Vyalar Ravi

• Mumbai: Family awaits body of son from Qatar, seeks probe into death

  65-year-old Surjit Kaur has been fighting a courageous battle for the past two weeks to get the body of her dead son.

• 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.

• Congress cautious before by-polls

  Union Minister and Congress High Command's emissary to Andhra Pradesh, Vayalar Ravi, said that the June 12 by-elections to the 18 Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency were not a referendum on the State Government.

• Indians stranded in Angola do not want to come back: Government

  Government has said that Indians working in a strife-torn cement factory in Angola were not keen on coming back even when offered facilities to return home.Minister for Overseas Affairs Vyalar Ravi said in the Rajya Sabha that these workers were employed by a Dubai-based Indian company and were demanding payment of over time duty.

• 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...

• Why was Praful Patel moved out of Aviation Ministry?

  As Vyalar Ravi takes over from Praful Patel as the new Civil Aviation Minister, the key question that's being asked in political circles is: Was this a last minute change? And if so why?Apart from wresting the crucial Aviation portfolio from NCP, sources say, Patel's handling of Air India played a role in his change of portfolio.Also, NDTV has lear...

• Vyalar Ravi, new Civil Aviation Minister

  Newly-appointed Civil Aviation Minister Vyalar Ravi has said his top priority would be to ensure that financially ailing Air India gets back its lost glory and all flights are on time."My long term goal would be to restore the lost glory of Air India and bring back its financial strength. I would also strive to motivate the employees of the airline...