Binu Karunakaran

3 weeks ago | thenewsminute.com | Haritha John |Binu Karunakaran

The large traditional house in Anakallu in Avinisserry panchayat where VR Krishnan Ezhuthachan, Gandhian and freedom fighter once lived, is quiet now. The late Congress veteran's home had been a meeting place for Kerala's political leaders during the Independence struggle—a place where key decisions of the movement were taken . A recent attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) state unit to outdo the Congress party by celebrating his legacy was widely seen as a move to appropriate his legacy.

2 months ago | thenewsminute.com | Haritha John |Binu Karunakaran

The strongest endorsement for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) Bill, commonly known as the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, came from the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), the regional body under the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI).

2 months ago | thenewsminute.com | Azeefa Fathima |Binu Karunakaran

India’s police force continues to suffer from severe staffing gaps, reveals the India Justice Report (IJR) 2025. As of January 2023, there is a 23% national shortfall, with 28% vacancies among officers and 21% among constables. Despite over 33,000 new posts created between 2022 and 2023, actual recruitment has not kept pace, revealing a persistent gap in filling key positions.

Mar 26, 2025 | thenewsminute.com | Haritha John |Binu Karunakaran

The Bharatiya Janata Party's choice of Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a technocrat and entrepreneur, as Kerala's state unit president represents more than a routine leadership change. A calculated multi-layered political gambit, Rajeev Chandrasekhar's elevation reveals the BJP's desire to speed up the process of altering the state's political landscape, which remains resistant to its ideological narrative.

Mar 16, 2025 | thenewsminute.com | Haritha John |Binu Karunakaran

Shemeena was the only person who survived the murderous assault by her son AR Affan who killed five people in Kerala’s Venjaramoodu in Thiruvananthapuram. Affan brought down the hammer he used to clobber others on her mother too yet she told the police and the court that injuries were from a fall. On the evening of February 24, at around 6:15 pm, Affan walked into the Venjaramoodu police station and confessed to killing six people, believing his mother was also dead.