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The Central government has sought report from the Kerala government on the bomb attack on BJP State office here yesterday.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh called Chief Minister Pinarai Vijayan on Thursday to express his concern over the attack on the BJP office after State BJP Chief Kummanam Rajasekharan complained to him.

Kerala Assembly will meet from September 26. The Cabinet recommended convening of the session to the Governor on Wednesday.

The House will consider Bill to amend the Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board Act besides full budgetary demands for grants for this year. The amendment proposes changes in the structure of the Devaswom Recruitment Board.

Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to award the consultancy for preliminary works of light metro projects in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

This will be subject to conditions. The consultancy for the entire project will be entrusted to the DMRC upon receipt of clearance from the Centre.

The Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau is continuing investigation into the wealth allegedly amassed by former Excise Minister K. Babu.

The Vigilance Police, which had raided the House of Mr. Babu and his relatives and alleged benamis on Sunday, today examined the locker of Mr. Babu’s daughter.

Update:  Vigilance police have examined the contents of another bank locker belonging to the daughter of K. Babu on Tuesday.

Police resorted to lathicharge and water guns as youth congress protesters barged into the Secretariat compound on Monday.
The Youth Congress workers were protesting over the policies of the government with respect to the self-financing professional colleges.