THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: NDA’s thumping performance in the elections to the corporation council has placed it firmly on the threshold of power, with independent councillors and the postponed Vizhinjam ward election emerging as decisive factors in shaping the final balance. The BJP-led NDA won 50 of the 101 wards, falling just one short of an absolute majority, while the LDF was re...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Last year’s IFFK had focused on women in cinema, and this year too, the female presence seems strong. Auteurs in the ‘fairer of the sex’ seem to be in considerable number in most categories.

Two films from the Indian stock, which were shown on the second and third days of the festival, have turned heads for the evocative narratives centred around wom...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The local body election results in Nedumangad have once again shown the municipality’s reputation as a Left bastion. By winning 29 of the 42 wards, the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) not only retained power but also improved its tally from the previous polls.

CPM leader and outgoing chairperson C S Sreeja attributed the LDF’s im...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The LDF is set to return to power at the Neyyattinkara municipal council. It won 25 seats in the just-concluded local body polls, seven more than in the previous term.

Meanwhile, the UDF and the NDA suffered setbacks, losing five and two sitting seats, respectively, and gaining none.

Two independent candidates too registered vi...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday said the NDA’s strong performance in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation elections reflected public acceptance of the party’s development agenda and a clear rejection of the LDF’s governance in the state capital.

“This result clearly shows that people have accepted the BJP’s development vision. The ...