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#TNIEInterview | "BJP won’t get any seat this time either. They have grown a bit, but won’t get any seat." In an interaction with TNIE, Kerala CM @pinarayivijayan lashes out at Congress for facilitating BJP’s victory in several states, rejects UDF’s allegation of a covert CPM-BJP deal, and asserts the saffron party will not bag any seat in Kerala this time either. 🔗newindianexpress.com/states/… @xpresskerala @CPIMKerala #KeralaElections2026 @CMOKerala

The wait is over! Here’s the fiction shortlist for the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman. Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, Tales from the Dawn-Lit Mountains by Subi Taba and The Girl with the Seven Lives by Vikas Swarup are the three contenders here. Winners of the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman will be announced in Chennai on January 2, 2026. Stay tuned for more stories, more voices, more literature coming your way! #RamnathGoenkaSahithyaSamman #IndianLiterature #Books #Authors #TheNewIndianExpress @SubiTaba @VikasSwarup @BanuMushtaq @santwana99 @etteth

#Jury’s Out Author, Diplomat and jury chair of Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman Pavan Varma talks about 2025 shortlist. Winners of the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman to be announced in Chennai on January 2, 2026. Stay tuned for more stories, more voices, more literature coming your way! #RamnathGoenkaSahithyaSamman #IndianLiterature #Books #Authors #TheNewIndianExpress @PavanK_Varma @santwana99 @etteth

Jury’s Out Editor, The New Indian Express Group & RNG Sahithya Samman Jury member Santwana Bhattacharya talks about 2025 shortlist. Winners of the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman to be announced in Chennai on January 2, 2026. Stay tuned for more stories, more voices, more literature coming your way! #RamnathGoenkaSahithyaSamman #IndianLiterature #Books #Authors #TheNewIndianExpress @santwana99 @etteth

Jury’s Out Author, Economist and Jury Member of Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman, Sanjeev Sanyal on the 2025 shortlist. Winners of the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman to be announced in Chennai on January 2, 2026. Stay tuned for more stories, more voices, more literature coming your way! #RamnathGoenkaSahithyaSamman #IndianLiterature #Books #Authors #TheNewIndianExpress @sanjeevsanyal @santwana99 @etteth

#Starspeak David Davidar (Author & Co-founder, Aleph) shares his insights on the Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman where literature meets legacy. Winners of the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman to be announced in Chennai on January 2, 2026. Stay tuned for more stories, more voices, more literature coming your way! #RamnathGoenkaSahithyaSamman #IndianLiterature #Books #Authors #TheNewIndianExpress @santwana99 @etteth

Who will win the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman for non-fiction this year? The World After Gaza by Pankaj Mishra, Mujib’s Blunders: The Powers and The Plot Behind His Killing by Manash Ghosh, The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve by Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa and Fallen City: A Double Murder, Political Insanity, and Delhi’s Descent from Grace by Sudeep Chakravarti are the four contenders here. Winners of the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman will be announced in Chennai on January 2, 2026. Stay tuned for more stories, more voices, more literature coming your way! #RamnathGoenkaSahithyaSamman #IndianLiterature #Books #Authors #TheNewIndianExpress @santwana99 @etteth @juggernautbooks @niyogibooks @speakingtiger14

The Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman, a tribute to the spirit of fearless journalism and timeless literature, is here. This honour carries forward the legacy of our founder, #RamnathGoenka, a pioneer who redefined Indian journalism. Watch this space for more.

From the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha to Bollywood’s leading men, the tribe of ‘big brothers’ for stray dogs is growing. The backlash came from all quarters in both bark and bite. Dog parents and animal lovers have not been at rest since the Supreme Court’s directive on Monday to remove all stray dogs from Delhi-NCR and place them in shelters within eight weeks. For animal lovers, there is no north-south divide. From actor Varun Dhawan to popular playback singer in the south, Chinmayi Sripaada, to Indian comic actors such as Vir Das, all have also come out strongly against the relocation order, using their social media accounts to call it a “death sentence for all dogs”. @PGhoshTNIE newindianexpress.com/nation/…

#TNIEexclusive | With the Modi government completing 11 years, Home Minister @AmitShah highlights the big reforms, rebuts claims of bias in tax devolution to the South, talks of why BJP will win big in the 2026 state elections, and insists SIR will do good in an interview with TNIE Editor @santwana99, Chief of National Bureau @jayanthjacob, and Senior Assistant Editor @hajipurrajesh. @BJP4India @narendramodi @AmitShahOffice newindianexpress.com/nation/…

It's 50 years since the dark age of the #Emergency dawned on Indian politics. On a day when Indian democracy was taken to ransom, Kerala too put up a strong resistance. 'Emergency in Arabian Sea!' was a slogan raised across the length and breadth of Kerala during those days. Tens of thousands were arrested, illegally detained, imprisoned and brutally tortured. Millennials and Gen Z may find it hard to even fathom the extent of subjugation that Emergency inflicted upon political Kerala. Even as debates and social media currently rant over political affiliations during the Emergency - whether the Communists joined hands with the Saffronites or not - the quivering tales of torture often go unheard. @anilsanilan✍️ 🔗newindianexpress.com/web-onl… #EmergencyIndia1975 @pinarayivijayan @xpresskerala