Anoop Jacob

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  Kerala Government Sets Committee To Study Reasons Behind Frequent Vehicle Fires

  The frequent incidents of vehicles catching fire in Kerala in recent days is a matter of concern and a committee has been constituted to study the reasons for the same, the state government said in the assembly on Wednesday.

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  Kerala Government Pulls Out Maggi Noodles From State-Run Outlets

  Kerala government today issued an order to temporarily stop distribution of Maggi noodles from over 1,000 retail outlets in the state in the wake of Uttar Pradesh FSDA finding monosodium glutamate and lead above permissible limits in the popular snack.

• Mobile Onam markets to be launched in Kerala

  Kerala food and civil supplies minister Anoop Jacob said on Friday that the Civil Supplies Corporation would start ten mobile Onam markets in the state.

• Dead rat found in bag of rice used for preparing meals for students

  A probe would be conducted into the incident of a dead rat being found in a bag of rice kept for preparing meals for students of a school in Kozhikode, Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Anoop Jacob, said on Saturday.

• Kerala to set up internal vigilance in Registration department

  Kerala Government has decided to set up an internal vigilance wing with a view to making Registration Department more transparent, Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Registration Anoop Jacob said.Addressing a meet-the-press programme, he said that many complaints were received due to the existence of a few corrupt officials in the departmen...

• Pedestrian killed after being hit by minister's car

  A 72-year-old man was fatally knocked down allegedly by an official car in which Kerala Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob was travelling at Perumkoor near Thiruvananthapuram last night, police sources said today.

• Ration shops in Kerala to be made more user friendly

  Ration shops in Kerala would be made more user friendly and the functions of civil supplies department would be made more transparent, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob said today.

• Kerala cabinet reshuffle on communal lines?

  In what is seen as a bid to keep the communal and caste equations in his cabinet intact, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has given up the powerful Home Affairs portfolio. Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, who held the Revenue portfolio, will be the new Home Minister. "I have given up the Home portfolio to devote more time for my other duties." Chan...

• Anoop Jacob takes oath as MLA

  Anoop Jacob, who was elected to Kerala assembly from Piravom as UDF candidate, took oath as member of the House today. In the bypoll necessitated following the death of his father T M Jacob, Anoop retained the seat for Kerala Congress (Jacob) with an impressive margin of 12,070 votes over his CPI-M rival M J Jacob when the votes were counted yeste...