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Tensions escalated as clashes erupted between protesters and police at the main gate of the state Secretariat.
The protest would be led by the Secretariat Action Council, an umbrella body of service organisations with allegiance to opposition parties.
Agitators vandalised the boards placed in front of the secretariat as part of the Navakerala Sadas. Police used water cannon five times to disperse the crowd.
The police force currently operates with the same strength as it did 35 years ago. The ratio of police personnel has not kept pace with the increase in the state’s population.
The threat message was received at the state police headquarters at 11.30 am.
As per reports, police did not find any instance of money being exchanged during the periods mentioned in the complaint nor the health minister's personal staff.
"Appa received a lot of honours when he was alive, but the farewell that Kerala gives him now is greater than all of them," says daughter of late Oommen Chandy
Police arrested some students and cleared the protest venue.
The new circular lists the Secretariat's working hours and admissible leaves, and mentions that punching need not be done on occasions when the machine malfunctions.
Fire Force doused the fire which erupted in North Sandwich block.