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
Centre’s governance is our campaigns’ backbone: Suresh Gopi
Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in central Kerala is witnessing one of the most fiercely-fought contests in the general elections
Updated on Apr 18, 2024 08:48 AM IST
Crowd-fund campaign raises ₹34 cr to save Kerala man on death row in Saudi
The man, sentenced to death for an accidental killing from 2006, is likely to be pardoned as “blood money” has been raised to save him from the gallows.
Updated on Apr 13, 2024 04:19 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Row erupts after diocese screens ‘The Kerala Story’ for teenagers
The film, directed by Sudipto Sen and released in May last year, tells a story of a group of women from Kerala who get coerced into Islam and are forced to join the terror outfit ISIS
Updated on Apr 09, 2024 08:40 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kejriwal’s arrest by ED holds lesson for Cong, says Vijayan
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal holds a lesson for the Congress nationally as they were the ones who pushed for action against the AAP convener
Updated on Apr 02, 2024 07:24 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kannur
Amid row, Kerala artiste says he shares cordial relations with BJP leader Suresh Gopi
The artiste told reporters on Wednesday that the controversy mentally troubled him and he had no grievances with anyone
Updated on Mar 21, 2024 07:32 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
South push: PM holds roadshow in Kerala’s Palakkad
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a massive roadshow in Palakkad town on Tuesday as part of efforts to give a fillip to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 07:56 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
BJP-ally BDJS names candidates for Lok Sabha polls
The party named its state president Thushar Vellappally as the nominee in Kottayam and Adv Sangeetha Viswanathan in Idukki
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 07:42 AM IST
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Voting in Kerala set to take place on April 26
All 20 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state will see polling on April 26, as part of the second phase of the parliamentary elections
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 07:26 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Dance competition judge accused of graft dies by suicide in Kerala: Police
A purported note has been recovered from the bedroom of the deceased dance teacher in which he claimed innocence in the bribery allegation
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 08:14 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kerala shocker: Skeletal remains exhumed from house in Idukki
The series of events began with the arrest of 31-year-old Nitheesh and 27-year-old Vishnu Vijayan, residents of Kakkatukada,in connection with a robbery.
Updated on Mar 11, 2024 12:00 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Cong fields 14 of 15 incumbent MPs in Kerala for Lok Sabha polls
The Congress on Friday decided to field 14 of its 15 sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) in Kerala for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, including former party president Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad constituency
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 07:38 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Former Kerala CM’s daughter Padmaja joins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls
The 64-year-old leader accepted the BJP membership from the party’s Kerala-in-charge Prakash Javadekar at the party headquarters in Delhi
Updated on Mar 08, 2024 07:34 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kerala declares man-wild conflicts a ‘disaster’
Kerala declares human-wildlife conflict a 'state-specific disaster' after recent fatalities, sets up committees and measures to address issue.
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 07:14 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
‘Very hard for us to move on’: Family of man killed in Israel
Pat Nibin was killed on Monday in an anti-tank missile strike on an orchard in a collective agricultural community at Galilee in northern Israel
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 06:52 AM IST
5 of Kerala family found dead, cops suspect suicide
Family of five found dead in rented accommodation near Pala, Kottayam. Police suspect man killed wife, children, then died by suicide due to financial hardships.
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 06:40 AM IST
Monson Mavunkal fraud case: Kerala Congress chief K Sudhakaran named 2nd accused
The Kerala Police Crime Branch named the senior Congress leader in its charge sheet filed before the Ernakulam Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 03:59 PM IST
Kerala govt begins disbursing salaries, pensions after protests
Finance minister KN Balagopal said the disbursal of salaries and pensions would be completed in the next two to three days
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 07:42 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Cong demands CBI inquiry into Kerala varsity student’s death
The state police, which had initially registered a case of unnatural death, booked 12 students — the number later increased to 18 — for various offences, following the autopsy report and a complaint from the deceased’s family
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 07:20 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Endosulfan victims struggle for justice as Kerala govt changes compensation rule
Endosulfan pesticide poisoning has wrecked the lives of over 6,500 individuals and their families in Kerala's Kasaragod for over two decades
Updated on Feb 22, 2024 03:49 PM IST
Kerala to set up more RRTs, control centres to curb man-animal conflict
Kerala ministers convened a meeting in Wayanad to address human-wildlife conflict, deciding to increase rapid response teams and form a monitoring committee.
Updated on Feb 21, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Impasse over third seat for IUML holds up UDF seat sharing in Kerala
In the recent past, IUML have been pressing for an additional seat to contest in the Lok Sabha elections
Updated on Feb 21, 2024 07:54 AM IST
Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused
The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 accused, including local Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders, and set aside the acquittal of two others by a trial court in the case of the murder of TP Chandrasekharan in May 2012
Updated on Feb 20, 2024 08:50 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Protests erupt in Kerala’s Wayanad over man-animal conflicts
CM Pinarayi Vijayan directed to hold a meeting between ministers of revenue, forest and local body administration in the presence of local representatives and officials at Wayanad collectorate
Updated on Feb 18, 2024 08:06 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kerala Congress factions to battle it out in LS elections in Kottayam
Kochi Kerala Congress (Joseph) names K Francis George as Lok Sabha candidate for Kottayam constituency, setting stage for direct fight with Kerala Congress (Mani).
Updated on Feb 18, 2024 07:56 AM IST
Protests erupt in Wayanad over man-animal conflicts
Protests in Kerala's Wayanad after ecotourism guide killed by elephant. Locals demand solutions to human-animal conflict. Government takes steps to address issue.
Updated on Feb 18, 2024 07:54 AM IST
HC refuses to stay probe into firm of Kerala CM’s daughter
The Income Tax Interim Settlement Board had ruled that CMRL had paid ₹1.72 crore in monthly instalments to Exalogic in a three-year period despite no services being rendered by Veena’s firm
Updated on Feb 17, 2024 07:32 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kerala assembly: Oppn slams govt for essential food subsidy revision
The ruckus erupted on the LDF government’s decision to revise the subsidies of 13 essential items sold through the outlets of Supplyco.
Updated on Feb 16, 2024 02:07 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kerala: Locals protest after tiger spotted in area where elephant killed farmer
The residents of Padamala in Wayanad district of Kerala took out a protest march on Wednesday evening armed with burning torches demanding the capture of a tiger
Updated on Feb 15, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Oppn walks out of House, accusing govt of trying to destroy civil supply corps
The Opposition accused the Kerala government of planning to “euthanize” the state civil supplies corporation (Supplyco) in the state
Updated on Feb 14, 2024 08:18 AM IST
Vishnu Varma, Kochi
Kerala to soon unveil country’s first state-owned OTT platform
C-Space comes at a time when Malayalam cinema is finding resonance in different parts and corners of India and the world thanks to the existing OTT giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime
Updated on Feb 12, 2024 07:42 AM IST