Special UDF meet to clear doubts about investor meet
September 4th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 4 (IANS) The ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala has called a special meeting Thursday to clear all doubts and allegations levelled by the opposition about ... Read more...
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Kerala nurses end strike (Lead)
August 17th, 2012 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Kochi, Aug 16 (IANS) The striking nurses, including those who threatened to make a suicidal jump from the terrace of a Kerala hospital, called off their protests after their demands ... Read more...
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Nurses refuse to come down from Kerala hospital terrace
August 16th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Aug 16 (IANS) The three nurses, who threatened to make a suicidal jump from the terrace of a Kerala hospital Wednesday if their demand of permanent employment is not ... Read more...
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Pranab secures 124 votes in Kerala
July 19th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 19 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance candidate in the presidential poll Pranab Mukherjee secured 124 out of the 139 votes polled Thursday in the Kerala Assembly.The strength of ... Read more...
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Pranab to campaign in Kerala Wednesday
July 3rd, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 4 (IANS) UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee will arrive here Wednesday as part of his poll campaign and meet Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and other leaders.Mukherjee ... Read more...
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Selvaraj, now of Congress, writes himself into a record
June 18th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 18 (IANS) R. Selvaraj, the Congress legislator who was elected in the Neyattinkara by-election, Monday wrote himself into the record books of the Kerala assembly by becoming the ... Read more...
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4 Left legislators willing to cross over: Kerala UDF leader
April 23rd, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 23 (IANS) Kerala government chief whip and veteran United Democratic Front (UDF) legislator P.C.George Monday alleged that four legislators from the CPI-M-led opposition are ready to cross over ... Read more...
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Ace comedian Jagathy shifted to Vellore hospital
April 12th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), April 12 (IANS) Malayalam comic actor Jagathy Sreekumar, seriously injured in a road accident last month, was Thursday shifted to a Vellore hospital.The 62-year-old, who was being treated ... Read more...
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Legislator’s resignation triggers war of words
March 10th, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 10 (IANS) The sudden resignation of CPI-M legislator R. Selvaraj has sparked a war of words, with the party alleging he has been won over by Kerala's ruling ... Read more...
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Union minister’s Mullaperiyar remark irks Kerala
January 16th, 2012 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kottayam (Kerala), Jan 16 (IANS) Union Science and Technology Minister Ashwani Kumar's statement that the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe has not gone down well in Kerala with ruling ... Read more...
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Vigilance gives clean chit to Chandy in palm oil case
January 7th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Jan 7 (IANS) The state vigilance department has given Chief Minister Oommen Chandy a clean chit after investigating if he had any role in the 1992 ... Read more...
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Kerala accords state funeral to two AMRI nurses
December 12th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kottayam, Dec 12 (IANS) Two nurses, who died while saving the lives of patients during a devastating fire at a Kolkata hospital last week, were accorded state funerals in ... Read more...
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Left disrupts Kerala assembly proceedings
November 3rd, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananathapuram, Nov 3 (IANS) Kerala's opposition Left Thursday shouted slogans demanding the ouster of Forest Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar and government chief whip P.C. George for what they said were ... Read more...
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Media plays puppeteer in Kerala politics (Kerala Newsletter)
October 31st, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 31 (IANS) A fierce competition in Kerala's media industry, led by its shrill TV channels, has given the already colourful state politics the pace of a melodramatic reality ... Read more...
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Kerala minister Jacob dies in hospital
October 31st, 2011 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Kochi, Oct 30 (IANS) Kerala Civil Supplies Minister T.M.Jacob died Sunday night at a private hospital here, according to family sources. He was 61.Jacob, who led the Kerala Congress-Jacob and ... Read more...
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Court dismisses plea to probe Chandy in palmoil scam
October 28th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Oct 28 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Friday gave a clean chit to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the palmoil import case, dismissing a petition for a further ... Read more...
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Palmoline case: Kerala government not averse to re-probe
October 18th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Kerala government informed the state high court Tuesday that it was not averse to a re-probe of the 1992 palm oil import case.This was in ... Read more...
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Denials, sobs over woman guard episode in Kerala assembly
October 14th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 14 (IANS) A woman guard was allegedly manhandled inside the Kerala assembly by two Left legislators. Young first-time CPI-M legislator T.V. Rajesh sobbed in full media glare in ... Read more...
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Probe IT appointments made by Achuthanandan: IUML
October 6th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Malappuram (Kerala), Oct 6 (IANS) Kerala's Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) Thursday demanded a full fledged probe into all the appointments made in the IT department when former chief minister ... Read more...
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Court stops probe against Chandy in palmoil case
September 27th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Tuesday asked the vigilance court investigating if Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, then finance minister, had any role in the 1992 palmoil ... Read more...
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Kerala opposition demands Chandy’s resignation
September 26th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 26 (IANS) The Kerala opposition Monday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and chief whip P.C. George over alleged attempts to influence the trial of the ... Read more...
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Kerala assembly session begins Monday
September 25th, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 25 (IANS) On the eve of second session of the new Kerala assembly that begins here Monday, both the ruling Congress-led United Democatic Front and the Communist Party ... Read more...
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List palm oil case before another court: Judge
September 24th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 24 (IANS) Judge P.K. Haneefa, criticized for ordering a reinvestigation in the palm oil case allegedly involving Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Saturday requested the high court ... Read more...
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Kerala chief whip petitions against judge
September 10th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 10 (IANS) The chief whip of the Kerala assembly has hit out at a special vigilance court judge who ordered reinvestigation of palm oil case involving Kerala ... Read more...
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Kerala UDF to meet Wednesday
June 21st, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 21 (IANS) The crucial meeting of Kerala's ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) Wednesday will decide on the candidates for deputy speaker and minister for parliamentary affairs.The newly constituted ... Read more...
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‘Candidates to spend at least Rs.500 crore in Kerala poll’
March 6th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 (IANS) More than Rs.500 crore will be the barest minimum to be spent on election expenses by candidates of the three major fronts in the April ... Read more...
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Kochi to get country’s first health mall
March 3rd, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 3 (IANS) A one-stop solution for all medical and health needs -- from doctors, hospitals, ayurveda centres, pharmacies and even insurance referral units -- will open in a ... Read more...
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Kerala opposition to boycott joint photo session
March 1st, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 1 (IANS) The Congress-led opposition in Kerala has decided to boycott Thursday's final photo session of legislators and other valedictory functions of the assembly called by the speaker.Congress party chief ... Read more...
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Railway budget largesse to Kerala leaves LDF unimpressed
February 25th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 25 (IANS) Poll-bound Kerala got a dozen new trains besides the long-demanded Sabari line in the railway budget Friday, but the ruling Left Front appeared dissatisfied.Close to a dozen stations ... Read more...
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Kerala legislator gets death threats over graft issues
September 22nd, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 22 (IANS) Opposition legislator P.C. George Wednesday claimed he has received death threats for raising issues of corruption and said he has informed the Kerala police about it. ... Read more...
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Tsunami reverberates again in Kerala assembly
July 20th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 (IANS) The Kerala assembly Tuesday witnessed heated exchanges between Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and opposition leader Oommen Chandy over rehabilitation of victims of the tsunami which hit the state ... Read more...
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Take action against suspended Kerala IG: Home ministry
June 24th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 24 (IANS) The union home ministry has written to the Kerala chief secretary to initiate action against Tomin J. Thachenkery, inspector general of police, currently under suspension for going on ... Read more...
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UDF fails to take stand on Kerala Congress merger
May 30th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, May 30 (IANS) The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) here Sunday failed to take a unanimous stand on the merger of a faction of the Kerala Congress-Joseph, led by former minister ... Read more...
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LDF ally Kerala Congress-J headed for a split
April 28th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 28 (IANS) A minister's absence from Kerala's weekly cabinet meeting Wednesday triggered speculation here that the Kerala Congress-Joseph, an ally of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), may be headed ... Read more...
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Kerala assembly panel calls for summoning CIC, deputy
February 24th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 24 (IANS) In a rare move, the privileges and ethics committee of the Kerala assembly Wednesday decided to recommend to the house to summon the state's Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) ... Read more...
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