Thiruvananthapuram : In an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday slammed him for saying that “evacuation of 46 nurses from war-torn Iraq in 2014 was done because they were Christians”. “You made this statement to target the majority Christian vote base in Meghalaya. The uniqueness of our […]
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Kerala HC quashes FIR against Chandy, others in ‘land grab’ case
Kochi : The Kerala High Court on Friday quashed an FIR registered last year by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau against former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, a top official and others in an alleged land grab case. The FIR was registered in February last year by then Vigilance head Jacob Thomas, against the Congress leader, […]
Haj subsidy should be continued: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 : The Congress’ Kerala unit on Tuesday demanded that the central government should continue with the Haj subsidy, terming its removal yet another of its acts against the minority community. Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy termed it as the most unfortunate and called for it to be reversed. “Giving subsidy for Haj is […]
Orange passport will be discriminatory: Oommen Chandy
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 : Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday strongly condemned the proposed move by the Centre to come out with an orange colour passports for those who have not passed their Class 10 examination, calling it discriminatory. “No way this proposal should go forward. This is creating two different types of […]