BJP sets its sights on community votes in Kerala
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/bjp-sets-its-sights-on-community-votes-in-kerala/article68053553.ece
The party has taken a leaf out of the Congress book to build bonhomie with the leadership of the Nair Service Society and the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam. To surpass the psychological threshold of 20% vote share in the State, the party is now deliberately engaging with various denominations of the Church.
Lok Sabha polls: postal vote for polling officials
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/lok-sabha-polls-postal-vote-for-polling-officials/article68062514.ece
Access of memory card in the custody of court “unfair and tragically shocking”: Survivor
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/access-of-memory-card-in-the-custody-of-court-unfair-and-tragically-shocking-survivor/article68061175.ece
In a social-media post, she said that her right to privacy was violated through the multiple changes in hash value of the memory card, indicating unauthorised access, while in the custody of the court.
PDP extends support to LDF in Lok Sabha election
https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/pdp-extends-support-to-ldf-in-lok-sabha-election/article68057887.ece
Party says it decided to align with the Left since it offered the best political alternative to Sangh Parivar and fascism
Congress heaves a sigh of relief as HC upholds K. Babu’s election
https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/congress-heaves-a-sigh-of-relief-as-hc-upholds-k-babus-election/article68054714.ece
Film producer Gandhimathi Balan passes away
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/film-producer-gandhimathi-balan-passes-away/article68049988.ece
Gandhimathi Balan, who entered into film production with Balachandra Menon’s Ithiri Neram Othiri Karyam, was under treatment at a private hospital in the capital
Kerala medical student wins gold medal
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-medical-student-wins-gold-medal/article68047654.ece
Hippopotamus gives birth at Thiruvananthapuram zoo
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/hippo-sita-gives-birth-at-thiruvananthapuram-zoo/article68042875.ece
Lok Sabha elections | The expanding ‘crorepati candidates’ club in Kerala
https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/lok-sabha-elections-the-expanding-crorepati-candidates-club-in-kerala/article68042613.ece
In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, only nine candidates in the State had total assets worth over ₹1 crore each, four of whom were from the Congress party. In 2019, the number of crorepati candidates increased to 45, with BJP nominees topping the list
Interrogate CPI(M) leaders to bring out truth about crude-bomb making: K. Sudhakaran
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/interrogate-cpim-leaders-to-bring-out-truth-about-crude-bomb-making-k-sudhakaran/article68039411.ece
KPCC leader says CPI(M) leaders have “clear knowledge” of the attempts to make crude bombs ahead of the Lok Sabha elections
Lok Sabha polls: nominations of 16 candidates rejected in Thiruvananthapuram district
https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/lok-sabha-polls-nominations-of-16-candidates-rejected-in-thiruvananthapuram-district/article68033692.ece
Thiruvananthapuram constituency currently has 13 candidates and Attingal, seven. The final list of candidates will be published after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations end on April 8.
Excuse teachers from financial burden of school textbook societies: KPSTA
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/excuse-teachers-from-financial-burden-of-school-textbook-societies-kpsta/article68033415.ece
The directive to teachers to remit the price of unsold textbooks for Classes IX and X to the treasury had put them in a tight spot, the KPSTA said.
Sainik School ‘politicisation’: Sivankutty writes to Rajnath Singh
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sainik-school-politicisation-sivankutty-writes-to-rajnath-singh/article68032957.ece
In a letter to the Union Minister, Mr. Sivankutty expressed grave concern over awarding of Sainik School contracts to organisations associated with political affiliations, stating this eroded the independence and openness of the institutions.
In Alathur, farmers call the shots
https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/a-constituency-where-farmers-call-the-shots/article68021938.ece
Spread in Palakkad and Thrissur districts, Alathur was made out Ottapalam Lok Sabha constituency, which had elected former President K.R. Narayanan in 1984, 1989 and 1991.
Railways’ policies lead to face-offs between TTEs and migrant workers on trains from Kerala
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/railways-policies-lead-to-face-offs-between-ttes-and-migrant-workers-on-trains-from-kerala/article68028812.ece
Kerala has 30 lakh migrant workers; hardly 13 trains operate to migrant heartlands; Railways issue an indiscriminate number of waiting list tickets, leading to crowding on trains
BJP should be voted out to protect the Constitution: D. Raja
https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/bjp-should-be-voted-out-to-protect-the-constitution-d-raja/article68068790.ece
Supreme sacrifices were made to gain freedom from colonialism, he says, goes on to add that India needs liberation from BJP-RSS raj, which if continues there will be no democracy
Two arrested for hacking youth at Manaveeyam Veedhi
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/two-arrested-for-hacking-youth-at-manaveeyam-veedhi/article68062185.ece
Actor Sanju Sivram drops in on children at Kilikkoottam summer camp
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/actor-sanju-sivram-drops-in-on-children-at-kilikkoottam-summer-camp/article68058429.ece
Theme of the camp, which began on April 3 and will conclude on May 25, is an ‘India fit for children’
Close to 100 hectares of forest in Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary gutted in fire
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/close-to-100-hectares-of-forest-in-wayanad-wildlife-sanctuary-gutted-in-fire/article68054563.ece
Around 150 persons took six hours to douse the flames
Surging power demand: KSEB to open tenders for additional power supply on Friday
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/surging-power-demand-kseb-to-open-tenders-for-additional-power-supply-on-friday/article68054285.ece
Power utility is seeking 500 MW supply from 6 p.m. to midnight and from midnight to 2 a.m. from April 15 to May 31 and 500 MW round-the-clock from June 1 to June 30
Rajeev Chandrasekhar accuses Shashi Tharoor of defamation, sends legal notice
https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/rajeev-chandrasekhar-accuses-shashi-tharoor-of-defamation-sends-legal-notice/article68049798.ece
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar sends legal notice to Shashi Tharoor for defamatory statements ahead of Lok Sabha elections
Ship carrying six cranes docks at Vizhinjam Port
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ship-carrying-six-cranes-docks-at-vizhinjam-port/article68047537.ece
Reinstate single girl child reservation in Kendriya Vidyalaya: V. Sivankutty
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/reinstate-single-girl-child-reservation-in-kendriya-vidyalaya-v-sivankutty/article68042851.ece
After UDF, LDF too accuses Rajeev Chandrasekhar of misrepresenting facts in poll affidavit
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/after-udf-ldf-too-accuse-rajeev-chandrasekhar-of-misrepresenting-facts-in-poll-affidavit/article68039577.ece
Panur bomb blast opens a new battlefront between CPI(M) and Congress in Vadakara LS constituency
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/panur-bomb-blast-opens-a-new-battlefront-between-cpim-and-congress-in-vadakara-ls-constituency/article68036066.ece
Two-day National Conference on Students’ Medical Research 2024 begins
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/two-day-national-conference-on-students-medical-research-2024-begins/article68033464.ece
The theme of the conference this year is “Breaking barriers for building health; collaborative approaches in public health research”.
Vizhinjam port gets ISPS certification from IMO; commercial operations likely to begin by September
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vizhinjam-port-gets-isps-certification-from-imo-commercial-operations-likely-to-begin-by-september/article68033254.ece
Pannian Raveendran interview | ‘The Left holds pivotal position in serving as a corrective influence’
https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/pannian-raveendran-interview-the-left-holds-pivotal-position-in-serving-as-a-corrective-influence/article68032145.ece
Pannian Raveendran, former Kerala State secretary of CPI, is leading the charge for LDF in an effort to reclaim Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. He discusses the role of the Left in addressing ‘the wrongs of previous governments’ and harnessing potential of Thiruvananthapuram as a metropolis
Debates and questions — how MPs from Kerala performed in Parliament
https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/debates-and-questions-how-mps-from-kerala-performed-in-parliament/article68024046.ece
The MPs from Kerala participated in a total of 1,566 debates on government Bills, Budget and various issues of public interest. The MPs from Kerala were placed fourth in the average number of questions asked in the Lok Sabha in the State-wise analysis
Rajeev Chandrasekhar lodges complaint against Congress leader for circulating morphed image
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/rajeev-chandrasekhar-lodges-complaint-against-congress-leader-for-circulating-morphed-image/article68029001.ece
Congress defrauding the public through criminal conspiracies and misinformation campaigns, says the BJP leader
