bribery

Thane, March 31 A special CBI court in Thane has sentenced a former Income Tax officer to six months of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a 19-year-old case involving accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person to finalize a tax assessment.Special Judge (CBI) D S Deshmukh also imposed a fine of...

Hubballi (Karnataka), March 30 Deputy Commissioner of the Commercial Tax Department, Bharath Kumar Hegde, was caught on Monday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6 lakh, Lokayukta officials said.Hegde, 48, was caught while receiving the money from businessman Vishwajit Nayak, 53, from...

Bhubaneswar, March 29 Odisha Vigilance officials arrested a revenue inspector on Sunday for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 13,000 from a person for the conversion of his land.Revenue Inspector Rajuram Bandra allegedly demanded the bribe from the landowner in exchange for submitting a...

Srinagar, March 29 The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Jammu and Kashmir (ACB) has arrested a police officer in the Anantnag district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe, officials said on Sunday.Special Police Officer Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat, stationed at the Larnoo police station, was...

New Delhi, March 28 A CBI special court in Lucknow on Saturday sentenced a former Deputy Inspector General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and two others to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2009 bribery case related to the recruitment of constables, officials said.The court...

Lucknow, March 28 – A Special CBI Court in Lucknow on Saturday sentenced a former CRPF official and two personnel to three years of rigorous imprisonment with a total fine of Rs 1.2 lakh in a corruption case related to the recruitment of constables in the paramilitary force.The CBI Court...

Srinagar, March 28 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir arrested an executive engineer from the Jal Shakti Department on Saturday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 12,000.Manzoor Ahmad Dar, an Executive Engineer of the Jal Shakti (PHE) – Mechanical Division, South...

Srinagar, March 28 – The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) apprehended an Executive Engineer from the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department on Saturday for accepting a bribe in the Pulwama district, an official said on Saturday.An ACB spokesperson said that the agency...

Thane, March 28 Two officials from the irrigation department in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district have been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a contractor to release pending payment for work carried out on a dam, an official said on Saturday.The Anti-Corruption Bureau...

Jammu, March 27 Two government officials – a forester and a forest guard – were arrested after they were caught red-handed taking a bribe in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said.The two were caught after the ACB laid a trap following a...

New Delhi, March 27 The Delhi Police has registered an FIR in connection with an alleged case of exchanging tickets for money, police sources said on Friday.The FIR has been registered against individuals linked to the Congress following allegations that money was demanded in exchange for an...

Mumbai, March 26 Maharashtra minister Narhari Zirwal has landed in a controversy after a video showing him with a transgender person surfaced on social media, leading to calls for his removal.The minister, who belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party, claimed on Thursday that it was a...

Patna, March 26 – In its ongoing crackdown on corruption, the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) carried out a major operation in Nalanda, the district where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resides, on Thursday, leading to the arrest of a Health Department official.The operation took place in...

Mumbai, March 26 – NCP tribal leader and Maharashtra Minister for Food and Drug Administration, Narhari Zirwal, is in a difficult position after an allegedly obscene video of him with a transgender person has gone viral on social media. It is not just Zirwal, but the NCP led by Sunetra Pawar...

Jabalpur, March 25 – The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police announced on Wednesday that they had arrested a female RTO constable and one of her private male associates for allegedly accepting bribes from a vehicle owner.The arrest came after the constable and her associate were caught red-handed...

Srinagar, March 25 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) apprehended and arrested a "Naib Tehsildar" (executive magistrate) in the Anantnag district on Wednesday for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000, officials said.A statement from the J&K ACB said that it had apprehended...

Ranchi, March 25 The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a chief commercial inspector (CCI) of the South Eastern Railway in Ranchi for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant, according to a statement released on Wednesday.The CBI has...

Srinagar, March 25 The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday arrested a senior revenue official in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe, officials said.The ACB received a written complaint that Naib Tehsildar Arwani, Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, was...

Patna, March 25 – In a major operation under Bihar's anti-corruption drive, the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) from Patna conducted a raid in Hajipur and apprehended two employees of the Mining Department for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.The accused include Rahul Kumar Roshan, a Data...

Ranchi, March 25 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended the Chief Commercial Inspector (CCI) of South Eastern Railway in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, on Wednesday, in connection with a bribery case.The accused, identified as Himanshu Shekhar, allegedly demanded and...