Pinarayi Vijayan is an Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he was the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) from 1998 to 2015. He also served in the government of Kerala as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives from 1996 to 1998. Vijayan won a seat in the May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom constituency and was selected as the leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and became the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala.
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said the state would be able to survive any other crisis after Covid-19 as it was in the forefront of developing innovative wasy to fight the.. IndiaTimes - Published
No new positive cases were reported in Kerala on Wednesday while samples of seven people have returned negative and only 30 Covid-19 patients are under treatment in the state, chief minister Pinarayi.. IndiaTimes - Published
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday urged the Centre to ensure that the NRIs who are returning to the country undergo Covid-19 tests before they board aircraft for their respective.. IndiaTimes - Published
In a sharp reaction to Union minister V Muraleedharan's jibe that Kerala's "overconfidence" in handling Covid-19 cases had led to a spurt in infections in two districts, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.. IndiaTimes - Published
Even as Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan continues to maintain that all was fair in the transfer of coronavirus data to US-based Sprinklr, a Congress leader on Monday, demanded a CBI probe into it after.. IndiaTimes - Published
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday announced that all fishermen in the state will be given Rs 2000 each, while lottery sellers and 'beedi' workers will get Rs 1,000 each, as financial.. IndiaTimes - Published
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Saturday evening that the state will go in for "rapid testing" to help gauge more quickly and effectively the extent of the virus’s spread within.. IndiaTimes - Published
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has drawn the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the action of Karnataka police in blocking a key state highway ferrying essential commodites to the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Earlier, on Tuesday, Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan had confirmed six more cases of coronavirus in the state, taking the total number of cases in the state to 12. DNA - Published
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday appealed to the External Affairs Minister to take necessary steps and arrange for safe return of hundreds of fishermen, including Keralites, trapped in.. IndiaTimes - Published
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a reference to the Kerala chief minister's statement on extremists infiltrating anti-CAA protests here, Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday hit back, saying he had.. IndiaTimes - Published
Amid reports that a Keralite nurse working in Saudi Arabia has tested positive for the new coronavirus, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday urged External Affairs minister S Jaishankar to take.. IndiaTimes - Published
Talking about the decision taken by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan led government, Isaac said: "It will be counterproductive in a state like Kerala where assembly unanimously has adopted a resolution.. IndiaTimes - Published
Commenting of the Pinarayi Vijayan's government, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said he came to know about the state's decision to move the Supreme Court through newspapers. DNA - Published
Chief minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday met JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) President Aishe Ghosh here at Kerala House on Saturday. This meeting comes in the backdrop of masked mob violence.. IndiaTimes - Published
Days after Kerala assembly passed a resolution demanding that the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act be scrapped, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday sent letters to 11 non-BJP chief.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Kerala government on Thursday said it would press the Centre to frame necessary legislation to ensure the welfare of expatriates. Inaugurating a conference being held as part of the second Loka.. IndiaTimes - Published
Ahead of addressing the delegate session of the ongoing second edition of Loka Kerala Sabha, state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan tweeted on Thursday to thank Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for lauding.. IndiaTimes - Published
Cornering Bengal chief minister, the RSS leader also accused the Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to be "an admirer of the Bengali method of executions that he asked Kerala CPM cadres to learn.. IndiaTimes - Published
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday strongly defended the move to pass a resolution against the the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and said that "the state assemblies have their own.. IndiaTimes - Published
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, Ramesh Chennithala began a joint "satyagraha" here on Monday to protest against the controversial Citizenship.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the death of a schoolgirl bitten by a snake inside her classroom, stating that the school's "crumbling.. IndiaTimes - Published
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has appealed to all citizens to exercise restraint when reacting to the Supreme Court verdict to be delivered on Saturday morning on the sensitive Ayodhya dispute, whatsoever.. IndiaTimes - Published
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan came down heavily on Union home minister Amit Shah for trying to make Hindi the national language. He said that Sangh Parivar and now the BJP government at the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Vijayan said that the idea of Hindi unifying the country is absurd in the first place because it is not the mother tongue for the majority of Indians. DNA - Published
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to Union minister Arjun Munda and Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, urging them for early payment of compensation to tribals and reconstruction measures.. IndiaTimes - Published
Vijayan had arrived at the airport at around 5.40 pm when he was informed about Advani's arrival at the Cochin International Airport, BJP sources said. The senior CPI(M) leader spent five minutes with.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Accidents have happened in unexpected areas.... 80 landslides in various parts of the state. Malappuram, Kavalappara, Bhoothalam Colony and Puthumala in Wayanad are worst affected," Vijayan said.. DNA - Published
Announcing the decision, Vijayan said former Kerala High Court judge K Narayana Kurup will probe the incident relating to the death of 49-year-old Rajkumar in police custody and file a report within.. IndiaTimes - Published
Vijayan maintained that his government has identified sites for establishing AIIMS-like institute in the southern state according to the direction of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare DNA - Published
This is for the first time that Vijayan was meeting Modi after he assumed office for the second time following the BJP-led NDA's victory in the Lok Sabha polls. DNA - Published
The Kerala government has slapped cases on 119 people for posting objectionable comments on social media against chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, since he took charge three years ago. A reply document.. IndiaTimes - Published
"The government is closely monitoring the current situation," Vijayan said in a Facebook post and urged everyone to follow the instructions of the Health Department. DNA - Published
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has told Rahul Gandhi that the issue of providing relief to the families of farmers, who committed suicide over failure to repay bank loans, needs to be taken up.. DNA - Published
