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‘Controversy is surprising’: After Congress criticism, Shashi Tharoor stands by his newspaper oped

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor defended his opinion piece on Kerala’s industrial growth after facing criticism from his own party.

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Following ECI complaint, NBDSA issues warning to News18 India for communal tone in Ram Navami coverage

Acting on a complaint forwarded by the Election Commission of India, the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority issued a warning to News18 India for giving a communal colour to a programme on comments made by various political leaders on the occasion of Ram Navami last year.

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Malayalam cinema’s reckoning: The Hema report and its aftermath, five months later

2024 was an eventful year for Malayalam cinema, during which its best and worst facets became the centre of a nationwide discussion. All the talk in the first half of the year was about the brilliance of movies like Aavesham, Manjummel Boys, Premalu, and Bramayugam.

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Kerala journalists protest after TV reporter ‘threatened’ by BJP’s Suresh Gopi

Union Minister of State and BJP leader Suresh Gopi is once again under fire, following another clash with the media that has sparked widespread criticism and protests by the journalism fraternity.

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Farewell, comrade: Sitaram Yechury was committed to making the Left responsive to political tides

Amidst the many ways that one can look back at the life of Sitaram Yechury, the most characteristic aspect of his political presence was the link between the core of the institutional Left with the impulse of India’s mainstream national politics. He never let his standing and depth – as…

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Meet Kashmir’s only Left candidate: Yousuf Tarigami on Art 370, PSA and youth struggles

Kulgam is preparing for its first assembly election in 10 years, and CPIM leader Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami is vying for his fifth consecutive term, this time as the consensus candidate from Kulgam for the INDIA alliance.

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Political leaders express grief over Sitaram Yechury's death

After CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury passed away due to a prolonged illness on Thursday, political leaders from different sections expressed their grief over the loss of the communist leader. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Powertrip: Kerala govt’s film industry dilemma, who will bag AIADMK’s poll strategy contract

The fallout from the Hema Committee report continues to unfold, with new perpetrators being named everyday. While the en masse resignation of the leadership of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists might have solved one headache, the Kerala government seems to have another, more problematic issue to deal with. Two…

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‘Can Modi stop my tractor?’: Rajasthan CPIM MP on farmers, Modi, INDIA bloc

“Earlier, farmers’ tractors were not allowed to enter Delhi. Now Amra Ram is taking his tractor to the parliament. Let Modiji stop it.”

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‘End Gaza genocide’: Delhi students, activists demand Indian govt halt arms supply to Israel

At about 10:45 am on Saturday, under the scorching sun, hundreds of students and activists with Palestinian flags and slogans of “ceasefire now” crowded Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in solidarity with Palestine and to protest the “war crimes” unfolding in Gaza.

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‘No one is serious about us’: In Jangal Mahal, the Kurmis may dent BJP’s chances

“We have done everything from blocking trains in Jangal Mahal to protesting in Delhi. Nothing has happened so far. Everyone is ignoring our demand for ST status.”

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‘Why should we vote?’ India’s jute workers blame politicians for woes

Jute, a major Indian export, is in a crisis. The vote of millions of industry workers in Bengal state is up for grabs.

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Doordarshan and AIR censor opposition leaders, but Modi gets a pass

Yesterday, The Indian Express reported that CPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury and All India Forward Bloc leader G Devarajan were asked by public broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio to drop the phrases “communal authoritarian regime”, “Muslim”, and “draconian laws” from their speeches during broadcast time allotted to them.

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India’s lost decade: How LGBTQIA+ rights fared under BJP, and what manifestos promise

In the past 10 years, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led union government has “hardly impacted our lives”, queer persons in India say when asked about a decade of governance under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Corruption woes and CPIM-Congress alliance: The TMC’s hard road in Murshidabad

“Nobody fulfils what we deserve as citizens. All political parties only give false promises,” said Mohammad Siraj, 60, sitting at a tea stall in Sarangpur village in Murshidabad’s Domkal. “There is no employment, no industry, nothing. Elections come and go but nobody does anything.”

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‘Mass political campaign to defame Kerala’: Minister KN Balagopal

The state of Kerala and the CPIM government have been under fire for some time with various accusations floating around.

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Another Election Show: In Kochi, BJP is enemy #1, but should CPIM or Congress lead the charge?

Pinarayi Vijayan is curiously “untouched” by central agencies. Rahul Gandhi’s grandmother had jailed leaders during the Emergency when she “suppressed the entire country”.

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What’s Your Ism? D Raja on communists, caste, Buddha

D Raja, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India, says a communist revolution is not possible in India by only focussing on economic concerns.

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Five nominations rejected in Kozhikode district

Rejection of dummy candidates in Kozhikode Lok Sabha polls, leaving 13 candidates in Kozhikode and 11 in Vadakara.

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‘Defeat TDP, JSP and YSRCP in A.P., and NDA at Centre’

Left parties aim to remove BJP-led NDA government, urging people to support secular and democratic forces in Andhra Pradesh.

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Bike rally, signature campaign organised in support of Anganwadi workers

A bike rally was organised, under the aegis of CITU, from Jagadamba junction to the hunger strike camp via RTC Complex, in support of Anganwadi workers.

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‘To cover protests is no crime’: Editors Guild condemns Kerala police’s FIR against journalist

The Editors Guild of India said yesterday it was “deeply disturbed” by the registration of an FIR against a Kerala journalist for reporting on a students’ protest.

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‘He has Sita and Ram in his name’: Media badgers Yechury after CPIM’s Ram Temple miss

Hours after CPIM’s Politburo member Brinda Karat clarified that no leader from her party will attend the Ram Temple inauguration, a section of the media badgered her party colleague Sitaram Yechury for comments.

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Unravelling the friction between CPIM and Kerala’s major media houses

Malayalam news anchor Hashmi Taj Ibrahim, known for his passionate delivery of opinions on his show Encounter, unleashed a powerful monologue in defence of his colleague Vineetha VG, recently named in a bizarre case.

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Purchasing of tabs is a scam of ₹2,500 crore: CPI-M

CPI-M alleges misuse of ₹1200 crore of public funds to purchase tabs with Byju's content.

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