Vishnu Varma is Assistant Editor and reports from Kerala for the Hindustan Times. He has 10 years of experience writing for print and digital platforms and has worked at The New York Times, NDTV and The Indian Express in the past. He specialises in longform reportage at the intersections of politics, crime, social commentary and environment.
Articles by Vishnu Varma
Kerala Cong launches protest against policies of LDF, Centre
Apart from public meetings, Sudhakaran and Satheesan will also interact with people from all sections of the society to understand the pulse on the ground, party leaders said
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 07:56 AM IST
Inside the Centre vs states battle over funds
The entire Karnataka cabinet and Congress party MLAs staged a protest at Jantar Mantar, and the Kerala cabinet will host a protest at the same venue.
Updated on Feb 08, 2024 08:14 AM IST
Kerala HC dismisses request for CBI probe in doctor murder case
The Kerala high court dismissed the writ petition filed by the parents of Vandana Das, a doctor who was stabbed to death by a man in May last year
Updated on Feb 07, 2024 10:02 AM IST
CPI (M) leader’s son obstructed Goa governor convoy, alleges BJP
BJP in Kerala demanded that a case be registered against the son of CPI (M) leader for allegedly creating an obstruction in the convoy of Goa governor PS Sreedharan Pillai
Updated on Feb 07, 2024 09:46 AM IST
Kerala: ABVP, KSU seek action against professor over comment about Godse
Protests were staged by the ABVP and KSU at the NIT campus in Kozhikode, demanding action against a professor who praised Nathuram Godse on Facebook.
Updated on Feb 06, 2024 09:08 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kerala tables budget, focus on investments
Some of the important announcements in the budget include a hike in minimum support price of rubber from ₹170 to ₹180 per kg
Updated on Feb 06, 2024 08:16 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
The bloody trail of retaliatory political murders in Kerala
15 men were sentenced to death for killing a BJP leader, drawing attention to Kerala's scourge: 125 such killings have been committed between 2006 and 2021
Updated on Feb 05, 2024 09:23 PM IST
Lyricist hits out at Kerala Sahitya Akademi for ‘insulting’ him over state anthem
A war of words broke out on Sunday between veteran lyricist-director Sreekumaran Thampi and Kerala Sahitya Akademi over the penning of ‘Kerala ganam’
Updated on Feb 05, 2024 09:10 AM IST
Central agency to probe firm linked to Kerala CM’s daughter
A federal investigating agency under the ministry of corporate affairs, SFIO is mandated to probe serious corporate fraud cases
Updated on Feb 02, 2024 08:24 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Former Kerala govt pleader accused of raping client surrenders before police
The former senior advocate faces charges of raping the woman who had approached him for legal aid in connection with a 2018 sexual harassment case in which she is the survivor.
Updated on Jan 31, 2024 03:20 PM IST
15 from PFI get death for killing Kerala BJP leader
A Kerala court has sentenced 15 members of the extremist outfit PFI to death for the murder of a BJP leader in December 2021.
Updated on Jan 31, 2024 01:44 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Heated scenes in Kerala assembly as Oppn walks out over pension, health care issues
Opposition staged a walkout from the Kerala assembly over issues of delay in pension disbursal and lack of essential medicines at government hospitals
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 09:44 AM IST
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Governor’s claim about SFI attack bid a lie: CPI(M)
CPI(M) Kerala secretary MV Govindan underlined that the party has not discussed whether to ask for the recall of the Governor in the light of Saturday’s events
Updated on Jan 29, 2024 08:12 AM IST
Line between religion, state getting thinner: Kerala CM
On the day the idol of Ram Lalla was unveiled at the temple in Ayodhya, several temples in Kerala witnessed special poojas, offerings and recitation of bhajans.
Updated on Jan 23, 2024 01:51 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Why is the LDF planning a mega protest in Delhi against the Centre?
The Left Democratic Front has planned a large-scale protest in Delhi on February 8 to address grievances and alleged neglect by the Centre towards Kerala
Published on Jan 20, 2024 07:39 PM IST
Modi launches projects in Kerala, visits temple
Speaking to around 6,000 BJP in charges of shakti kendras, composed of booth workers, Modi told the cadre to identify beneficiaries of central government schemes and talk to their families
Updated on Jan 18, 2024 06:28 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
PM Modi offers prayers at two temples in Kerala
PM Modi inaugurated shipping projects at Willingdon Island in Kochi and addressed a meeting before flying back to Delhi
Published on Jan 17, 2024 12:43 PM IST
KS Chithra, slammed for urging people to chant Ram hymns, gets support from BJP
KS Chithra was seen in a brief video circulated on social media platforms in which she requested people to chant 'Sri Rama, Jaya Rama, Jaya Jaya Rama' mantra.
Updated on Jan 16, 2024 09:59 PM IST
Writer’s remark on ‘worship of leaders’ triggers row in Kerala
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Congress are sparring over remarks made by writer MT Vasudevan Nair at a literature festival in Kerala. Nair criticized the "ritualistic worship" of political leaders in power, prompting speculation that his comments were aimed at the chief minister. Nair clarified that his objective was not to criticize anyone. The controversy continues, with different interpretations of his remarks from political leaders. The chief minister has not responded.
Updated on Jan 13, 2024 09:32 AM IST
Masala Bonds: A hot issue between the ED and a former Kerala FM
The ED has told the Kerala HC that it is investigating whether proceeds from the Masala Bonds have been invested in real estate or other prohibited activities
Updated on Jan 12, 2024 07:16 PM IST
Kerala professor’s palm chopping: Accused used fake name, moved places
Officials aware of the investigation said that the accused was working as a carpenter in Beram.
Updated on Jan 12, 2024 04:10 AM IST
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NIA arrests key accused in Kerala professor’s palm chopping case
Savad is the key and last absconding accused in a 2010 case wherein a Malayalam professor’s palm was chopped off by members of now-banned PFI in Kerala.
Updated on Jan 11, 2024 03:34 AM IST
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Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail to Suresh Gopi in woman journalist’s case
The BJP leader was booked in October 2023 based on the woman journalist’s complaint that he touched her inappropriately during a press briefing
Published on Jan 08, 2024 03:10 PM IST
Week after joining BJP, Kerala Orthodox Syrian Church priest removed from posts
Fr Shaiju Kurian, who served as secretary of the Nilackal diocese of the Church, and 47 Christian families had taken membership of the BJP on December 30 in the presence of Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan at a party function in Pathanamthitta.
Updated on Jan 06, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kerala guv gives assent to ordinance to amend GST law
The 50th GST Council meeting had fixed 28% GST on gambling at casinos, horse racing and online gambling stipulating that the tax will be levied on the face value of the bet
Updated on Jan 06, 2024 08:46 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kerala: 78-yr-old Vijayan govt critic back in spotlight after PM Modi’s event
The 78-year-old woman first came into spotlight for her rustic language against the chief minister and the state government in November last year
Updated on Jan 05, 2024 08:00 AM IST
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Kerala: Beneficiaries bear the brunt as housing scheme moves at snail’s pace
According to the scheme’s provisions, each instalment of the total fund is released based on the real-time construction of the house
Updated on Jan 02, 2024 07:48 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Omalloor
Kerala brings initiative to ease digital access to govt services in state
K-SMART has been developed by the Information Kerala Mission (IKM) and uses several advanced technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), chatbot
Updated on Dec 31, 2023 11:06 PM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Manipur strife casts shadow on BJP’s Christian outreach bid in Kerala
In the months following the outbreak of ethnic clashes in Manipur, the BJP and the central government faced harsh criticism from top leaders of various Church denominations in Kerala
Updated on Dec 30, 2023 08:20 AM IST
Kerala Muslim body’s mouthpiece questions Cong stand on attending Ram temple event
The editorial in Suprabhatham, mouthpiece of the EK faction of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (SAMASTHA), attacked the Congress for its alleged soft-Hindutva stance
Updated on Dec 28, 2023 06:58 AM IST