Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 14 -- The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) on Saturday swept elections to the rural and urban local bodies in Kerala that are seen as a bellwether for the upcoming assembly polls, even as the BJP won its first municipal corporation in the state in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as a "watershed moment". Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan admitted that the state's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) fell short of its expectations. P13...