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Author: Naveen Nair Desperate times call for desperate measures. The CPM-led Left government in Kerala has been on a slippery slope ever since the former principal secretary to the Chief Minister M Shivashankar underwent marathon questioning by the Central Customs and National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his close links with…
The arrest of three migrant workers in Ernakulam by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for alleged terror links has left employers and other migrants panicked. “We are worried. I have two migrant workers from Assam. They are good workers. I don’t mistrust them. But if NIA has arrested three migrant…
Why are Keralites seeing more peacocks and peahens in the state and what does it mean? The sighting of peafowl (male peafowl is peacock and female peafowl is peahen) is a sign of climate change, because the peafowl is a dry land bird and Kerala is a wet state. “Sighting…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board’s (KIIFB) parking of Rs 250 crore in Yes Bank, a parliament document reveals. It was The Lede that reported the exclusive story in March 2020, that KIIFB had parked Rs 250 crore with Yes Bank and withdrew it ‘surprisingly’…
Company officials failed to tell the outside world about the Pettimudy landslide even when they were informed within one hour of the incident, a government report has alleged. On August 06, at around 10:30 pm, 30 small houses in four rows where 22 Kannan Devan Hills Produce (KDHP) workers’ families…
With many key states in the country’s tourism map opening up the tourism sector, demands to follow suit have been increasing in Kerala too. While Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Goa, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan have opened their states for travel, Kerala continued with a 15-day quarantine policy for visitors.…
People are attracted to Maoist philosophy due to the oppression of weaker sections, a Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Kerala has held while granting bail to two persons who were arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). In an order that has been described as…
A probe has been initiated by the Ministry of Finance against TS Vijayan, the newly-appointed independent director of Kerala Infrastructure Investment Board (KIIFB), for violating LIC pension rules, The Lede has learnt. Additionally, sources in New Delhi claimed that a possible information leak for KIIFB when Vijayan was Yes Bank…
