LDF resumes stir against Chandy over solar scam issue

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 13:38

After a nearly one month gap, LDF opposition on Monday resumed its agitation on the solar panel scam issue, demanding Chief Minister Oommen Chandy`s resignation, with an indefinite blockade of his official residence here.

Cheating case cannot be quashed because few were paid back: Kerala HC

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 20:46

The Kerala High Court on Friday observed that cheating cases against Saritha S Nair and Biju Radhakrishnan, two accused in the Solar Panel scam, cannot be quashed merely because they had paid back some of the amounts to those whom they had cheated.

Kerala planning to include Waynad in the train network

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:39

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said the government was planning to include Wayanad, which has no rail connectivity, in the train network.

Oommen Chandy declines to be drawn into prison issue

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 14:33

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today declined to be drawn into the wordy duel between a section of Congress leaders and State Home Minister Thiruvanchur Radhakrishnan over breach of prison rules by some accused in a political murder case, lodged in Kozhikode jail.

Global tender for Vizhinjam port floated

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 13:46

The Kerala government on Wednesday floated a global tender to decide on a private partner for the Rs 5,000-crore Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Searport near here.

Kerala CM takes taxi at airport as official car gets late

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 15:54

In a security lapse, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy took a taxi from airport here to the secretariat after his official vehicle failed to reach there in time on his return from Delhi.

Correct flaws in Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats: Chandy

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 20:18

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Kasturirangan panel report on Western Ghats should be amended, correcting procedural lapses and giving practical exemptions considering ground realities.

Was Kerala CM`s taxi ride security lapse?

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 18:29

In what is being seen in some quarters as a security lapse, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy found himself in a taxi as his official car was still to arrive to pick him up from the airport in the state capital Monday.

`Manipulations` in land grabbing cases against Salim Raj: HC

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 18:31

Kerala High Court on Monday orally observed there were indications of `manipulations` by revenue officials in the two land grabbing cases allegedly involving Salim Raj, former gunman of Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy and a thorough investigation was required.

Criminal conspiracy, says union minister of sleaze video

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 19:09

Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation KC Venugopal said the alleged sleaze video recording of him with one of the accused in what has come to be called the "solar scam" was part of a conspiracy.

All-party meet to discuss Kasturirangan report: Chandy

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 22:21

A report reflecting the concerns of people about the fallout of the implementation of recommendations of the Kasturirgangan committee on the ecology of the Western Ghats shall be submitted to the Centre, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Wednesday.

Oommen Chandy concealed facts in solar scam: Achuthanandan

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 12:01

Adding a new dimension to the solar scam, Kerala Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan today accused Chief Minister Oommen Chandy of shielding three prominent persons, including his cabinet colleague and a union minister from the state, over their alleged relationship with scam accused Saritha Nair.