The State government plans to borrow ₹1,55,584.48 crore during 2024-25 and the outstanding debt as on March 31, 2025 will be ₹8,33,361.80 crore, according to T.N. Budget for 2024-25
Congress reliance on old Mandal politics has thrown up irritants for INDIA
It has been 20 years since the pathbreaking free Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) initiative began in India, and it has lessons for other public health programmes
There is internal churning in both BJP and Congress over ticket distribution
Water deficit worsens other adverse events for the poor
Asymmetric fiscal rules require wider discussion and debate, as Kerala has highlighted
Pinarayi urges public to avoid visits to the beaches in view of the alert
Though Alappuzha is known as the cradle of the Communist movement in Kerala, it has elected Congress candidates eight times in the last 12 elections since 1977. In the 2019 polls, it was the CPI(M)‘s saving grace amid the ruins all around. Now, Congress is staking its claim with a heavyweight in the form of K.C. Venugopal, the AICC general secretary. The NDA will look to raise its vote share through Shobha Surendran
In the Malappuram constituency, the candidates from the major fronts - LDF, UDF and NDA, are linked to each other in different ways. But it is unlikely to affect their attempts to score a political point here
Scientists collecting data in the Arctic already face an uphill battle, with the unforgiving weather and polar bears that sometimes accidentally destroy instruments. But lack of data because of war is an additional, and exacerbating, variable
Despite the hike in airfares a large expatriate population from the GCC countries are likely to be in the State ahead of the polling date. Candidates or their poll managers too visit the Gulf region to garner NRKs’ support. As per EC figures, there are 88,000 expatriate voters from Kerala. A vast majority are yet to apply for their suffrage
The checkposts also have two high-powered Automatic Number-Plate Recognition cameras
President of the Dravidar Kazhagam, K. Veeramani, stresses the need to vote out the BJP government. He says that in 2014, there was a hope among the youth that Modi will bring about a change, but now unemployment and inflation have soared
President of the Dravidar Kazhagam, K. Veeramani, stresses the need to vote out the BJP government. He says that in 2014, there was a hope among the youth that Modi will bring about a change, but now unemployment and inflation have soared
Each investigation relating to big industrial houses and major multinational corporations must be initiated only after the approval of the Principal Commissioner, say new guidelines.
Speeches of various top leaders elicit a range of emotions among the crowd, often resulting in jeering, sloganeering and the occasional laughs
However, the people of the country are peace loving and they will never support such politics, according to Lakshmi Hebbalkar
Prabhakaran, and PLOTE leader Uma Maheswaran were locked in a gunfight in May 1982. This was the first time Prabhakaran’s identity came to be known to the world. Until then, Sri Lankan authorities were looking for him with a passport-size photo taken when he was 15
