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  Shashi Tharoor takes dig at KPCC move to send report to high command

  Politics | October 08, 2014 19:35 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Incensed by his praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress in Kerala today decided to seek suitable action by high command against party MP Shashi Tharoor but the former Union Minister reacted sarcastically to

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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

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  Kerala liquor prohibition: Fate of bars to be decided today

  India | August 22, 2014 11:46 IST

  New Delhi: Kerala has the highest per capita consumption of liquor in the country at 8.3 litres. Punjab comes second with 7.9 litres, while the national per capita consumption of liquor is 4 litres. The

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  Congress leaders spar over closed Kerala bars

  Politics | August 19, 2014 12:34 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Factionalism surfaced in Kerala's ruling Congress as party leaders from rival camps engaged in a spat Monday over the fate of 418 closed bars in the state.State unit vice president M.M.Hassan told reporters that

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  Superstar Suresh Gopi apologises for anti-Chandy remarks

  Politics | August 12, 2014 16:41 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Superstar Suresh Gopi Sunday apologised for his remarks against Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy following a barrage of criticism and angry Youth Congress activists venting their anger.Speaking to TV channels over telephone from the

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  Kerala CM congratulates Sanju Samson

  Cricket | August 08, 2014 12:28 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today joined Keralities in congratulating 19-year old Sanju V Samson on his selection to Indian team to play the one-day against England.     Chandy visited the house of Samson at

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  1st batch of 200 nurses from Libya to return home tomorrow: CM

  India | July 31, 2014 23:49 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: In the first phase of evacuation of Keralite nurses from strife-torn Libya, a total of 200 nurses will return home tomorrow, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here today.Addressing a meeting convened by Non Resident

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  Indian nurses now caught in conflict in Libya, Chandy seeks Swaraj's help

  World | July 30, 2014 8:56 IST

  New Delhi: In a near replay of the incidents in Iraq, large numbers of Indian nurses are caught in spiralling violence in Libya, where rival militant groups seek to control the capital's international airport, and

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  Congress is united in Kerala, says Oommen Chandy

  Politics | July 23, 2014 16:07 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday said the Congress party is united in the state and asked the media not to speculate on anything."The Congress in Kerala is united. You (the media) please do

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  Oommen Chandy to finalise cabinet rejig in Delhi

  India | July 22, 2014 13:25 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will now finalise his cabinet rejig with the Congress high command in Delhi, a senior party leader said on Tuesday.Chandy will reach Delhi Wednesday and will finalise the additions

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  Oommen Chandy to finalise cabinet rejig in Delhi

  Politics | July 22, 2014 13:26 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will now finalise his cabinet rejig with the Congress high command in Delhi, a senior party leader said Tuesday.Chandy will reach Delhi Wednesday and will finalise the additions and

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  Kerala will not allow river linking project: Oommen Chandy

  Politics | July 17, 2014 15:31 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala today categorically stated it would not allow the proposed inter-linking of its rivers Pampa-Achenkovil with Tamil Nadu's Vaipar river, holding that the project would not only result in drying up of rivers, but

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  Grit and determination of 46 nurses helped: Chandy

  India | July 07, 2014 12:45 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The grit and determination of the 46 nurses helped in their evacuation from Iraq, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as he called for providing higher education and jobs in the state so that there

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  Kerala CM thanks Modi govt for return of nurses

  Politics | July 05, 2014 13:30 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today thanked the Narendra Modi government for ensuring the return of the Indian nurses from strife-hit Iraq with their safe evacuation capping days of anxiety for the state as

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  Chandy expresses relief, thanks Centre for return of nurses

  India | July 05, 2014 11:38 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today thanked the Narendra Modi government for ensuring the return of the Indian nurses from strife-hit Iraq with their safe evacuation capping days of anxiety for the state as

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  Indian nurses in Iraq safe: Oomen Chandy

  Politics | July 04, 2014 15:59 IST

  New Delhi: 46 Indian nurses, who are in ISIS-controlled region of Iraq, are safe and efforts are on to evacuate them, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said after meeting External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today.

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  Indian nurses in Iraq freed by ISIS, to reach India tomorrow

  India | July 04, 2014 21:56 IST

  New Delhi/Kochi:  On a day of “dramatic developments”, all 46 Indian women nurses were suddenly set free by Sunni militants ISIS in strife-torn Iraq and were being brought back home along with 70 others in

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  Oomen Chandy defends orphanages in Kerala

  Politics | June 09, 2014 16:56 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: In the wake of controversy that 455 children were trafficked to Kerala's orphanages, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Monday urged opposition parties not to generalise functioning of orphanages in the state.He asked the Left opposition

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  Stones pelted at Kollam MP's house in Kerala

  Politics | June 07, 2014 11:32 IST

  Kollam (Kerala): Miscreants pelted stones on Kollam Lok Sabha member N.K. Premachandran's house here and pasted posters threatening him.The parliamentarian, who is in New Delhi, told IANS over phone that the newspaper delivery boy first