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strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy informed the state assembly today that India would go to any length to see that the two Italian marines were brought back to stand trial for killing two Indian fishermen. Chandy spoke in response to an adjournment motion that was moved by the Left opposition in the state assembly. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week informed both houses of parliament that the government would go to any extent to see that the two marines are brought back to face trial. Please see the tough stand that both the centre and our government has taken towards this, whenever this issue came up in the courts in the country, Chandy said. [caption id=attachment_665231 align=alignleft width=380 strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Ke
strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday termed as unacceptable Italy's decision not to send its two marines to India, who were being tried for killing two fishermen. He said he will take up the issue with the external affairs ministry. The Supreme Court in February allowed Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, accused of killing two Indian fishermen to return to Italy to vote in the February 24-25 national elections. It had earlier allowed them to go home for Christmas. [caption id=attachment_657211 align=alignleft width=380 strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Ke
strongThiruvananthapuram/strong: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy ruled out a re-investigation into the Suryanelli gangrape case, saying top courts had cleared the allegations raised against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson P J Kurien. The allegation levelled by the victim was not new and it had been investigated and cleared by courts including the Supreme Court, Chandy told reporters here. Terming the attack against Kurien as unfortunate, he said the media was highlighting the victim's statement as something new. She had raised this allegation 17 years ago and it had been found to be not true by three probe teams, he said, adding that the Kerala High Court and the apex court had allowed Kurien's discharge petition. On the CPI(M)-led LDF attack against Kurien on the issue, Chandy said, some are trying to trigger a controversy over a matter which had been raised 17 years ago. [caption id=attachment_611340 align=alignleft width=380 strongThiruvananthapuram/strong: Ke
strongThiruvananthapuram/strong: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said his government is considering taking legal steps against Tamil Nadu for not honouring the Parambikulam-Aliyar river pact. Letters written from here asking Tamil Nadu to honour the PAP have gone unnoticed. An all-party meet held here today asked for a meeting of the chief ministers of the two states and also to see that legal steps are taken, Chandy told reporters here. [caption id=attachment_607683 align=alignleft width=380 strongThiruvananthapuram/strong: Ke
strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is likely to give the Congress' brainstorming session beginning Friday at Jaipur a miss. The reason? He is not quite comfortable in north Indian winter. The 'Chintan Shivir' will end with the All India Congress Committee meeting Sunday. A source close to Chandy said that his doctor had told him that with his sore throat, it would not be a great idea to set out to Jaipur. [caption id=attachment_592382 align=alignleft width=380 strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Ke
strongThiruvananthapuram/strong: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting for a country-wide ban on gutkha. Chandy has requested the prime minister to ban gutkha products containing tobacco and nicotine in all the states of the country. By doing so, India will not only be able to save millions of children and youths - our productive resources of the future - but also send a clear signal of our commitment to public health, Chandy wrote in his letter to the prime minister Sunday. [caption id=attachment_543178 align=alignleft width=380 strongThiruvananthapuram/strong: Ke
strongThiruvananthapuram/strong: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has sought help from his counterpart in Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa to see that smuggling of tobacco products from either state does not take place. On May 25 this year, the Kerala government imposed a complete ban on sale and consumption of tobacco products such as gutka and paan masala. The authorities have been conducting raids to see if shops sell them and of late have found that these products are being smuggled from Tamil Nadu. [caption id=attachment_444724 align=alignleft width=380 strongThiruvananthapuram/strong: Ke