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The Smart City Project, Kochi, will be completed by 2020.
Chief Minister Pinarai Vijayan said on Thursday that the he had received an assurance from the promoters in this respect.
The Chief Minister, who held discussions with the promoters here, that works would not go beyond 2020 in any case. The development would be carried out in such a way as to generate one lakh jobs.
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ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully injected a record number of 20 satellites into the orbit on Wednesday.
The spacecraft included the 727.5 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite and 17 international customer satellites of the United States of America, Germany, Canada and Indonesia.
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The State Information Commission has ordered that details of Cabinet decisions should be furnished to applicants under Right to Information Act.
Chief Information Commissioner Vinson M. Paul said in his order on an appeal petition filed by D. B. Binu of Human Rights Defence Forum, Kochi, that the exemptions provided under the Act did not cover matters on which decisions had been taken.
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Kerala government hopes to achieve 20 per cent growth in sales tax collection in 2016-17, Finance Minister T. M. Thomas Isaac said in New Delhi on Sunday.
The government would also adopt an online system similar to the one used by Delhi government to achieve 24 per cent growth in value added tax collection last year.
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Heavy rain lashed Thiruvananthapuram and Southern parts of Kerala on Saturday. Many houses were damaged.
Many low lying areas including parts of Kollam city were flooded. The spillway shutters of Bhoothathankettu dam was opened in view of heavy inflow into the reservoir.
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