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Top Stories from Kerala: Robots to count cash at Sabarimala temples

Written by : TNM

 1.  It seems the cash flow in Sabarimala is so huge, human beings are not able to keep up. The Travancore Devaswom Board is planning to introduce robots for counting the offered currency at the pilgrimage. Read a Times of India report  2. Finally V S Achuthananthan has decided to work with the party and show solidarity by joining the Aruvikkara by-election campaign. He also slammed A K Antony.  Read a Times of India report 3.The Kerala High court has criticized the state government for not utilizing the funds allocated for the tribal people. The court also ordered the government to use all the funds allotted from Centre and State for the welfare of Adivasis. Read full report in The New Indian Express 4. Kerala Vigilance department in trouble yet again in the bar bribery case as opposition files a petition questioning Vigilance's move to seek legal opinion in the case. Vigilance SP's decision to get entire records approved by the agency's public prosecutor instead of forming an independent opinion is being questioned. Read a Times of India report 5. Kalamassery land grab case: Former bureaucrat TO Sooraj will undergo lie detection test by CBI. Ernakulam CJM court will decide on it on 11 June. Read a Mathrubhumi report

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