A row over the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of KIIFB operations has erupted again in Kerala as the state finance minister Dr Thomas Isaac has alleged that the CAG is trying to scuttle the development of Kerala by scheming with RSS-led forces in Delhi. On November 14, Isaac…

Without honouring an interim order from the regulatory commission, the Kerala government is going ahead with the K-FON project, The Lede has learnt. An Interim Order issued by the Kerala State Regulatory Commission (KSERC) on April 27, had stated that sharing the transmission and distribution assets of KSEB Ltd (Kerala…

M Sivashankar, former principal secretary to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and his team in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) were aware of the smuggling of gold and other electronic items through the diplomatic channel, the ED has revealed in an affidavit submitted in the court on Wednesday. As per…

“If Mohammed Azad from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) was not there, I would have died long back on one of the streets of Dubai. I can’t even eat food, change my dress, or go to the washroom alone. Daily, I lie in this bed till he comes after his night…

Reserving jobs for the economically weaker section (EWS) in forward communities Kerala is not going to help achieve social justice, a prominent Dalit thinker has said. “On the ground in Kerala, agreeing to reserve seats for the EWS in forward communities in jobs and education in Kerala is going to…

Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of Kerala CPM state secretary who is under the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for ‘funding’ a drug cartel in Bengaluru, had Rs 54 lakh deposits in different banks between 2018-19 and he has been seen using banned drugs, said the ED in its custody application.…

Bineesh Kodiyeri, the second son of Kerala CPM State Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, had remitted large amounts of money to a drug peddler’s account in Bengaluru, the Enforcement Department’s (ED) custodial plea submitted in the court reveals. The custodial plea seen by The Lede reveals that Anoop Mohammed, a drug peddler…

M Sivashankar, former principal secretary of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Kerala government IT Secretary, had called Customs officials to get the smuggled 30 kg gold released, a document seen by The Lede reveals. Sivashankar was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday morning and his…

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Consul General Jamal Al Zaabi and Admin Attache Rashed Khamis Ali Musaiqri Al Shemeli, who was in charge of the Consulate in Thiruvananthapuram, were aware of the UAE-Kerala gold smuggling, an accused in the case has revealed to a probe agency. Rameez KT, the accused under…

Country-wise details of 2018 and 2019 flood relief donations to Kerala Chief Minister Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF) are not available with the state government, reveals an RTI document. In a reply to the queries sought through the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Kerala Finance Department reveals that bank statements…