PM mourns death of Vayalar Ravi’s wife

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, has congratulated Indian American Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan on his being honoured with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

September 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - Mercy Ravi, wife of Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, died here early Saturday morning at the Madras Medical Mission hospital, family sources said. She was 63. Mercy Ravi died of kidney failure around 3 a.m.

September 4th, 2009 CHENNAI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Mercy Ravi, wife of Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, died of kidney failure early Saturday at the Madras Medical Mission Hospital in Chennai, family sources said. She was 63. A former Congress legislator from Kottayam in Kerala, Mercy died around 3 a.m.

September 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday mourned the death of his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a copter crash.

September 3rd, 2009 AGARTALA - Cutting across party lines, members of ruling Left Front and the opposition Congress in the Tripura assembly Thursday mourned the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

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August 26th, 2009 Mass. Gov. Patrick mourns loss of Kennedy 'light'BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says "one of the commonwealth's brightest lights" has been extinguished with the death of Sen.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Australian authorities on Tuesday proposed to launch a 24-hr helpline for Indian students, following Indian Government's request to the Australian authorities to provide safety and security to Indian students in Australia. In a meeting between Minister for Overseas Indian affairs Vayalar Ravi and Australian Education Secretary Lisa Paul in the capital, Paul said that Australia is committed to have a helpline for Indian students to lodge their complaints and to seek other support.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Veteran Congress leader Vayalar Ravi was Thursday named minister of overseas Indian affairs. Vayalar Ravi had held the important portfolio in the previous cabinet too.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Veteran Congress leader Vayalar Ravi Thursday said he was happy to retain the charge of the overseas Indian affairs ministry. "I'm very happy to come back to the same ministry," Vayalar Ravi told IANS after the announcement of portfolios late in the evening.

May 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Saturday mourned the death of former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun. "I was saddened by the news of the death of former president Roh Moo-hyun of the Republic of Korea," Obama said in a statement.

May 24th, 2009 KOCHI - It was an emotional moment for Vayalar Ravi as he returned here Sunday after being sworn in as cabinet minister Friday, and went straight to meet his wife Mercy Ravi who is convalescing at a hospital. Driving straight from the airport to the hospital, Vayalar Ravi held his wife's hands and kissed her.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and two journalists from Kerala P. Rajeev and M.P.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Monday renominated Vayalar Ravi, minister of overseas Indian affairs and parliamentary affairs, for the Rajya Sabha election from Kerala. 'Congress president (Sonia Gandhi) has re-nominated Vayalar Ravi for Rajya Sabha election from Kerala,' a statement issued here said.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee has mourned the death of former president R. Venkataraman.