Congress leader Oommen Chandy, 67, was sworn in as Kerala's 21st chief minister by Governor R.S. Gavai at Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday.This will be Chandy's second stint as the chief minister, after 2

Policy makers of Kerala are apprehensive that the Mullaperiyar dam row with Tamil Nadu may get more fractious now that the AIADMK leader, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, has come to power.

“She is likely be more

The Congress and its allies will wrap up their Cabinet berth discussions here on Tuesday, ahead of the swearing-in of the Chief Minister and ministers on May 18.

The major irritant in ministry making

The first challenge facing the new Congress-led Ministry is the demand to keep “the corrupt and sex racket tainted” out of the Cabinet.

The outgoing Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, on Saturday

West Bengal: Trinamul prepares for ‘inevitable’ win

A few hours from now just could be the beginning of a green revolution in West Bengal.

The Mamata brigade has already started preparing for what

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) seems resigned to losing power in West Bengal and Kerala — after studying reports from its units in the two traditional strongholds. State units of the party have submitted reports to the CPI-M Central leadership even before the sixth and final round of polling ended in West Bengal on Tuesday.

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) seems resigned to losing power in West Bengal and Kerala - after studying reports from its units in the two traditional strongholds.

Reports from Tamil Na

Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has called for a state-wide shutdown on Friday to protest the central government's stand not to clamp a ban on pesticide endosulphan, blamed for many deaths

Kerala has recorded 75.12 per cent voter turn out in the elections for the 140 member state Assembly.

According to the final figures of the Election Commission, Kozhikode district in north Keral

Voters lined up outside polling booths across Tamil Nadu and Keral on  Wednesday as elections to choose a new 234-member assembly began.

Voting is under way across Kerala to elect a 140-member