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  Rahul Gandhi chosen to receive Oommen Chandy Public Servant Award

  India | July 21, 2024 13:53 IST

  Pinarayi 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

  Politics | May 20, 2016 12:07 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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

  Politics | May 19, 2016 13:57 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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 | April 11, 2016 9:51 IST

  Five 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 | April 10, 2016 21:48 IST

  Kollam: 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 | March 06, 2016 21:58 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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

  Politics | November 10, 2015 17:46 IST

  Thiruananthpuram: 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 | June 11, 2015 21:59 IST

  KOZHIKODE: 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

  Politics | May 18, 2015 19:21 IST

  Alappuzha (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

  Politics | April 03, 2015 20:56 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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 | February 14, 2015 19:23 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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 | February 10, 2015 8:30 IST

  Wayanad:  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 | October 16, 2014 21:20 IST

  New 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 | October 10, 2014 14:49 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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 | September 02, 2014 12:38 IST

  Kochi: 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

  Politics | July 19, 2014 19:08 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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

  Politics | July 03, 2014 16:50 IST

  New 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

  Politics | May 28, 2014 16:20 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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

  Politics | October 11, 2013 14:34 IST

  Kochi: 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

  Politics | September 04, 2013 13:57 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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