Politician Promise

Kochi: Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister C Divakaran today said the State Government would provide succour to people affected in the incessant rainfall which had been lashing the State especially in the Central and Northern parts, and not wait for assistance from the Centre. Speaking to reporters here, Divakaran said the government would give [...]

PALAKKAD: C.K. Chandrappan, president of All-India Kisan Sabha, has said that the promise of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to provide free seeds and fertilizers will not be fulfilled if the fate of many such assurances he had earlier given to farmers was any indication. Inaugurating a district camp of the Kisan Sabha at Kuzhalmannam, near [...]

KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation has rolled out its annual budget for the year 2009-10 and as usual it has put forward certain promises envisaged to change the face of Kochi.In his budget presentation, Deputy Mayor Manisankar said that the budget was formulated with a clear vision to create a ‘new’ Kochi. But remember, Kochi is [...]

KOCHI: Promising that the Centre will support all developmental projects by the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA), Union Minister K V Thomas said on Thursday that there should a practical approach on the part of the State Government and Kochi Corporation to find funds for projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Speaking [...]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 14 - ANI: Union Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies K V Thomas on Sunday said that a Food Security Act would be in place within the next 100 days. Addressing a press conference here, Thomas said the UPA Government’s flagship scheme of providing 25 kilograms of rice and wheat at [...]

KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation has assured the Ombudsman for Local Self-government Institutions, M.R. Hariharan Nair, that it would set up a refuse derived fuel plant for the treatment of plastic and non-biodegradable waste at the site of the solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram shortly. The deputy secretary of the corporation gave this assurance at a [...]

The Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Mr Dinsha J. Patel, has assured the Coir Board of all possible help from his Ministry for the market development of the labour-intensive coir sector, both in the export and domestic sectors. This assurance was given to the Coir Board Chairman, Mr V.S. Vijayaraghavan, when [...]

Kochi: Union MoS for Agriculture K V Thomas said he will sincerely try to solve the problems faced by the state, including restoration of the rice quota which was cut down by the Centre. Kerala had sought a higher quota of rice for its Public Distribution System (PDS). The state had been complaining that its quota [...]

Thiruvananthapuram: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday promised reservation to Dalit Christians and upper caste poor as she launched her poll campaign from here. Mayawati flew to the Kerala capital to kick off her nationwide 52-day poll campaign, vowing to clamp down on terrorism and Maoist violence in [...]

Thiruvananthapuram, Sunday 22 March 2009: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday promised reservation to Dalit Christians and upper caste poor as she launched her poll campaign from here. Mayawati flew to the Kerala capital to kick off her nationwide 52-day poll campaign, vowing to clamp down on terrorism and Maoist [...]

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