Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien will lead the Indian delegation to the inaugural pontifical mass of Pope Francis I in Vatican City on Tuesday, official sources said on Sunday. According to the sources, besides Kurien, the four-member delegation includes his wife Susan, his secretary PJ Antony and Kerala Congress Lok Sabha MP Jose K Mani. ...
03:50 AM, Mar 18, 2013
New Delhi: Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said he is concerned about the Mullaperiyar dam issue and will look into it after Kerala MPs E Ahmed, Vyalar Ravi, KV Thomas, KC Venugopal and Mullapalli Ramachandran met the Prime Minister over the stalemate with Tamil Nadu. On Monday, Kerala MPs from across party lines sat on a day-long dharna outside Parliament seeking the Prime Minister's immediate intervention. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu MPs say...
12:48 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Kerala has stepped up the pressure over the Mullaperiyar dam issue. Ministers from the state are expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday over the stalemate with Tamil Nadu. On Monday, Kerala MPs from across party lines sat on a day-long dharna outside Parliament seeking the Prime Minister's immediate intervention. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu MPs say the Government should wait for the courts to decide on the...
07:29 AM, Nov 29, 2011
The Kerala MPs claim that the dam would be a compromise with the safety of the people of the state while Tamil Nadu rules out any safety issues concerning the MD. Both the states now want the Centre to intervene and decide on the matter. Following is the full transcript of the discussion with Congress MP from Kerala Jose K Mani and seniour journalist Cho Ramaswamy on the issue: Rajdeep ...
12:30 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: A two-minister delegation from Kerala is expected to arrive in Delhi on Monday to meet the Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal with regard to the Mullaperiyar Dam. The state has been demanding the centre's intervention saying that the 116-year old dam has been rendered unsafe by numerous earthquakes and tremors. The MPs are demanding a new dam be built in its place. The issue has seen...
07:50 AM, Nov 28, 2011
Kochi: With tempers running high in Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Kerala Congress(M) on Saturday demanded immediate intervention of the Centre to resolve the issue and said party MP, Jose K Mani, will stage a fast before Parliament on Monday. Kerala Congress (M) Chairman and Revenue Minister, KM Mani, told reporters in Kochi that while Jose K Mani will stage a fast in front of Parliament,...
06:37 PM, Nov 27, 2011
