ONMANORAMA NEWS

Thrithala used to be a CPM bastion, with the party holding the constituency for 20 years untill Congress's V T Balram wrested it in 2011. CPM, in a bid to recapture the constituency has fielded former MP M B Rajesh.

From 1996 to 2016, Congress's Adoor Prakash had been continuously winning from Konni. Making it his personal fort. But things changed in 2019 when CPM's KU Jenish Kumar defeated Congress candidate Mohanraj by nearly 10,000 votes in the bypoll.

It is a triangular contest in Thrissur with the Congress fielding Padmaja, actor Suresh Gopi for the BJP and CPI's Balachandran.

For Babu, whose image got tainted following the bribery charges, this is a prestige battle to wrest the Tripunithura seat from Swaraj.

In this show we look at some some of the key constituencies in Kerala where a very tight battle is expected during the Assembly elections. We begin with the most talked about one – Nemom.

Does the Union Budget take into account the new National Education Policy's various requirements? Onmanorama discusses NEP and budgetary allocation to education with economic expert Benston John

In a discussion with economic expert Benston John, Onmanorama analyses the Union Budget's allocation for agriculture.

Interview with senior business journalist and social critic K P Sethunath on the impact of Union Budget 2020-21 on us.

Let's take a quick look at the key highlights of Nirmala Sitharaman's 2021 budget

A key financial event every year is the Union Budget. However, this year the anticipation is manifold as the country is urgently in need of a booster dose of stimulus measures to revive the economy rattled by the COVID-19 pandemic.