bribery

Siliguri, February 27 – A Special CBI Court in Siliguri convicted and sentenced a former Central Excise department official to four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) with a fine of Rs 40,000 for accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 over 10 years ago, an official said.Achintya Kumar Pramanik, then...

Kottayam (Kerala), February 27 A court here on Friday sentenced the former Ernakulam Additional District Magistrate (ADM) to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs five lakh in a 2015 bribery case.Kottayam Vigilance Court Judge K V Rajanish sentenced B Ramachandran, a...

Jaipur, February 26 – The Rajasthan High Court granted bail to five accused in the alleged Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) case on Thursday, including Piyush Jain, son of Padmachand Jain and operator of a firm, along with Mahesh Mittal, owner of a well company, and his son Hemant Mittal.The...

New Delhi, February 26 ED Director Rahul Navin will visit Chennai this weekend to review the status of ongoing investigations being carried out by the federal investigating agency in Tamil Nadu, including some high-profile cases such as the one involving state minister K N Nehru and others...

Kochi, February 25 Kerala Vigilance officials have arrested a panchayat official after allegedly catching him accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh for issuing a completion certificate for a warehouse, which officials described as the biggest seizure in the department's history.The accused, Deepesh...

Bhubaneswar, February 25 – Vigilance officials arrested a wealthy mining officer on Wednesday after recovering a record sum of over Rs 4.27 crore from his rented accommodation during simultaneous searches at multiple locations linked to the official.The accused, Debabrata Mohanty, Deputy...

Nashik, February 25 The sarpanch of a village in Nashik district and her husband have been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 in exchange for not approving a motion of no-confidence against the deputy sarpanch, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, Manda Bendkule and...

Jaipur, February 25 – Acting on the directions of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Headquarters in Jaipur, the Anti-Corruption Bureau outpost in Dholpur has arrested Birendra Kumar Sharma, a Patwari of Patwar Halka Basai Samanta, Tehsil Basai Samanta, District Dholpur, while accepting a bribe of Rs...

Bhubaneswar, February 25 – In the largest-ever cash seizure by Odisha's Vigilance Department, anti-corruption officials on Wednesday recovered over ₹4 crore in cash from the flat of the Deputy Director of Mines, Cuttack Circle, in Bhubaneswar.The accused, identified as Debabrata Mohanty, was...

Kochi, February 25 Kerala Vigilance officials have arrested a panchayat official after allegedly catching him red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh for issuing a completion certificate for a warehouse, in what officers described as the biggest seizure in the department's history.The...

Bhubaneswar, February 25 Stacks of notes packed in trolley bags were allegedly recovered from the house of an Odisha Mines Department official, who was arrested in a corruption case, officials said on Wednesday.A total of ₹4 crore in cash was seized from an apartment in Bhubaneswar owned by...

Bhubaneswar, February 24 – The Odisha Vigilance arrested a senior government official on Tuesday for allegedly accepting a bribe from a licensed coal vendor in exchange for facilitating the complainant's smooth business operations.According to Vigilance sources, the accused, Debabrata Mohanty...

Patna, February 24 – The Vigilance Department's crackdown on corrupt government officials continues in Bihar.Despite frequent arrests, cases of bribery are still being reported.On Tuesday, vigilance teams arrested a Block Supply Officer in Samastipur and a Survey Amin in Supaul, both caught...

Amaravati, February 23 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Andhra Pradesh apprehended two police officers on Monday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh at a police station in the YSR Kadapa district.ACB officials set up a trap at the Simhadripuram Police Station and apprehended...

In Vellore (Tamil Nadu), Feb 23 Vijay, founder of TVK, stepped up his attack on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, alleging that the DMK president's "real friends were bribery and corruption," and asserting that the upcoming elections were "a battle...

Vellore (Tamil Nadu), Feb 23 In a fresh attack on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, TVK founder Vijay on Monday alleged that the DMK president's real friends are "bribery and corruption," and termed the upcoming Assembly election as "a battle between Vijay and Stalin."He reiterated his...

Thane, February 23 A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Thane for allegedly defrauding a medical store owner of ₹35.42 lakh by promising to get his son admitted to a medical college under a "VIP quota," a police official said on Monday.An FIR was registered against Prashant Mahajan, a...

Vellore (Tamil Nadu), February 23 TVK chief Vijay on Monday criticized DMK President and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, saying his true friends were bribery, corruption, and the pursuit of political gains.He accused the chief minister of making false promises to the people and challenged the...

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

Gadag (Karnataka), February 21 BJP MLA Chandru Lamani was allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh here for the execution of Minor Irrigation department works, the Lokayukta police said on Saturday.The trap was laid by the Gadag Lokayukta police based on a complaint filed by a...