Thiruvananthapuram, January 12: Remittances by the Kerala diaspora comprise 31.23 per cent of the net state domestic product of the southern state, a latest study has revealed. The number of Kerala emigrants living abroad in 2011 was estimated to be 2.28 million, up from 2.19 million in 2008, 1.84 million in 2003 ...

Kottayam (Kerala), January 16: 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 front ally Kerala Congress (Mani) Monday announcing its support to a strike call by an anti-dam panel. Government chief whip and senior KC (Mani) ...

Thiruvananthapuram, January 11: An ongoing vigilance probe, in a case of land transferred to a relative of CPI-M leader and former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan, has recommended that the veteran communist be arraigned as one of the eight accused as this was a case of corruption. The investigating team has named four ...

Jaipur, January 11: According to a report in The Asian Age, the central government has given in-principle approval to a proposal whereby overseas Indians will be given Unique Identification (UID) cards. The report states that Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, present at the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), announced that the ...

Shri Vayalar Ravi ji, Shri Ashok Gehlot ji, Shri Narendra Modi ji, Shri Arjun Munda ji, Chief Ministers from other states and Union Territories, distinguished delegates from around the world, Non Resident Indians, Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me immense pleasure to be here, in the historic city of Jaipur, to ...

New Delhi, January 4: The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking monitoring by the Kerala High Court of the probe into the 1991 palm oil import case and setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on it. At present, the case is being investigated by Kerala's vigilance department. The petitioner, Alphonse ...

Thiruvananthapuram, January 4: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Wednesday a new Mullaperiyar Dam will soon be a reality. "A new dam is now under active consideration and this is the reward for the stand that all political parties and the people of our state took for a new dam," Chandy told ...

Thiruvananthapuram, January 3: Even as a Supreme Court-appointed experts committee continues to deliberate on the Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala Tuesday once again stressed on a new dam as the only solution to the contentious issue with Tamil Nadu. State Minister of Water Resources P.J. Joseph said the agreement that was inked on the ...

New Delhi, January 3: The Supreme Court Tuesday issued a notice to the central government and Air India on a petition seeking a minimum compensation of Rs.75 lakh each for the 158 passengers killed in the May 2010 air crash in Mangalore. An apex court bench issued the notice after senior counsel ...