Oomen Chandy
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Rahul Gandhi chosen to receive Oommen Chandy Public Servant Award
India | Jul 21, 2024, 01:53 PM ISTPinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the concluding ceremony of the Oommen Chandy Leadership Conclave, organised by the Oommen Chandy Foundation, on Friday and said public service had been an integral part of the former chief minister's life.
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Oomen Chandy resigns as Kerala CM
National | May 20, 2016, 12:07 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Oomen Chandy on Friday stepped down as the chief minister of Kerala. Chandy handed over his resignation to Kerala Governor P.Sathasivam. The CPI-M led LDF swept the assembly polls by securing 91 seats
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Oomen Chandy goes down battling graft charges against his government
National | May 19, 2016, 01:57 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: A popular leader, Oommen Chandy’s image failed to redeem the Congress-led UDF after its tenure was tainted by allegations of corruption and sleaze as Kerala continued with the tradition of rotation of parties, giving
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Kerala temple fire: Police detain five people as death toll mounts to 112
India | Apr 11, 2016, 09:51 AM ISTFive people have been detained in connection with the deadly inferno at the Puttingal temple in Kollam district in Kerala.
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Puttingal temple fire: Death toll mounts to 110, PM Modi assures Centre's help
India | Apr 10, 2016, 09:48 PM ISTKollam: At least 106 people feared killed and 350 others reported injured in a massive fire that broke out in Puttingal Devi Temple during a festival at Paravoor in the wee hours today.
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Aden attack: Indian Mother Superior of aid home to be evacuated
World | Mar 06, 2016, 09:58 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The Indian government will shift, out of Yemen, the Indian mother superior of an aid home in Aden where four nuns including were killed and an Indian priest kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on
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KM Mani refuses to resign, threatens to pull out of UDF govt
National | Nov 10, 2015, 05:46 PM ISTThiruananthpuram: Kerala Finance minister K M Mani has refused to step down from the state cabinet despite calls of resignation from ally Congress party following the High Court's observations in the bar bribery case,If forced
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CCTV footage show CISF personnel vandalising airport property
India | Jun 11, 2015, 09:59 PM ISTKOZHIKODE: In a breach of security, a group of CISF personnel, apparently agitated over the death of a colleague in the violence at the Karipur airport here last night, went on the rampage and destroyed
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Corruption remark was not to target anyone: Antony
National | May 18, 2015, 07:21 PM ISTAlappuzha (Kerala): After triggering a political storm in Kerala with his corruption remark, senior Congress leader A K Antony today clarified that it was only a general statement and not intended to target anyone. Talking
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1,900 Indians to be evacuated from Yemen: Chandy
National | Apr 03, 2015, 08:56 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: A total of 1,900 Indians stranded in strife-torn Yemen would be evacuated soon in three aircrafts and two ships, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said.“Two aircrafts of Indian Air Force and one of
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Kerala's National Games medalists to get Govt jobs
Other Sports | Feb 14, 2015, 07:23 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: In a bonanza for athletes who won medals for the state in the just-concluded 35th National Games, Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy today announced that the medallists would be given government jobs besides cash
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Petrol and diesel price could be reduced further: Oomen Chandy
India | Feb 10, 2015, 08:30 AM ISTWayanad: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Monday said that "it was possible" for the BJP-led NDA government to slash the prices of petrol and diesel further as the price of crude oil has "dipped considerably"
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Declare Sabarimala shrine 'national pilgrim Centre': Kerala CM to PM
India | Oct 16, 2014, 09:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Kerala today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the famous hill shrinededicated to Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala as a ‘national pilgrim centre'.A memorandum in this regard was submitted to the Prime Minister
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Liquor, tobacco products now cost more in Kerala
India | Oct 10, 2014, 02:49 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The price of liquor went up in Kerala on Friday after the government, in its bid to enforce total prohibition, imposed an additional 25 percent tax.Also, an eight percent tax hike on tobacco products
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Kerala CM Oommen Chandy opens 'Bhoomigeetham'
India | Sep 02, 2014, 12:38 PM ISTKochi: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated ‘Bhoomigeetham' on Sunday, a musical programme organised by the state government to collect extra funds for the ‘Zero landless' scheme which aims to provide land for the landless
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UDF, media abuzz over Chandy's proposed cabinet re-jig
National | Jul 19, 2014, 07:08 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The Congress-led UDF and the media are again abuzz over Kerala's proposed cabinet re-jig since Speaker G. Karthikeyan expressed his desire Friday to step down to return to active politics.Chandy had set the ball
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Oomen Chandy meets Swaraj, seeks steps to evacuate nurses from Iraq
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy today met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj seeking an effective action to evacuate 46 nurses, majority of them from Kerala, from the ISIS-controlled Tikrit town in war-torn Iraq.During
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Not averse to idea of PM's offices in states: Chandy
National | May 28, 2014, 04:20 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said he was not averse to the idea of setting up Prime Minister's offices at state level mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi."It is a new idea of
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Solar scam: Kerala CM Chandy gets clean chit from HC
National | Oct 11, 2013, 02:34 PM ISTKochi: In a major relief to Chief Minister Oomen Chandy, the Kerala HC has given him a clean chit in the ‘solar scam'.The Kerala HC disposed of a petition filed by activist K. Joy, seeking
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Kerala CM to take up 2008 Bangalore blasts accused case with Karnataka
National | Sep 04, 2013, 01:57 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday assured friends of Muslim leader Abdul Nasser Maudany, in jail in Karnataka over the 2008 Bangalore blasts, that he will take up with Karnataka the issue of Maudany