Having finalised the seat-sharing talks, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Monday announced its candidate list for the Kottayam district panchayat divisions. In the 23-member district panchayat, the CPI(M) and the Kerala Congress (M) will contest nine seats each, and CPI in four divisions, while an LDF Independent will contest in the remaining one seat. … Read more
LDF candidates assemble for a photo after the front’s announcement of its 93 candidates for the local body elections in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has announced its list of candidates for the upcoming local body elections in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. Candidates have been declared for 93 … Read more
General Education Minister V. Sivankutty stated that Kerala presented its education policy as a national alternative to counter insidious efforts to saffronise and corporatise education. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Sunday (October 19, 2025) appeared divided over the Kerala Government’s move to sign a Memorandum of Understanding … Read more
P.V. Anvar | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA Independent legislator P.V. Anvar, who acrimoniously broke ranks with the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), has declared Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin as the ideological lodestar of his nascent social organisation. Remarkably, Mr. Anvar’s fledgeling organisation, the Democratic Movement of Kerala … Read more
The Balussery Assembly constituency committee of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Monday took out a jatha in protest against the Centre’s denial of approval for an All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Kinalur in Kozhikode. The State government has identified Kinalur as the location for the AIIMS and acquired around 150 acres land … Read more
With their continued dominance in the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has decided to escalate its recriminatory campaign against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government with an eye on the local body polls in 2025 and beyond. The Opposition showed no sign of resting on its laurels and has … Read more
Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan here on Wednesday slammed the Left Democratic Front government for taking sides with the BJP and pushing the State to an incredibly dire financial situation. In an interaction with the media in Kottayam , Mr.Satheesan pointed out that it was quite astonishing that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan remained silent … Read more
In an apparent counter-attack to the allegations of fielding namesakes of United Democratic Front candidate K.Francis George, the Left Democratic Front on Saturday accused the Congress of striking a deal with the National Democratic Alliance. Addressing the media, Kerala Congress (M) general secretary Stephen George alleged it was K.A. Prasad, Kottayam district president of the … Read more
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan greeting the public at the Navakerala Sadas held in Kozhikode on Saturday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has come down on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre for financially strangling the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala just because it is not subscribing … Read more
The LDF‘s return to power with a thumping margin, spike in Covid-19 infection after the elections, the controversy surrounding self styled antiques dealer Monson Mavunkal which opened a can of worms for the Left government after his arrest and the state facing devastating landslides due to heavy rains were the significant events which Kerala witnessed … Read more