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The Assembly today referred the Malayalam language (Dissemination and Enrichment) Bill to the Subject Committee.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who piloted the Bill, said that the government would see to it that the provisions of the Bill do not cause any difficulties to linguistic minorities.

Kerala Water Resources Minister P. J. Joseph said in the Assembly on Tuesday that Kerala would be approaching the Supreme Court on the Mullaperiyar issue, pointing out the failure of the supervisory committee to manage the crisis.

The Minister was responding to notice for an adjournment motion given by E. S. Bijimol to raise a discussion on the issues surrounding the opening of the spillways of the Dam.

The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) raised the need for autonomy of government-run art and cultural institutions at the inaugural Open Forum session on the topic ‘Legacy of Film and Television Institute of India’, held at Tagore Theatre today.

Eight of the 13 spillway shutters of Mullaperiyar dam were opened on Monday.  Water level is now at 142 feet. (updated)

Education Minister P. K. Abdu Rubb told the Assembly today that the Kerala Technological University had had not outsourced conduct of its examinations. It had only outsourced the software.
Replying to the debate on the Kerala Public Service Commission (Additional Functions as Respects the Universities) Bill, the Minister said that system was introduced for speeding up publication of results.