Piravom by-poll election date to be announced today

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• Central election commission will today announce Piravom Assembly by poll election date around 4.30pm. Election commission will also announce election dates of Utter Pradesh and four other states. [..]

Christmas: Kerala to get more rice, sugar

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• For Christmas season, the Centre would allot more rice and sugar for the State. The decision was taken in a meeting between the union food and civil supplies minister KV Thomas with state food and civil supplies minister Shibu Baby John. [..]

Kerala Assembly adjourns to mourn T.M Jacob’s demise

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• The Kerala Assembly on Wednesday condoled the death of Kerala Food and Civil Supplies minister, T M Jacob. The House was then adjourned for the day. [..]

TM Jacob laid to rest with full state honours

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• The late Kerala Food and Civil Supplies minsiter, T M Jacob, who died here on Sunday, was laid to rest with full state honours at his home town Piravom in Ernakulam district on Tuesday. [..]

Thousands pay homage to TM Jacob

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• Thousands of people paid homage to Food and Civil Supplies minister T M Jacob who passed away last night, when his body was brought to the Town hall here this morning. [..]

Kerala Assembly condoles TM Jacob’s demise

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• Kerala Assembly on Monday condoled the death of Food and Civil Supplies Minister T M Jacob. The House was then adjourned for the day. [..]

Govt declares three-day mourning in State

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• Government has announced a three-day official mourning in the state as mark of respect to Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister T M Jacob, who passed away yesterday night. [..]

Minister T M Jacob passes away

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• Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister T M Jacob tonight died at a private hospital in Kochi, officials said. He was 61 and is survived by wife, a son and a daughter. [..]

Govt to take steps to check price rise, says CM

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• Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that the government's aim was to have a permanent set up to check price rise of essential commodities. [..]

Rice@ Rs 1 per kg from tomorrow, says Minister

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• Food and Civil Supplies Minister T.M. Jacob today informed that the distribution of the rice at Rs 1 per kg scheme for the below poverty line (BPL) families would begin from tomorrow onwards. [..]