Important developments from here Kerala To watch out for today:
1. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate a conference organized by LDF in Thiruvananthapuram today to protect the higher education sector in the state. Ministers, MLAs and LDF leaders are expected to participate.
2. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will chair the cabinet meeting today. The meeting is likely to take a decision on measures to control the rise in prices of essential commodities.
3. Food Minister GR Anil will flag off the first mobile Maveli outlet for rice in Thiruvananthapuram today. Ration card holders will get 10 kg rice through mobile units to be deployed across the state.
4. The petitions filed by eight Vice Chancellors challenging the action of the Chancellor (Governor) directing them to resign from their posts will come up before the High Court today.
5. The Meteorological Office has issued a yellow alert for 11 districts of Kerala today, where a strong thunderstorm warning has been given. Due to the strong easterly winds and cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, the rains are likely to strengthen.
6. Malabar’s first woman lawyer and public prosecutor VM Leelavati passed away.