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  Ex-Minister, Expelled By Congress, Says He Got No Communication About It

  A day after being expelled from the Congress party for alleged anti-party activities, rebel leader and former Union Minister K V Thomas on Friday said that he did not get any formal communication about his expulsion from the leadership.

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  Former Union Minister KV Thomas Expelled From Congress

  The Congress on Thursday expelled its rebel leader and former Union Minister K V Thomas for alleged anti-party activities, KPCC chief K Sudhakaran said.

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  "Have Home In Congress": Kerala Leader After CPM's Political Asylum Offer

  Veteran Congress leader K V Thomas on Wednesday brushed aside CPI(M) Kerala secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's invitation to join the Left party.

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  "I Did Not Praise Modi, He Isn't A Good Administrator" Says Congress Lawmaker

  Senior Congress Member of Parliament KV Thomas today said he had not praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a good administrator.

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  PM Narendra Modi Won't Be Called, Says Parliament Panel Overruling Congress Chief

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot be asked to explain his decision to ban high-denomination notes to the parliamentarians on a committee examining the sudden demonetisation drive, its members decided today, over-ruling what the chairman of the panel said just days ago.

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  Public Accounts Committee To Examine Chopper Deal: Chairman KV Thomas

  Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is ready to examine the CAG report on the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, its chairman KV Thomas said today.

• Ceiling of Lok Sabha in Parliament Building Leaks During Debate

  Law Makers had the first hand experience of the Monsoon today with the Lok Sabha witnessing a major leakage in the ceiling.

• Key Contestant: KV Thomas

  Union food minister K V Thomas, four-term Congress MP, is locked in a triangular contest in Ernakulam with retired bureaucrat Christy Fernandes, an independent candidate who is being backed by the LDF, and journalist-turned-politician Anita Pratap (AAP).

• Onion prices will come down in next 10 days: Food Minister KV Thomas

  Food Minister KV Thomas today said onion prices will come down in the next 10 days with the fresh arrival of domestic and imported stock, while asking the traders not to "loot" consumers by charging more.

• Government examining high inflation in foodgrains: Food Minister

  As per the WPI index, food inflation rose sharply to 18.18 per cent in August, while the general inflation increased to 6.1 per cent in the same period.

• Food Security Bill passed in Lok Sabha, Sonia Gandhi misses vote due to illness

  Food Security Bill: The Lok Sabha on Monday cleared the government's flagship food security bill. The scheme, which will entitle 67 per cent of India to highly subsidised food, will be the world's biggest programme to fight hunger once the Rajya Sabha too has cleared it.

• Rice support price for farmers hiked by 4.8%: Food Minister

  India, one of the world's major producers and consumers of grains, has built up massive stocks of rice and wheat because of bumper harvests encouraged by these guaranteed prices.

• Government approves hefty rise in gas prices

  The government needs to encourage power production in order to help revive Asia's third-largest economy that grew at its slowest pace in a decade in the year ending March 31, 2013.

• Cabinet removes sugar sector curbs to clip output swings

  India, the biggest sugar consumer, will no longer force mills to sell sugar to the government at a discount and will not limit the amount they can sell in the open market, Food Minister K.V. Thomas told journalists on Thursday after the Cabinet agreed the changes.

• Government to decide on sugar decontrol before Budget: Thomas

  The Centre will take a decision on giving freedom to the Rs 80,000 crore sugar industry to sell the sweetener in open market before Budget, Food Minister K V Thomas said today.