Monday, October 31, 2011: Government has announced a three-day official mourning in the state as mark of respect to Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister T M Jacob, who passed away yesterday night.
Briefing reporters after a special cabinet at Thiruvananthapuram with available Ministers in the capital, also decided to declare a public holiday under instrumental negotiable act on Tuesday.
The Cabinet had also decided to declare a holiday at Ernakulam district tomorrow, as the body of the departed leader would be placed at Town Hall for public homage.
