corruption investigation

Bengaluru, April 7 – On Tuesday, Lokayukta officials conducted simultaneous early morning raids at multiple locations across Karnataka in four districts, targeting government officials accused of amassing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.The coordinated raids and...

New Delhi/Itanagar, April 6 – Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu welcomed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation, as directed by the Supreme Court, and assured full cooperation with the central agency.In response to this development, the opposition Congress demanded...

New Delhi, April 6 – The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a recusal application filed by AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, who appeared in person and sought that the matter related to the alleged excise policy case be heard by a bench other than that of Justice Swarna Kanta...

New Delhi, April 6 – The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into allegations of irregularities in the awarding of public works contracts in Arunachal Pradesh, including those allegedly linked to the family members of Chief...

Pune, April 5 The Bombay High Court has overturned orders issued by the then Pune municipal commissioner, refusing approval for an open investigation against a former civic official, paving the way for an investigation into alleged assets worth around Rs 2,000 crore.A division bench of...

New Delhi, April 5 The Central Information Commission has criticized the IRCTC, the catering arm of the Indian Railways, for denying information in response to an RTI request seeking to determine if companies bidding on railway tenders had disclosed their alleged links to the Rail Neer 'scam'...

Jammu, April 4 – Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has suspended an IPS officer over alleged misuse of the General Provident Fund (GPF) and income tax deductions of police personnel, officials said on Saturday.Officials said the Lieutenant Governor has placed the officer under...

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...

Patna, April 2 – In line with its zero-tolerance policy against corruption, the Bihar Police took strict action against a corrupt police officer on Thursday.Chandan Kushwaha, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Tirhut Range, has ordered the immediate dismissal of Sub-Inspector Sadre Alam...

New Delhi, April 2 – The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the bail pleas of Jharkhand's former Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam and his private secretary Sanjeev Lal in a money laundering case linked to an alleged tender commission scam.The court, however, directed that the trial be...

Jaipur, April 2 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Rajasthan arrested Randhir Singh, Additional Secretary of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Sikar, who was also holding the additional charge as Secretary of APMC Neem-ka-Thana, on Thursday for accepting a bribe of ₹40,000...

Bhubaneswar, April 1 – The Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested a senior official of the Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OPHWC), who was found possessing a large amount of assets, including cash worth Rs 48.79 lakh and gold weighing more than 1 kg, during a search of his...

Lucknow, April 1 Orders have been issued to conduct an inquiry into the alleged corruption and irregularities prevailing in the Mid-Day Meal scheme across all madrassas receiving grants from the Uttar Pradesh government.Director Monika Rani of the Uttar Pradesh Mid-Day Meal Authority issued...

New Delhi, April 1 The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial court proceedings against Tamil Nadu minister and DMK general secretary Durai Murugan in a disproportionate assets case.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government on an appeal...

Bhubaneswar, March 31 The Odisha Vigilance Department on Tuesday seized Rs 45.41 lakh in cash from the possession of an officer, who could not satisfactorily explain the source of the money, an official said.Acting on a tip-off, a team from the department intercepted Odisha Police Housing and...

Patna, March 31 The Bihar police on Tuesday recovered property documents, large sums of cash deposits, and valuable items worth crores of rupees from two senior state government officials during a search operation.According to a statement issued by the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 31 The BJP-led NDA on Tuesday released its manifesto for the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections, promising financial benefits for needy women and citizens over 70, two free LPG cylinders per year for poor households, an AIIMS for the state, and the protection of places...

Patna, March 31 – In a major crackdown on corruption in Bihar, the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) conducted simultaneous raids on multiple premises linked to two senior government officials across several districts on Tuesday.The EOU carried out searches at a total of 12 locations – six each...

Shahjahanpur (UP), March 30 The municipal commissioner of Shahjahanpur has been transferred amid a controversy over the demolition of statues of freedom fighters located adjacent to the office of the civic body during road-related work by a private company here.The incident on March 22 sparked...

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...