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.

• Indo-Saudi Arabia pact to end role of middlemen in recruiting workers

  India and Saudi Arabia are likely to sign a new agreement soon to put an end to the role of middlemen permanently in the recruitment process of Indian domestic workers to the Kingdom, a media report said today.

• 1.34 lakh Indians return, Centre watching situation in Saudi Arabia

  With 1.34 lakh Indian workers already returning to the homeland, Government is closely watching the situation in Saudi Arabia which is targeting illegal foreigners under its new labour policy, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi today said.

• Union minister Vayalar Ravi undergoes hernia surgery

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

• 13.7 lakh people issued overseas citizens of India card

  Over 13.7 lakh Indians living abroad have been issued overseas citizens of India (OCI) card as of July 31, the Government informed Lok Sabha.

• Kerala voices concern over deportation of workers by Kuwait

  Expressing concern over deportation of several expatriate workers including Indians by Kuwait, Kerala on Sunday urged the Centre to intervene in the development.

• Nitaqat law: Emergency exit papers of 18,000 Indians processed

  About 18,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia, who had applied for emergency exit papers amid concerns about possible job losses after a new labour law, have got their travel documents processed.

• Congress leaders resent Kerala Labour minister Shibu John's meeting with Narendra Modi

  Labour Minister and RSP (B) leader Shibu Baby John has run into trouble over his recent meeting with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, with leaders of Congress and its UDF allies taking exception to it, holding the issue that the BJP leader's development model is unacceptable to Kerala.

• AK Antony panel meets as Congress takes measured steps to Karnataka polls

  Buoyed by its recent success in civic polls in Karnataka, Congress has begun steps to put its house in order to wrest power from BJP in the May 5 Assembly elections.

• 52 Indians killed abroad in 2012

  A total of 52 Indians living outside the country were killed while another 50 committed suicide during 2012 in foreign lands, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

• You are very beautiful, says Sharad Yadav to woman reporter

  Janata Dal (United) President Sharad Yadav today stunned many at a press conference in Bhopal when he called a woman reporter "beautiful."

• Congress faces heat over MP's 'child prostitute' remarks on Suryanelli rape case

  Congress faces heat over MP's "child prostitute" remarks on Suryanelli rape case

• 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.