Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and some of the ministers of his Cabinet filed their nominations for Kerala Assembly elections on Friday, the last day for filing nominations.
The High Court of Kerala has stayed the government decision to exempt the top secret section of the Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau from disclosing details about inquiries into allegations against present and past ministers, legislators and all India service officers under Right to Information Act.
Indian Space Research Organisation today put the seventh and last satellite (IRNSS-1G) of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System into orbit on Thursday.
Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) filed the inspection report on this year's Thrissur Pooram festival in the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday citing ill-treatment of elephants.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday made a dig at Opposition Leader V. S. Achuthanandan on using Microsoft products for his Web site (
News in brief
Noisy scenes
Noisy scenes in the Assembly over alleged leak of Budget proposals in the social media.
Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala alleged that the sanctity of the Budget is lost and Opposition members staged protest in the House.
The Congress-led Opposition later boycotted the remaining part of the presentation.
Tax on solar devices
Solar installations will attract only one per cent tax. This will have retrospective effect from April 2013 when the tax for solar devices were reduced. However, installation did not get the benefit as 14.5 per cent tax on works contract applied.
Natural Rubber
Exemption announced for natural rubber and its variants by previous government for the period from 20th December 2014 to 31st March 2015 will be given effect by incorporating provisions for that in the Finance Act.
