Manoj Viswanathan

Journalist with the New Indian Express

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Congratulations to Shri VD Satheesan Ji on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Keralam. My best wishes for his tenure. The Central Government assures all possible support for the newly formed Keralam Government in fulfilling the aspirations of the people.

@vdsatheesan

[Clash Report @clashreport]

WATCH: Two US Navy F/A-18 fighter jets collided mid-air while performing at an air show in Idaho.

All pilots ejected and were seen descending safely under parachutes.

[santwanabhattacharya @santwana99]

The Congress in Kerala have got in VD Satheesan a leader who has a mind of his own — and the willingness to speak it — but also an affable persona. It’s a rare political mix.

Meanwhile, even if Mallikarjun Kharge eventually moves on from Congress presidency, KC Venugopal remains firmly at the party’s power centre — perhaps more so now than ever.

[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

The defeat of K Surendran and Sobha Surendran has disappointed the BJP state unit and a section of party leaders opine that the chance of the party have grown grim in Manjeshwar and Palakkad.

🔗 https://t.co/r06hJhpoXC

✍️ @Manojexpress

[santwanabhattacharya @santwana99]

Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as West Bengal CM at Brigade Parade Ground. Only five ministers took oath, portfolios yet to be announced:

Khudiram Tudu (Adivasi), Nisith Pramanik (Rajbanshi), Ashoke Kirtania (Matua), Dilip Ghosh and Agnimitra Paul.

Tagore portrait, band music and Bengali cultural iconography marked the ceremony. Makhan Lal Sarkar, reportedly 97 and a compatriot of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, was on the dais.

Caste equations and cultural signalling firmly in place. Suvendu’s first stop: Tagore’s ancestral home, Jorasanko.

[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

47 of the Congress’ 63 elected MLAs, including KPCC president Sunny Joseph, proposed KC Venugopal's name as the next Kerala chief minister.

🔗https://t.co/CLGQ7E6uWI

✍️@kssreejithkumar, 📸@bpdeepu_TNIE

[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

Though the BJP leadership gave a virtual free hand to the Twenty20 party to select the 21 seats it wanted to contest, failed to rise to expectations, @Manojexpress writes.

#BJP #Twenty20 #Kerala

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[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

The decline in vote share has triggered a debate within the BJP with a section of leaders blaming the party leadership and Thrissur MP Suresh Gopi for not delivering any major project to the district.

🔗https://t.co/HpuraXEX42

✍️@Manojexpress

[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

While celebrating a historic achievement in Kerala’s political landscape by getting three representatives in the state assembly, the BJP state leadership is worried over the inability to raise its vote share.

🔗https://t.co/ACbzEAg1TC

✍️ @Manojexpress

[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

The UDF wave has made caste equations irrelevant. The NSS and SNDP Yogam, which traditionally dictate terms to parties during elections, had no role this time, @Manojexpress writes.

#UDF #Congress #Kerala

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[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

The UDF wave has made caste equations irrelevant. The NSS and SNDP, which traditionally dictate terms to parties during elections, had no role this time.

🔗 https://t.co/U9A396mpYj

✍️ @Manojexpress

[santwanabhattacharya @santwana99]

Stunning results all round — not entirely unexpected for those reading the tea leaves, and listening to people, not politicians.

When I visited Chennai in March for the TNIE conclave, it was already evident that Vijaya was emerging as the pied piper. A quick tour in and around the city made it clear — young people, from students to professionals, were eager to volunteer their choice and their intention to vote for V.

#TNAssemblyResults #Fivestatepolls

[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

TNIE speaks to Y Mohammed Anwar, deputy forest conservator and state nodal officer of the Snake Awareness, Rescue, and Protection App (SARPA), about the reasons behind the rise in snakebite deaths.

#YMuhammadAnwar #Snakes #Kerala
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[The New Indian Express @NewIndianXpress]

. @PrabhuChawla's Column | May 4 will not definitively resolve which explanation holds. But it will provide the evidentiary foundation for a more honest public reckoning with the question than India has so far managed.

#ExitPolls that shroud their ownership, conjure their caste calculus and engineer elastic ranges pollute democratic discourse.

India’s elections—vast, volatile and vulnerable—are among the most intricate exercises in modern democracy. They unfold not in studios but in sun-scorched streets and rain-lashed rural routes, where voters queue with a patience that puts punditry to shame.

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[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

Good morning! This is today's #ExpressFrontPage from #Kerala

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@santwana99 @MSKiranPrakash @PaulCithara @NewIndianXpress

[Manoj Viswanathan @Manojexpress]

India's fish production rises 3% in 2025; Kerala's oil sardine catch jumps 13% to decadal high |
@NewIndianXpress
@xpresskerala
@ICAR_CMFRI
@IndiaFishing
@MPEDACOCHIN
@SEAIorgin
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[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

Kudamattam held in connection with Thrissur Pooram was reduced to just 15 minutes this time due to the accident at the fireworks manufacturing unit of the Thiruvambady Devaswom at Muthathikode.

@NewIndianXpress video by @sanesh_TNIE

#ThrissurPooram #Thrissur #Kerala

[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

The total storage in KSEB dams stood at 31% on Saturday which is sufficient to generate only 1303.5 million units of power. This is the lowest storage recorded during the past five years.

🔗https://t.co/8NaUfqXhg0

✍️@Manojexpress

[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

Sanalkumar M V, 37, of Pallipoyil in Kannur, who collapsed while working in the sun and admitted to a private hospital on Wednesday, died on Thursday morning.

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✍️@Manojexpress

[TNIE Kerala @xpresskerala]

With maximum temperature in Palakkad crossing 41 degrees Celsius and the mercury inching closer to 40 degrees Celsius in two stations, conditions similar to a heatwave are prevailing in the state.

🔗https://t.co/QAVsEayQZV

✍️@shainu007 & @Manojexpress