Oommen Chandy

Kerala CM Chandy to flag off Kochi Metro test run

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy set to flag off test run of Rs. 51.8 billion Kochi Metro rail on Saturday.

Jan 23, 2016, 10:59 AM IST

Smriti Irani helps woman who met with road accident

Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday played the role of a Samaritan when she attended to a woman, who met with a road accident at Pazhakutty about 20 km from here.

Jan 14, 2016, 21:28 PM IST

CPIM alleges RSS-Chandy link in move against Vijayan

CPI-M in Kerala today alleged a RSS-Chief Minister Oommen Chandy link behind the UDF government move to seek early hearing of a revision plea in the High Court, challenging a CBI court discharging CPI-M leader Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC-Lavalin graft case.

Jan 14, 2016, 01:18 AM IST

Law will take its course in Lavalin case: Chandy

The law will take its course in the SNC Lavalin case, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday.

Jan 14, 2016, 00:51 AM IST

Kerala CM Chandy asks Centre to take steps to rescue jailed Keralites in Togo

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday urged the Centre to take immediate steps rescue the four Keralites jailed in Togo in West Africa. 

Jan 13, 2016, 12:21 PM IST

Will urge PM Modi to bring Italian marine back to India: Chandy

Earlier, a senator in Rome said that the marine will not be returning to India to face trial after being allowed home temporarily for medical treatment.

Jan 13, 2016, 10:24 AM IST

Solar panel scam: Kerala CM Chandy to appear before Commission on Jan 25

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will on January 25 appear before the commission which is probing the Rs 7 crore solar panel scam.

Jan 13, 2016, 09:39 AM IST

Sonia Gandhi becomes emotional at institute named after Rajiv Gandhi

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in an emotionally charged speech on Wednesday, hit back at her late husband Rajiv Gandhi's detractors who criticised him for leaning heavily on the development of information technology and telecommunication when he was the prime minister.

Dec 30, 2015, 19:42 PM IST

Congress allies urge Sonia Gandhi to settle issues in Kerala

The allies of the Congress in the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) on Wednesday held discussions with Congress president Sonia Gandhi here.

Dec 30, 2015, 16:58 PM IST

Congress' Kerala unit seeks probe into 'forged' letter

Chennithala again denied writing any such letter at Friday's meeting.

Dec 18, 2015, 19:58 PM IST

Kerala CM Chandy suspects BJP was behind keeping him out of PM function

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that keeping him out of a function to unveil a statute of a late chief minister R Sankar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday was an "insult" to the state and suspected that BJP was behind it.

Dec 16, 2015, 18:53 PM IST

PM Modi meets Chandy cabinet, discusses development

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening met the Kerala cabinet of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

Dec 16, 2015, 00:06 AM IST

R Sankar's family to keep away from statue unveiling function

With controversy looming large over exclusion of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy from the statue unveiling function of R Sankar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, the family of the former chief minister has decided to keep away from the event.

Dec 15, 2015, 14:53 PM IST

PM Modi presides over commanders' conference aboard INS Vikramaditya

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over a combined commanders` conference that began on Tuesday morning aboard INS Vikramaditya, stationed about 40 nautical miles on the high seas from here.

Dec 15, 2015, 13:17 PM IST

BJP has been at receiving end of political untouchability in Kerala from other parties: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that in past some years, more than 200 BJP workers had been killed in Kerala.

Dec 14, 2015, 18:05 PM IST

Modi reaches Kerala on 2-day visit, CM Oommen Chandy recieves him at airport

Despite ongoing controversy over the invitation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Kerala on a 2-day visit on Monday. Modi was recieved by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at airport. 

Dec 14, 2015, 16:38 PM IST

Modi and BJP not be blamed, this man is responsible for Oommen Chandy controversy

With controversy brewing over Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy being asked to keep out of a function to be attended by the Prime Minister at Kollam, SNDP leader Vellapally Natesan on Monday took responsibility for the decision.

Dec 14, 2015, 13:21 PM IST

Chandy invite tangle: Centre claims Kerala CM had expressed unavailability

Out rightly rejecting the Congress' charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has insulted Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy over an invite to a function, the Centre said that the PMO had no role in the issue.

Dec 14, 2015, 12:52 PM IST

Oommen Chandy invitation row: PM Modi insulted people of Kerala, says Rahul Gandhi

Expressing displeasure over no invitation to Kerala CM Ommen Chandy during PM Narendra Modi's visit to the state, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the PM has insulted the people of Kerala.

Dec 14, 2015, 11:37 AM IST

Narendra Modi on first Kerala visit as PM amid row over snub to Oommen Chandy

Modi will unveil the statue of former Kerala Chief Minister late R Sankar, a well known leader of the Ezhava community, who had headed the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP) and the Kerala PCC.

Dec 13, 2015, 20:40 PM IST