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SNDP leader Vellappally Natesan announced his new political party, Bharath Dharma Jana Sena, at the conclusion of the Samatwa Munnetta Yatra here on Saturday.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated the construction of International Multipurpose Seaport at Vizhinjam on Saturday.
The ground breaking ceremony was attended by Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Kerala Minister for Excise K. Babu, Speaker N. Sakthan, Kerala Minister for Health and Family Welfare V. S. Sivakumar, Kerala Minister for Water Resources P. J. Joseph, Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, Chairman of Adani Group Goutan Adani and his son and Executive Director Karan Adani, among others.
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The Opposition disrupted Kerala Assembly proceedings for the fifth day in a row today — this time demanding that Labour Minister Shibhu Baby John should disclose details of the conspiracy he had mentioned behind testimony of Biju Radhakrishnan before the Judicial Commission enquiring into the solar panel scam.
The Opposition’s contention was that Mr. John’s statement cast doubts over Opposition members, but Mr. John maintained that he had not said that the conspirator was inside or outside the Assembly.
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The Opposition staged a sit-in and disrupted proceedings of Kerala Assembly on Thursday demanding resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Assembly on Wednesday referred the Kerala Regulation of Hartal Bill to a select committee chaired by Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala.
Mr. Chennithala, who piloted the Bill, withdrew his motion to refer the Bill to Subject Committee and accepted the motion moved by K. Muraleedharan to refer the Bill to Select Committee. Both ruling and Opposition members had wanted deeper deliberations on the Bill and eliciting of public opinion.
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