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Muzaffarnagar, April 10 A woman was forced to deliver her baby on a road outside a government hospital in Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, after staff allegedly refused to admit her and demanded a bribe, triggering outrage among her family members.A video of the incident on Thursday night has...

Islamabad, April 10 – A leading minority rights organization condemned the custodial killing of a Christian man on Friday, just hours after Pakistani police arrested him on charges they described as "fabricated."According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), police claimed that...

Mumbai, April 10 A special court here on Friday acquitted a retired assistant rationing officer in a 2015 corruption case, ruling that the prosecution "failed to present compelling and convincing evidence".Sanjay Sawardekar was acquitted of all charges by Special Judge for Anti-Corruption...

Pratapgarh (UP), April 8 A block programme manager working at a community health center here was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 in exchange for facilitating a job, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Amit Mishra, was caught red-handed by a team of the...

Indore, April 8 A 25-year-old taxi driver died by suicide in Indore after recording a video alleging assault and corruption by the police, prompting the authorities to suspend a sub-inspector, an official said on Wednesday.Abhishek Patil hanged himself at his home on Tuesday, the official...

Latur, April 3 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a police inspector and a constable for accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000 in Udgir, Latur district, Maharashtra, an official said.The accused, inspector Rajkumar Pujari of Udgir Rural police station and constable Rahul Nagargoje, were...

Chandigarh, April 2 The Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested a sub-divisional officer (SDO) of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 in the Malerkotla district.An official spokesperson said the accused, Hardeep Singh, was posted...

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), April 2 An official in the Forest Department has come under scrutiny after a video surfaced allegedly showing him demanding a bribe from a farmer who lost areca nut and banana crops in an elephant attack.The video, now widely circulating on social media, purportedly...

New Delhi, April 1 A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered the detention of a deputy commissioner and an administrative officer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for 14 days in a corruption case.Special CBI Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik allowed the CBI's pleas seeking judicial custody of Lt Col...

Khargone, March 27 A police assistant sub-inspector was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 7,000 in Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, on Friday, officials of the Lokayukta said.The accused, Ravindra Kumar Guru, is stationed at the Kasrawad police station, about 40 km from the district...

Ghaziabad, March 23 – A Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad on Monday sentenced a former railway official from Agra to four years in prison for demanding a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a contractor.The Special Court found Rafi Ahmad, then Chief Yard Master at Agra Cantt Railway Station, guilty under the...

Shahjahanpur (UP), March 23 A team from the Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Corruption Organization arrested a Fisheries Inspector here on Monday, allegedly for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000, a senior official said.According to police, the accused, Pooranlal, demanded a bribe in exchange for...

Bengaluru, March 15 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe Congress MLAs from Odisha, who are staying at a resort near here, party sources claimed on Sunday.Fourteen MLAs, along with other Odisha Congress unit office bearers, are staying at a resort.They were...

Gadag (Karnataka), February 25 An assistant sub-inspector was apprehended on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 to close a case in this district, officials said.The accused was caught in a trap set by the Lokayukta police following a complaint, they added.According to...

Jaipur, February 25 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested a patwari (a village-level revenue officer) in the Dholpur district on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000, officials said.According to the bureau, Birendra Kumar Sharma, who was posted as a patwari in the...

Jaipur, February 24 The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Rajasthan on Tuesday arrested a block development officer from Sawai Madhopur while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, officials said.The accused, Jagdish Prasad Meena, was posted as Block Development Officer (BDO) in Panchayat Samiti...

Jaipur, February 23 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the Rajasthan Police arrested a block chief medical officer in the Sawai Madhopur district on Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000, officials said.According to the ACB, Dr Battilal Meena, who was posted as block chief...

Bengaluru, February 22 BJP MLA Dr Chandru Lamani, who was allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a contractor, has been remanded in judicial custody until March 3.The MLA, a doctor from Shirahatti, was brought from Gadag to Bengaluru on Saturday night and produced before a...

Hyderabad, February 19 Two state government officials were apprehended by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here on Thursday when they allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 70,000.A Superintendent working in the office of the Commissioner and Director of School Education was caught by the ACB when...

Patna, February 17 – In a major anti-corruption move, the Special Vigilance Unit on Tuesday apprehended the District Agriculture Officer of Muzaffarpur, Bihar, and his driver while they were accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.The operation has sent shockwaves through the district's administrative...