bribery

Nashik, March 19 An executive engineer and an accountant from the Zilla Parishad were arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau in Nashik for allegedly seeking and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000, an official said on Thursday.Executive engineer Vaishali Thakare (42) and senior...

Colombo, March 19 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa received a bribe of 60 million Sri Lankan rupees, Kapila Chandrasena, the main accused in the 2017 Airbus case, told a court in Sri Lanka on Thursday.Chandrasena, the former CEO of the national carrier from 2011-15, was produced in the...

Ranchi, March 19 – The Jharkhand Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) conducted a major operation in Barharwa, Sahibganj district, on Thursday, leading to the arrest of a Block Supply Officer, officials said.The action was carried out by the Dumka unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.The ACB team...

New Delhi, March 19 A Delhi court has rejected the pleas of former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi, seeking over 1,600 documents to prepare their defense in the land-for-jobs case trial, stating that they were intended to "obstruct the trial from the outset."Special...

New Delhi, March 18 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday that it has filed a fresh chargesheet against more than a dozen retired and serving Jharkhand government engineers and officials in a money-laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the state's rural development...

Hyderabad, March 18 – Telangana's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a Prohibition & Excise Inspector and a Secondary Grade Teacher in a corruption case.The anti-graft agency arrested Gundeti Ramu, Prohibition & Excise Inspector, Karimnagar Urban, and Jakkani Venu, Secondary Grade...

Ranchi, March 18 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed its fifth supplementary charge sheet in the Jharkhand Rural Works Department (RWD) money laundering case before the Special Court for PMLA cases in Ranchi, an agency statement said on Wednesday.The action was taken by the Ranchi...

Palghar, March 18 A contractual medical officer from the Palghar district of Maharashtra has been removed from service after being caught accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000, officials said on Wednesday.Dr. Vijay Manik Sangle was apprehended on Tuesday in Ashagad, Dahanu taluka, while allegedly...

Barwani (MP), March 18 The Lokayukta police in the Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday apprehended a government employee allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 to release funds for the repair of a girls' toilet at a school, an official said.Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)...

Mumbai, March 18 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Mumbai has arrested an assistant police inspector (API) from the Khar police station for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh in connection with an investigation into a property dispute.The accused officer, 40-year-old Tushar Kale...

Jammu, March 17 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir arrested a meter reader from the Power Development Department (PDD) in the Rajouri district on Tuesday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a consumer, officials said.An ACB spokesperson said that...

Jaipur, March 17 The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested a revenue official and a middleman in Alwar district, Rajasthan, on Tuesday, allegedly for accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a person for land mutation, officials said.ACB Director General Govind Gupta said the middleman, identified as...

Shravasti (UP), March 17 A Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) has been suspended and departmental action has been recommended against him for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 20,000 for the appointment of an Anganwadi assistant in the Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh, an official said...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 17 A tehsildar in the Beed district of Maharashtra has been suspended after he was arrested last month by the ACB for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 in exchange for issuing a solvency certificate, an official said on Tuesday.The order to suspend...

Jammu, March 17 – The J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a meter reader from the electricity department on Tuesday while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 in the Rajouri district.An ACB spokesperson said the meter reader, who was stationed with the PDD in Rajouri, was caught red-handed...

Mumbai, March 17 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested an Assistant Police Inspector here while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh, it said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Tushar Kale (40), was attached to the Khar police station.The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's...

Ranchi, March 17 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a junior engineer of the South Eastern Railway for allegedly accepting a bribe from a private company representative in exchange for facilitating an electrical connection at a site office in Jharkhand, officials said on...

New Delhi, March 16 The CBI has arrested a retired Army major who was working as a medical officer at an ECHS polyclinic in Uttar Pradesh's Etah and an executive of the Noida-based Felix Hospital in a bribery case involving an amount of Rs 3 lakh, officials said on Monday.The federal agency...

Jammu, March 16 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) filed a chargesheet against a revenue official on Monday in a case involving alleged misuse of official position in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.The ACB presented the chargesheet before the court of Special Judge...

Kolkata, March 16 The TMC lodged a complaint with the EC on Monday, alleging that a BJP MLA violated the election model code of conduct by distributing items to residents shortly after the announcement of the West Bengal Assembly election schedule on March 15.In a letter to Chief Election...