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Pinarayi Vijayan and VS Achuthanandan.

Kerala polls: LDF to have lean cabinet with only 19 ministers

Of the 19 ministers, CPI(M) will have 12, CPI four, Janata Dal(S), NCP and Cong(S) one each.

22 May 2016 9:21 PM IST

Kerala Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan after casting vote at a polling booth during the Assembly elections at Ambalappuzha in Alappuzha, Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Will continue to fight till last breath, says VS Achuthanandan

Achuthanandan, who was described as 'warhorse' and 'Kerala's Fidel Castro' by Sitaram Yechury, had spearheaded the LDF's...

22 May 2016 5:05 PM IST

CPI (M) alleged that some RSS-BJP workers came in a vehicle and hurled a bomb at Pinarayi in Dharmadam assembly segment from where CPI-M politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan won (Photo: AP/ Representational Image)

Cong warns CPI(M), BJP of 'dire consequences' over post-poll violence

As many as 142 small and big incidents of political violence had been reported in the last three days soon after the...

22 May 2016 3:17 PM IST

Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)

Amit Shah slams LDF over party worker's murder

'This act by supporters of the ruling Left violates the democratic spirit,' said Shah.

21 May 2016 3:08 PM IST

Will continue as sentinel of Kerala people: Achuthanandan

Will continue as sentinel of Kerala people: Achuthanandan

Achutanandan evaded questions on whether he was sidelined.

21 May 2016 2:31 PM IST

Kerala chief minister-designate Pinarayi Vijayan reaches the Thiruvananthapuram railway station with his supporters on Friday morning. (Photo: Peethambaran Payyeri)

From weaver to Kerala CM, Pinarayi Vijayan has seen it all

People close to him see him as the CEO, swift and stern in administration.

21 May 2016 11:10 AM IST

LDF workers celebrate their victory in Assembly elections in Wayanad, Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Kerala Assembly to have 8 women MLAs; no woman member in Opposition

Lone woman MLA in previous govt, P K Jayalakshmi, failed to make it to the state Assembly this time.

20 May 2016 2:20 PM IST

LDF leader Pinarayi Vijayan celebrates partys victory in Assembly elections in Kannur

P Vijayan chosen over Achuthanandan as Kerala's new chief minister

72-year-old Vijayan is the only politburo member who has been elected to the Assembly this time.

20 May 2016 1:12 PM IST

Corruption cases, sleaze associated with the government contributing to the spike in corruption index, proved costly for the UDF. (Photo: DC/ Arunchandra Bose)

With 1 seat, BJP opens account in Kerala

The ruling UDF suffered big losses in its strongholds including minority pocket boroughs.

20 May 2016 1:48 AM IST

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy (Photo: PTI)

Chandy accepts blame for UDF loss in Kerala, calls verdict unexpected

The Congress leader said he as the UDF chairman has more responsibility in its defeat in the elections.

19 May 2016 7:23 PM IST

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (Photo: PTI)

UDF failed to change perception of people on corruption, says Tharoor

-"The government clearly did not do enough to overcome the media speculation about the scandals,-" said Tharoor.

19 May 2016 7:22 PM IST

The LDFs victory continues a trend of no party winning reelection in Kerala for the last four decades. The biggest gainer however, was the BJP.

LDF decimates scandal-ridden UDF in Kerala; BJP makes historic entry

The LDF stormed to power as the corruption and sleaze scandals, the entry of BJP and anti-incumbency all went against...

19 May 2016 7:21 PM IST