OR Kelu was sworn in as Minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala at a function held at Raj Bhavan here on Sunday.
The Kerala High Court has issued notice to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the petition by Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan that the court should directly investigate the alleged financial transaction CMRL-Exalogic illegal transaction.
BJP leader and former Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, said on Friday that there was no need for a Kerala minister to go to Kuwait to coordinate the relief operation in the aftermath of a fire incident in the Gulf nation that killed 45 Indians, most of them from
At least 45 Indians were killed in the fire incident, and 31 bodies of victims from Kerala (23), Tamil Nadu (7), and Karnataka (1) were brought via a special aircraft of the Indian Air Force to Kerala's Kochi on Friday.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan acknowledged efforts on the part of the Government of India and that of Kuwait in their intervention following the fire tragedy in Kuwait that claimed 45 Indian lives. On State Health Minister Veena George not given permission to visit the Chief Mini
Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Friday said that the Union government's refusal to grant her permission to travel to Kuwait to coordinate relief efforts for Keralites affected by a tragic fire incident was very unfortunate. She also said that the Indian Embassy in Kuwait did not gi
After a special cabinet meeting held this morning, the Chief Minister Pinaray Vijayan-led government announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for those who were injured in the June 12 mishap in Kuwati's city of Al-Mangaf.
Around 40 Indians are understood to have died, and over 50 are injured in a tragic fire incident at a labour housing facility in the Mangaf area of Kuwait on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said, adding the injured are being treated in five government hospitals in Kuwait.