'His eyes reach every person in the state'

'If Pinarayi Vijayan gets another term, Kerala will be a state where everybody has a house.' IMAGE: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Photograph: PTI Photo "Kerala has faced five calamities......

BJP in Kerala promises to protect Sabarimala traditions

The Bharatiya Janata Party lined up several promises, including a legislation to protect traditions of the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala and a law against "love jihad", while assuring employment for......

Pinarayi Vijayan: The CM as crisis manager

The Kerala chief minister's four years in office may well be remembered for the way he handled Cyclone Ockhi, two floods, Nipah, and now COVID-19, reports Shine Jacob. It was May 28, 2016, when......

Is Modi sarkaar wary of being politically unpopular?

The government appears wary of taking decisions that might have an adverse political reaction, opines A K Bhattacharya The next general election is more than three and a half years away. Yet, the......

The Kerala minister who's fighting for states in GST Council

Thomas Isaac has been in and out of the national news in his role as Kerala’s finance minister since 2018 for various path-breaking tax initiatives. But it is 2020 that he has become more......

Debt exposure remains a big risk for infra king Gautam Adani

Unlike RIL, the Adani group has not yet brought in any big stakeholders to refinance debt or expand. Recently, the SB Adani Family Trust, representing the promoters, announced that it was pledging......

India to see mall space addition of more than 65 million square feet by 2022

Almost all the big mall developers/investors - such as Raheja-owned Inorbit Malls, Xander-APG joint venture Virtuous Retail South Asia (VRSA), property developer Prestige Estates Projects, and......

Cash-strapped Kerala proposes 'fat tax' on junk food

In a bid to discourage junk food culture, a 14.5 per cent 'fat tax' will be levied on  burgers, pizzas and pasta served in restaurants. A 14.5 per cent 'fat tax' on burgers, pizzas and other......