The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar while CPM-led LDF has fielded CPI leader Pannyan Raveendran from the constituency, who had won it in 2005.
Members of various political groups, including the Muslim Students Federation, the All India Mahila Congress and the Indian Youth Congress protested near the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
The city police have made a significant breakthrough in the case of the abduction of a two-year-old girl child. The accused, identified as Hassan Kutty or Kabeer, was arrested on Sunday in Kollam city, an official said.
Soon after the BJP's announcement of his candidature from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the Lok Sabha polls, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar on Saturday said that he was honoured and happy.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 1: A state-of-the-art robotic surgery unit has been installed at KIMSHEALTH Trivandrum for knee replacement surgery. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP, unveiled the Robotic Surgery Unit and the KIMSHEALTH Center for Robotic Joint Replacement.
"I don't think the BJP is going to win a single seat in Kerala. Their strongest performance has always been in Thiruvananthapuram, where they came twice. I am not expecting that they will be anything better than that this time around either. Everywhere else, we have strong candidates," Tharo
Referring to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as "crown prince", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday claimed that the Left front wanted the "yuvraj" (prince) to be ousted from Wayanad in Kerala.
Addressing a gathering in at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, the PM said that Indian astronaut will land on the surface of the moon on our own rocket.