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This is borne by GDP growth of 7.6 percent in the first half of 2018-19.

Radhakrishnan has said not adults, but it is children who burst fireworks in large numbers on Diwali.

Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan on Saturday accused the Kerala government of not taking the responsibility on the Sabarimala Temple issue and passing the buck to the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB). 

BJP leader H Raja has said that Tamil Nadu is the germination ground for sending people to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

MoS Pon Radhakrishnan has said that Tamil Nadu is no longer a peaceful state.

Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan today rejected some opposition leaders' charge that the Income Tax department was being used to target them, saying raids have been carried out against even companies owned by BJP leaders.

On the agitation against GAIL's gas pipeline project in the state, he said DMK and Congress had no moral right to protest against project since it was brought by their alliance.

Expressing doubts whether the newly sworn-in Edappadi K Palaniswami-led government in Tamil Nadu would continue after Saturday's floor test, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan today said "only God knows its fate."

Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao will take a decision on the new Tamil Nadu Chief Minister only after detailed deliberations, Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan said on Saturday.

On the Cauvery water-sharing issue, the Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways said the more than 40-year-old dispute could not be expected to be solved in four months.

The petition is expected to be taken up tomorrow for hearing.

To improve connectivity with far- flung areas including major tourism centres, the government plans to develop 15,000 km of National Highways (NH) at an estimated cost of Rs 1,90,000 crore.

Road construction in the country could meet only about half of the target set for the current fiscal at 6,300 km till January this year, owing to various factors including land acquisition issues, Parliament was informed today.

"The government is planning to mandate the offset frontal crash test and side impact crash test norms for passenger cars," Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan informed the Rajya Sabha Monday.