangements in place for safe election, says Collector
Read full article...
Kerala Assembly polls 2026: Rahul Gandhi alleges BJP-Left nexus, claims Pinarayi Vijayan held hostage by Centre
He argued that both Pinarayi Vijayan and Modi were driven by a similar conviction that they alone should govern
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Satheesan should keep his word if UDF fails to secure a decisive mandate, says Sudhakaran
Read full article...
Kerala Assembly Election 2026: Online collective launches portal on Assembly polls
Open Data Kerala presents interesting poll-related data in an easily navigable format
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: UDF candidate Sandeep Varier allegedly assaulted
Read full article...