Vayalar Ravi

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  CBI Files Corruption Case Against Congress' Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot

  A criminal case of corruption has been filed today by the CBI against Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot among others for an alleged scam in ambulance services provided in Rajasthan.

• Union minister Vayalar Ravi undergoes hernia surgery

  Union Minister Vayalar Ravi today underwent a hernia surgery at a private hospital in Kochi.

• I apologised, woman reporter laughed: new controversy from minister Vayalar Ravi

  Minister for Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi claimed today that he was joking when he made a deeply offensive remark to a woman journalist in Kerala, and that after he apologised to her, she "laughed it off."

• Vayalar Ravi apologises for deeply offensive remark, govt says let the matter rest

  Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today said his colleague and Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi had apologised for his deeply offensive comments made to a woman journalist, when she asked him about the allegations against PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli rape case, and the matter should rest there.

• Vayalar Ravi asks cash-rich NRIs to invest in Kerala

  Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi on Wednesday made a fervent plea to the cash-rich non-resident Indians (NRIs) to seriously consider investing in Kerala.

• Vayalar Ravi takes over as science and technology minister

  Vayalar Ravi on Tuesday assumed charge as Minister for Science and Technology. He was allocated the Science and Technology and Earth Sciences by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after incumbent Vilasrao Deshmukh took ill critically and . Deshmukh died on August 14.

• Amid reports of infighting, Vyalar Ravi to meet Andhra Pradesh Congress leaders soon

  Union Minister Vayalar Ravi, who has been involved in managing Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh to improve the party's sagging popularity, may hold consultations with the state party leaders soon. Ravi, who was in Hyderabad on Sunday night to attend a private function, indicated that he might come back after about a week to talk to party leaders.

• Revamp of Congress unit in Kerala on cards: Vayalar Ravi

  Senior Congress leader and Union Minister Vayalar Ravi on Sunday said an overhauling of the party structure in Kerala was on the cards to equip it to face the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

• Cochin to host Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013

  The 11th edition of the annual diaspora conclave -- Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 - will be held in Cochin, Kerala's commercial capital, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi announced on Tuesday. Ravi said over 2,000 delegates from across the world are likely to participate in the three-day event to be held Jan 7-9.

• Vyalar Ravi meets slain leader Chandrasekharan's family

  Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi visited the family members of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T P Chandrasekharan, who was killed by unidentified assailants on May 4. Mr Ravi told reporters that the probe into the killing was moving in the right direction and expressed the confidence that the police would be able to book the culpri...

• Congress leaders want leadership change in the state

  The Congress high command's emissaries, who were recently in Andhra Pradesh to take stock of the party's position in the state, was conveyed by state leaders that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy should be removed forthwith if the ruling party wants to stem its political slide.

• Vayalar Ravi meets Chiranjeevi to take stock of Congress in the state

  Union Minister Vayalar Ravi, who is currently on a visit to Andhra Pradesh to take stock of the prevailing situation in Congress in the wake of its sagging popularity, met actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi on Wednesday.

• Congress fine-tuning its strategy for Andhra Pradesh by-polls

  Having suffered successive electoral defeats in the past two years, the Congress in Andhra Pradesh is fine-tuning its strategy in the state where by-elections to 18 assembly and one Lok Sabha constituencies would be held soon.

• Congress ropes in Vayalar Ravi to get its house in order in Andhra Pradesh

  Concerned over the party's graph going down in Andhra Pradesh, the Congress on Monday roped in Union Minister Vayalar Ravi for getting its house in order in the key state where by-elections to one Lok Sabha and 18 Assembly seats are expected soon.

• Army chief a frustrated man, says Union minister Vayalar Ravi

  Attacking Army chief General V K Singh for reportedly writing to the Prime Minister about state of affairs in the force, Union Minister Vayalar Ravi has said this reflects "frustrations" of an individual, who had to withdraw his petition on the age row in the Supreme Court.