Oommen Chandy
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Solar scam: Chandy Orders judicial probe
National | Aug 13, 2013, 01:02 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Beleaguered Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today announced a judicial probe by a sitting judge of the High Court into the solar scam, as the CPI(M)-led LDF continued its indefinite siege of the Secretariat
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Chandy should resign if he has any commitment to people: Karat
National | Aug 12, 2013, 02:27 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Aug 12: Demanding resignation of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy over the solar scam, CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat today said the Congress was setting a "shameless" standard of not accepting responsibility for "what
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Chandy asks Left to drop secretariat 'siege'
National | Aug 11, 2013, 07:08 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Aug 11: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Saturday asked the Left opposition to withdraw its threatened indefinite "siege" of the secretariat in the wake of the solar scam, contending it has not caused any
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Chandy says Left protest cannot impinge on people's freedom
National | Aug 07, 2013, 01:31 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Aug 7: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday came down heavily on the Left opposition, saying that although the right to protest was guaranteed, it could not infringe on the freedom of other people.The
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I've faced worse times, says Kerala CM Oommen Chandy
National | Jul 17, 2013, 03:47 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Jul 17: Though many think Oommen Chandy is passing through a turbulent phase in his four-decade-old political career, the Kerala chief minister says he has seen worse times.Since last month, Chandy has been in
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Another infant dies of malnutrition in Attappady, making toll 32
India | Jul 12, 2013, 07:35 PM ISTPalakkad (Kerala), July 12: One more newborn child of a tribal couple from Attappady tribal belt died at the Medical College Hospital at Thrissur on Friday, officials said.With the death of the one-day old child,
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Chandy receives UN award for public service
National | Jun 28, 2013, 08:14 AM ISTManama/Thiruvananthapuram, June 28: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy received the prestigious United Nations Global Award for Public Service at a glittering ceremony held in the Bahrain capital Thursday.The award was presented to him by UN
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Kerala solar panel scam: CM Oommen Chandy refuses to quit
National | Jun 17, 2013, 06:49 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Jun 17: The 'Solar panel' scam, which has brought the office of the Kerala Chief Minister under a cloud, rocked the state Assembly today with LDF opposition stepping up their demand for Oommen Chandy's
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Chandy rules out resignation, judicial probe
National | Jun 17, 2013, 02:16 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, June 17: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, rebutting allegations of the Left opposition over a cheating case involving a woman in frequent contact with members of his staff, Monday ruled out his resignation over
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Chennithala likely to join Chandy cabinet
National | May 18, 2013, 01:42 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, May 18: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President Ramesh Chennithala is likely to join the Congress-led UDF government headed by Oommen Chandy which has sailed into its third year in office. According to Congress and
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Two years of rule show majority not important: Chandy
National | May 17, 2013, 06:42 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, May 17: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, whose government will celebrate its second anniversary Saturday, said he has proved that the majority in the assembly is not that important."Lot of questions were asked from
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Challenges ahead as Chandy Govt enters 3rd year
National | May 16, 2013, 01:04 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, May 16: Grim political and economic challenges appear to be in store for the Congress-led UDF Government headed by Oommen Chandy in Kerala as it enters its third year in office on May 18.Though
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Kerala has nothing to learn from Gujarat: Chandy
National | Apr 24, 2013, 06:46 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, April 24: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday said Kerala has nothing to learn from Gujarat, as the state has its own "model of development". The comment came while Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is
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Kerala minister Ganesh Kumar resigns after wife alleges domestic violence, Chandy faces political heat
National | Apr 02, 2013, 12:46 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Apr 2: In an embarrassment to the ruling Congress-led UDF, forest minister K B Ganesh Kumar was forced to quit after his wife levelled charges of domestic violence, a development that triggered opposition demand
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Hike income limit to determine OBC creamy layer, says Kerala CM
India | Mar 27, 2013, 07:17 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Mar 27: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Tuesday said the government was of the view that income limit to determine "creamy layer" among Other Backward Classes (OBCs) eligible for reservation should be raised from
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Existing minimum PF pension amount inadequate: Kerala CM
India | Mar 26, 2013, 02:03 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Mar 26: Batting for an increase in the Provident Fund pension amount, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said it was a reality that existing PF pension was very meagre.The minimum PF pension amount
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LDF walkout in assembly over price rise issue
National | Mar 20, 2013, 01:43 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Mar 20: CPI-M led LDF Opposition members today staged a walkout from the Assembly protesting alleged diversion of BPL category rice to the open market and 'corruption' in the Civil Supplies Corporation.The Opposition took
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India will go to any length to bring back the Italian marines: Kerala CM
National | Mar 19, 2013, 09:47 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Mar 19: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy informed the state assembly yesterday that India would go to any length to see that the two Italian marines were brought back to stand trial for killing
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Nationwide protests as DMK, TMC, Opposition, Oommen Chandy demand fuel hike rollback
India | Sep 14, 2012, 06:19 PM ISTChennai/Kolkata/Kochi/New Delhi, Sep 14 : DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi today hit out at the UPA government saying his party was not consulted before hiking diesel price and cutting LPG subsidy. Karunanidhi demanded immediate rollback of
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Vigilance Probe Clears CM Oomen Chandy In Palmolein Case
India | Jan 07, 2012, 04:01 PM ISTThrissur (Kerala) Jan 7: In a relief to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, a vigilance probe has found he had no role in the palmolein import corruption case in the early 1990s when he was