Kerala ex-minister is dead

He is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter. Meanwhile, the State paid homage to food and civil supplies minister T M Jacob who died at a private hospital in Kochi on Sunday following multiple organ failure from pulmonary hypertension.

The State Assembly adjourned without transacting business as a mark of respect to the veteran legislator. His funeral is to take place on Tuesday morning at Kakoor St Mary’s Church.