Former Kerala Minister R.� Balakrishna Pillai and two others were awarded one year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court Thursday in a nearly three-decades old corruption case.
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Ramesh Chennithala said that Opposition leader Oommen Chandy and he had not interfered in the probe order regarding the Haj quota scam. The probe was ordered by the Ministry of External Affairs to seek measures
: As one year is completed after the implementation of the corruption-free Walayar campaign, it goes to the credit of the government that corruption has been considerably curbed.
The Youth Congress here Friday called for a probe by the central government into the state home minister%u2019s son%u2019s marriage reception which was allegedly attended by members of the underworld and known criminals.
The Kerala unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing yesterday alleged that a businessman embroiled in a controversial land deal had helped organise the reception for the marriage of state Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's son last week.
The Kerala government has ordered a vigilance inquiry into charges that Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) legislator U.C. Raman had amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
A draft social-audit report on the reforms initiated by the Finance Department at the Walayar check-post says corruption has been eliminated in clearance of goods vehicles there.
In the Land deal controversy, Kerala Congress (J) Group Chairman P J Joseph said that District collector Raju Narayana Swamy had requested for a transfer from Idukki due to some health problems. But responding to the allegations raised by P J Joseph, Raju
Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today asserted that he would continue the crusade against corruption, despite the recent controversies over his party reportedly accepting money from 'tainted people.' Participating in a 'face-to-face' programme