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  Kerala portfolios announced: CM Satheesan keeps Finance, Chennithala gets Home | Full list

  Karnataka | May 20, 2026 16:35 IST

  Chief Minister VD Satheesan will handle the Finance and Law portfolios, while Ramesh Chennithala has been given the key Home department in the UDF's Kerala government.

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  Ramesh Chennithala upset after Kerala CM announcement, will not join state Cabinet: Sources

  India | May 14, 2026 14:39 IST

  Ramesh Chennithala alleged that due importance has not been accorded to seniority. However, leaders close to him denied the reports and said that Chennithala had not expressed any dissent to the High Command.

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  Who will be Kerala CM? 43 Congress MLAs prefer KC Venugopal, 10 left it to party chief, say sources

  India | May 08, 2026 23:42 IST

  Kerala Govt Formation: Since Priyanka Gandhi is currently a Member of Parliament from Kerala—and Rahul Gandhi has served in that capacity in the past—both are expected to play a pivotal role in determining the next Chief Minister.

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  Prakash Ambedkar shakes up Maha Vikas Aghadi; rebukes Congress leadership

  Maharashtra | January 25, 2024 16:15 IST

  Maharashtra: Prakash Ambedkar, the national president of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA), criticized Congress leader Nana Patole sharply in a written letter, accusing Congress of playing mind games or having a 'locha' (issue) in their decision-making.

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  Telangana Assembly Elections: Congress appoints Ramesh Chennithala as senior observer ahead of polls

  November 08, 2023 20:47 IST

  The Congress is hoping to make a strong showing in both Telangana and Rajasthan in the upcoming elections. The Election Commission has announced that the Telangana legislative assembly, comprising 119 members, will conduct elections on November 30, 2023.

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  Congress leader Oommen Chandy meets Rahul Gandhi in Delhi

  India | June 25, 2021 14:04 IST

  Chandy's visit to Delhi was days after the high command appointed VD Satheshan and K Sudhakaran as Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly and KPCC president respectively after the severe drubbing the party-led UDF received in the April 6 assembly polls.

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  'Will introspect': Congress accepts its mauling in Kerala polls

  Elections | May 02, 2021 17:11 IST

  Kerala Polls Results: Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said that the party gracefully accepts the verdict, but will pursue the allegations against the Vijayan government.

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  'NIA will unearth details of Kerala gold smuggling case': LoP Chennithala

  News | October 15, 2020 14:02 IST

  National Investigation Agency (NIA) has submitted in the special court, Kochi that agency suspects that the accused have links to Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company.

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  Kerala opposition leader meets Governor over fire in state secretariat

  News | August 26, 2020 13:15 IST

  Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, Ramesh Chennithala met Governor Arif Mohd Khan on August 25 over the fire that broke out at the state secretariat.

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  No merit in postal ballots fraud allegation: Police to Kerala HC

  India | May 20, 2019 19:04 IST

  Congress leader Chennithala has alleged that a serious postal-vote fraud has been committed at the behest of top-level government functionaries and has demanded a probe by an independent panel appointed by the Election Commission (EC).

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  Kerala floods: State government responsible for man-made disaster, says Ramesh Chennithala

  News | August 23, 2018 7:45 IST

  Kerala floods: State government responsible for man-made disaster, says Ramesh Chennithala

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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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  Chandy seeks to play down perception of challenges from alternate power centres

  Politics | May 10, 2015 14:32 IST

  Kochi: Asserting that Congress-led UDF will return to power in 2016, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has sought to play down the wide perception that he might face challenges from “alternative power centres” in the

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  SAI hands over Rs 5 lakh cheque to family of deceased athlete

  India | May 09, 2015 13:04 IST

  Alapuzha (Kerala):  Sports Authority of India Director General Injeti Srinivas on Friday gave a solatium of Rs 5 lakh to the family of rowing athlete Aparna, who died after consuming poison fruit along with three

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  Government refutes Opposition charge on Mani issue; LDF walkout twice

  Politics | December 16, 2014 16:56 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M)-led LDF Opposition today continued their protest in the Kerala Assembly over the bar bribery case against Finance Minister K M Mani and twice staged a walkout, even as Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala rejected

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  Kerala not to go for appeal in ISRO spy case

  India | December 03, 2014 7:36 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government Tuesday said it has decided not to go in appeal against the state high court judgement quashing its order to drop charges against three police officers, who had implicated and arrested

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  Nehru against supporting struggle against Kerala Communist Ministry: Iyer

  Politics | November 18, 2014 13:17 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeared to have reservations about the Congress support to the 'liberation struggle' against Kerala's first Communist ministry led by E M S Namboodiripad, which was dismissed in 1959

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  Murder accused presents turban to Rajnath Singh, sparks row

  Politics | September 29, 2014 13:19 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: A controversy has erupted over an RSS activist and accused in a murder case placing a turban on the head of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his visit here last week.The incident, which

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  Kerala mulls contingency plan for environmental disasters

  India | September 12, 2014 12:27 IST

  New Delhi: Noting that hilly areas of Kerala are “vulnerable” to environmental disasters, state Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala today pushed for an urgent contingency plan to deal with any calamity as witnessed in Uttarakhand and

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  Prepared to face any investigation, says Kerala CM

  Politics | August 29, 2014 19:03 IST

  Kochi: Making it clear that he had no plans to resign, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, against whom a vigilance court had ordered further investigation for alleged corruption in the setting up of an effluent treatment