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Two Christian sects not with BJP

KOCHI, April 24 -- With hardly four days to go for the Lok Sabha election in Kerala, two prominent Christian sects have come out against the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre. On Monday, Joseph Ma... Read More


Thrissur Pooram, mother of festivals, leave a trail of pathos

KOCHI, April 24 -- The decision of the Kerala Government to call off Thrissur Pooram, rated as mother of all festivals, has upset the followers of Sanatana Dharma and believers of temple rituals. The ... Read More


CPM leader DNA remark against Rahul triggers political row

KOCHI, April 24 -- The face off between the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF in Kerala took an ugly turn on Tuesday with a Marxist leader demanding a DNA test of Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the ... Read More


Rajeev Chandrasekhar gets a breather

KOCHI, April 24 -- Attempts by the Congress and the pro-CPI(M) Asianet News channel to derail the electoral fortunes of BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar who is contesting as a candidate from the Thiruvanant... Read More


Kerala poll campaign reaches crescendo

KOCHI, April 22 -- Election campaign for the Lok Sabha poll to be held in Kerala reached a crescendo by Sunday, the last Sunday before the April 26 polling. Unemployment, poverty, farmers and fall in ... Read More


Rahul Gandhi holds on to Wayanad despite speculation

India, April 20 -- Even as the Indian National Congress was burning midnight oil about the Lok Sabha constituency from where Rahul Gandhi would contest this time, The Pioneer has reported that the sci... Read More


The Pioneer reports from Ground Zero

CHENNAI, April 20 -- As polling in the first phase of the general election concluded by Friday 6 pm, Tamil Nadu registered a voter turn-out of 63 .2 per cent till 5 pm, according to the Election Commi... Read More


Five poll officials suspended in Kerala for allowing CPM leader help elderly cast her vote

KOCHI, April 20 -- Enthused and energised by the presence of Prakash Karat, Brinda Karat and Sitaram Yechury, the Big Three of the party, for election campaign in the State, the CPI(M) cadre is on a m... Read More


BJP faces a tough fight in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI, April 19 -- Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry are set to witness one of the toughest electoral battles of recent times as both the State and the UT go to the polls to elect 40 ... Read More


TV channel criticises Modi, Shah; BJP workers upset

KOCHI, April 19 -- Even as the election day is fast approaching in Kerala, the BJP has caught itself in a strange situation as a satellite TV news channel owned and operated by Union Minister Rajeev C... Read More