corruption investigation

Jammu, February 25 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) conducted a raid on the house of police inspector Vijay Choudhary, the brother of Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary, in Jammu city on Wednesday, in connection with a case of disproportionate assets.Official sources said 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...

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini informed the assembly during the ongoing budget session that the entire amount owed by IDFC First Bank to the Haryana government has been fully disbursed to the accounts of various departments. The bank has deposited ₹556 crore, including approximately...

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...

Mumbai, February 24 The Bombay High Court has quashed a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against a Nagpur-based lawyer in connection with alleged kickbacks involving former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.A single bench of Justice Ashwin Bhobe, in an...

Chandigarh, February 24 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that the state government had recovered nearly Rs 556 crore owed to it in the IDFC First Bank case."Nearly Rs 556 crore, including nearly Rs 22 crore in interest, was recovered within 24...

Chandigarh, February 23 The AAP alleged on Monday that the Rs 590-crore "bank fraud" reported in Haryana reflects "serious negligence and administrative failure" of the state's BJP government.In a statement issued here, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda targeted...

Bengaluru, February 23 Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra accused the ruling Congress of "engaging in divisive politics" against the Banjara community following the arrest of party MLA Chandru Lamani by the Lokayukta police for allegedly accepting a bribe from a contractor.Vijayendra...

Chennai, February 22 The BJP on Sunday demanded that the Tamil Nadu government remove Minister K N Nehru from the Cabinet and order a CBI investigation into the alleged irregularities in appointments within the Municipal Administration department.Nehru holds the portfolios of Municipal...

Chennai, February 22 – The Tamil Nadu BJP intensified its attack on the ruling DMK government on Sunday after the Madras High Court directed the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department (DVAC) to register an FIR against Municipal Administration and Water Supply Minister K. N. Nehru.In...

Gadag (Karnataka), February 21 – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Chandru Lamani, representing the Shirahatti Assembly constituency, was caught in the act and taken into custody by the Karnataka Lokayukta on Saturday in connection with an alleged bribery case in the town of Laxmeshwar in Gadag...

Gadag (Karnataka), February 21 The Lokayukta police on Saturday said they had caught BJP MLA Chandru Lamani allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh.The trap was laid by the Gadag Lokayukta police based on a complaint filed by a contractor."Today, the Gadag Lokayukta police station...

Bhubaneswar, February 19 – Continuing its crackdown on corruption, the Odisha Vigilance department arrested two individuals on Thursday, including the tehsildar of Soro in the Balasore district, after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe from a businessman."On Thursday, Daitari...

Kochi, February 19 The VACB, which is investigating the microfinance scam, has recorded the statement of SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellapally Natesan, officials said on Thursday.According to sources from the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), a team led by SP S Sasidharan recorded...

Bhubaneswar, February 19 The Odisha government has suspended a state administrative service officer for allegedly being involved in corruption, according to an official statement.The Odisha Administrative Service officer was working as a Tahsildar in Padmapur, in the Bargarh district.Noting...

Jaipur, February 18 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has sent a request to issue a lookout notice against retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal in connection with alleged irregularities amounting to Rs 900 crore in the tender process of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), officials said on...

Colombo, February 18 Maithri Wickremesinghe, the wife of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, will appear before a financial crime investigation unit on Friday in connection with a case of alleged corruption by her husband, a Sri Lankan court was informed on Wednesday.Ranil Wickremesinghe is...

Jaipur, February 18 – The alleged scam in the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Rajasthan has once again come to the forefront, with state minister Kirodi Lal Meena reiterating his claim of widespread irregularities worth Rs 20,000 crore.Recent arrests of senior officials, including the Chief...

Jaipur, February 17 The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested nine people on Tuesday, including senior engineers and retired officials, in connection with an alleged multi-crore corruption case linked to the Jal Jeevan Mission in Rajasthan, officials said.The ruling BJP in the state has alleged that...

Jaipur, February 17 – The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) carried out early morning raids at multiple locations on Tuesday and arrested nine individuals in connection with the alleged multi-crore corruption case related to the Jal Jeevan...