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Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Satheesan accuses Pinarayi of being an RSS agent
Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly posts photographs of veteran CPI(M) leaders, including EMS Namboodiripad, alongside BJP pioneers like L.K. Advani. He was responding to the Chief Minister asking about the “deal”, which “compelled” him to “genuflect” in front of Golwalkar’s photograph at an RSS event in Paravur in 2006
‘Prathichaya’ movie review: Not even a whitewash can contemporise this old-fashioned political thriller
Even as the Nivin Pauly starrer ‘Prathichaya’ tackles the complex game of image-making in politics, it often feels like the movie stuck in the past, delivering predictable twists and one-dimensional characters

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: CM dares Satheesan to explain latter’s deal with RSS
Pinarayi Vijayan posts a 2006 photograph showing the Leader of the Opposition lighting a lamp in front of a picture of Hindutva ideologue M.S. Golwalkar
ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute develops electronic starch indicator for cassava
The device enables farmers and stakeholders to determine starch content quickly and accurately through a two-step process

Kerala polls: CPI(M) leader K.K. Shailaja confident of winning from Peravoor, considered a Congress bastion
Banking on a mix of development promises, the veteran CPI(M) leader in Kerala says past administrative experience and what she terms as ‘growing dissatisfaction’ over lack of major initiatives in the constituency in the past 15 years would help her to win the election against the incumbent UDF MLA
Website to track interventions made by MLAs in Kerala Assembly launched
MLATrack.com tracks the interventions made by the MLAs in the State from 2021 to 2026.

Kerala polls: Expelled IUML leader Irshad booked over ‘misogynistic’ remarks against CPI(M) legislator U. Prathibha
Alex Varghese, District Collector and Election Officer of Alappuzha, conducted a preliminary inquiry into a complaint from the CPI(M) mandalam committee and found a prima facie violation of Model Code of Conduct regarding the remarks

Kerala Assembly polls: SDPI pulls out of Manjeswaram contest, easing vote-split concerns for UDF
SDPI’s withdrawal of its candidate comes days after criticism that the party’s presence in the fray could divide votes and indirectly aid BJP

Major fire breaks out at oil recycling firm in Kerala’s Edayar; 1 killed
Victim identified as a Bihar native. The blaze is believed to have originated from a thermic fluid heater

Kerala polls: Pinarayi Vijayan slams Rahul Gandhi, Congress for ‘aiding BJP to come to power in various States’
Pinarayi Vijayan alleges that Rahul Gandhi, ‘though a national leader of Congress, does not even match up to local leaders of his party in terms of his competence to comprehend various issues’

Kerala cyber police file case against X over ‘defamatory’ AI video on PM, ECI
Case registered against an X account too

Malayalam actor-director E.A. Rajendran dies at 71
Rajendran was the brother-in-law of actor Mukesh and the son-in-law of noted theatre director O. Madhavan

Welfare and distress: On the run-up to the Kerala Assembly election 2026
The Opposition is trying to undermine the LDF’s development pitch
Barça Academy to make its debut in Kerala with training camp in Kochi
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Kerala Assembly Polls 2026: AIDWA leader P.K. Sreemathi seeks action against IUML leader for ‘misogynistic’ remarks
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Election squad seizes 1,650 metres of banned plastic flex materials in Kochi
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Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Repeat contest in Kothamangalam as Antony takes on Shibu again
Even as human-wildlife conflict and farmers’ issues dominate the constituency, the position of Church groups, particularly the Jacobite Syrian Christian denomination, could be a decisive factor

POCSO survivors forced to approach authorities repeatedly to get compensation: panel
Child rights panel report calls for interventions at government level to find funds for paying victim compensation
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Campaigning heats up in Thrikkakara as candidates woo voters
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