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  Kerala to strongly oppose move to deposit temple gold in banks: Chandy

  India | April 11, 2015 18:18 IST

  Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said his government would strongly oppose any move to deposit temple treasures in banks to make up for the country's trade imbalance.Reacting to reports in this regard, he

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  Continue Yemen air evacuation till Saturday: Oommen Chandy to Modi

  India | April 09, 2015 15:09 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that air evacuation being carried out by the Indian government in Yemen continues till Saturday."We have been told the air

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  Oommen Chandy govt removes ally from key post

  Politics | April 08, 2015 8:16 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Ending more than a week- long suspense, dissident Kerala Congress (M) Vice-Chairman P C George was removed from the post of government Chief Whip by Chief Minister Ommen Chandy who accepted the ruling UDF

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  More Indians to reach home in coming days from Yemen: Minister

  India | April 05, 2015 22:32 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: With the speeding up of evacuation process of stranded Indians from conflict zone Yemen in the last two days, more than 600 people would reach Djibouti and aircraft carrying them would reach Mumbai and

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  Govt considering airlifting of Indians stranded in Yemen: Swaraj

  Politics | March 28, 2015 12:17 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The central government was considering the possibility of airlifting stranded Indians including Keralites from strife-torn Yemen, External Affairs Minister Sushama Swaraj has informed Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.Swaraj has informed the state that two ships

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  India to send ships to Yemen to evacuate stranded Indians

  India | March 28, 2015 8:48 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram:The Centre will soon send two ships to strife-torn Yemen to evacuate Indians, including Keralites, stranded there.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has told Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, that since all the airports in Yemen

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  Kerala Assembly adjourns sine die amid protest

  Politics | March 23, 2015 13:06 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: With the CPI(M)-led LDF Opposition continuing its stir against Finance Minister K M Mani, facing bribery charges in bar scam, the Kerala Assembly today adjourned sine die on a stormy note after passing the

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  LDF, Yuva Morcha activists lay siege around Kerala Assembly

  Politics | March 13, 2015 11:31 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Hundreds of activists of LDF and Yuva Morcha have converged around the state Assembly Complex here as part of a protest siege to check state Finance Minister K M Mani from presenting the budget

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  Comman man should get benefit of low crude oil prices: Chandy

  Politics | February 03, 2015 17:41 IST

  New Delhi: Criticising the Centre for hiking excise duty on fuel, Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy today said the government should “fully pass on” to the common man the benefit accrued from low global crude

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  Kerala: BJP calls for bandh demanding resignation of KM Mani

  Politics | January 27, 2015 13:08 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Normal life across Kerala was on Tuesday disrupted due to a day-long state-wide hartal called by BJP demanding resignation of Finance Minister KM Mani in the wake of graft charges against him in the

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  Stop rubber imports immediately: Kerala

  India | January 14, 2015 6:50 IST

  New Delhi: Concerned over falling rubber prices, the Government of Kerala Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps for stopping rubber imports and include the industry in the Make in India scheme.  Kerala

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  Kerala's Idukki district to get India's first hi-speed rural broadband network

  India | January 12, 2015 11:35 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: India's first hi-speed rural broadband network would be commissioned in Kerala's high range Idukki district tomorrow, ushering in a new era of Digital India.With the commissioning of the network, Idukki with a large tribal

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  Kerala to build largest social entrepreneur network of women

  India | January 04, 2015 12:08 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: After the success of its women empowerment initiatives like Kudumbashree, a community-based poverty reduction project, and She-Taxi, Kerala is gearing up to set another landmark by creating country's largest social entrepreneurship network of women.

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  New body to replace Planning Commission should be better: Kerala CM Oommen Chandy

  Politics | December 06, 2014 21:21 IST

  New Delhi: On the eve of a meet to discuss Planning Commission's restructuring, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the existing body is well accepted and any new setup should be more effective in further

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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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  Kerala to issue roadmap on beach sand-mining: CM

  Politics | November 30, 2014 13:36 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government will soon issue a roadmap on what needs to be done after the high court overturned its decision to bar private sector from mining mineral beach sands in the state, Chief

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  CBI arrests 3 CPI-M activists in RSS leader murder case

  Politics | November 21, 2014 7:28 IST

  Kannur: CBI today arrested three CPI-M activists in connection with the September 1 murder of RSS leader E Manoj in the district, official sources said.This is the first arrest after CBI took over the case

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  Chandy rejects CBI probe on "bar bribe" issue

  Politics | November 05, 2014 13:08 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today rejected the demand of opposition leader V S Achuthanandan for a CBI probe into the ‘bar bribe' issue, holding that an examination by Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau was

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  Chandy defends finance minister over graft allegation

  Politics | November 01, 2014 13:52 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday defended Finance Minister K.M. Mani following a graft allegation made against him by a businessman who owns hotels with bars here."This is a baseless allegation levelled by

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  Kerala CM Oommen Chandy calls on Narendra Modi

  Politics | October 16, 2014 15:07 IST

  New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, accompanied by eight-member ministerial delegation, today called on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.It is believed that Chandy asked the Prime Minister to include rubber based industries in the