Royals oppose Kerala govt's claim on Travancore House in Delhi

As the Left government in Kerala gears up to inaugurate a cultural centre at Travancore House, in the heart of the national capital, on August 4, the Travancore royal family has moved the central......

Justice Lalit delivered key verdicts during 74-day stint as CJI

Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit, the second head of judiciary to be directly elevated to the Supreme Court bench from the Bar, delivered several important verdicts during his brief 74-day......

A Last Christmas for Santha Bakery

December 2022 could be the last Christmas for Santha Bakery, a business drawing its lineage from the first Christmas cake baked in Kerala.Will fortunes change, wonders Shyam G Menon. Photograph:......

Justice Lalit was part of rulings on instant talaq, skin-to-skin contact

Senior-most judge of the Supreme Court Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, who is in line to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), has been part of several landmark judgments including the one which......

Markets end flat amid volatility; Mid-,small-caps shine

  After a rampage in previous session, markets ended on a lacklustre note after swinging between positive and negative terrain amid choppy trades. Although metal and oil stocks witnessed some......

Modi's minimum government, maximum governance will work, here's how

Narendra Modi may discover that his admirable aim of Minimum Government, Maximum Governance would demand deeper institutional change than he bargained for, says Kanika Datta. The promise of Minimum......

Coming soon: Low-cost Kerala Airways

Cochin International Airport Limited, India's first aviation venture owned by the government of Kerala and nearly 10,000 Non-Resident Indian shareholders from about 30 countries, is on the wings of......

Nizhalkuthu is a masterwork

It is the early 1940s; India is on the cusp of Independence.In a remote village in Nagercoil, on the border between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, lives Kaliyappan (Oduvil Unnikrishnan), official......