corruption

Lucknow, March 16 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a medical officer stationed at the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) and an executive from a private hospital in connection with an alleged bribery case involving undue favours to a hospital in Uttar...

New Delhi, March 16 Over three and a half decades after a minor bribery case began, the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a former Uttarakhand excise constable but reduced his sentence.A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and P B Vrale was hearing the plea of the former constable against...

New Delhi, March 16 An assistant sub-inspector of the Delhi Police was arrested by the vigilance unit while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a man in connection with a dowry harassment case, officials said on Monday.The accused, ASI Rohtash Kumar, was stationed at the Geeta Colony...

Chandigarh, March 16 Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the state on Monday, saying that its main achievements in the past four years have been the mounting debt burden and the expansion of gangsterism and drug use.Jakhar made these remarks...

Agartala, March 15 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Sunday that his government has been prioritizing the prosperity and development of the tribal community.Addressing a BJP event at Rabindra Bhavan here, he said that five out of the 12 ministers in the state are from the tribal...

Amaravati, March 15 – The YSR Congress Party has demanded that Andhra Pradesh's ruling Telugu Desam Party sack Eluru MP Putta Mahesh Yadav for allegedly taking drugs at a rave party.Former MLA TJR Sudhakar Babu told the media here on Sunday that Chief Minister and TDP president N. Chandrababu...

Surat, March 15 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jagdish Vishwakarma on Sunday described the Congress as a “4-C” party — standing for corruption, commissions, communal riots, and criminal politics — while addressing a large booth workers' conference in Mahuva in Surat district...

Chennai, March 15 Rising crimes against women, broken election promises, and a debt crisis would dominate the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu, although the ruling DMK heavily relies on its social welfare initiatives and investments to seek the people's mandate for a consecutive term in...

Puducherry, March 15 The ruling AINRC-BJP coalition government will rely on Chief Minister N Rangasamy and welfare measures to secure a consecutive victory in this Union Territory, where elections to 30 Assembly seats will be held on April 9.On the other hand, the Congress-led opposition is...

Kolkata, March 15 The BJP's repeated attempts to unseat the ruling TMC in West Bengal have fallen short in the last two Assembly elections, leaving a somewhat bitter taste of a "so-close-yet-so-far" feeling among its leaders and workers, poll observers say.Even as the Assembly elections...

Guwahati, March 15 Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged on Sunday that the Congress, during its previous 15 years of rule in Assam, "pocketed" Rs 150 crore per year from the state's healthcare budget.The BJP, on the other hand, has transformed the sector within its 10 years of rule in the...

Guwahati, March 15 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the Congress party on Sunday of misappropriating around Rs 150 crore annually from Assam's healthcare budget during its 15-year tenure in the state, alleging that corruption had severely weakened the public health system.Addressing a...

Agartala, March 14 – Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) aims to contest all 28 seats in the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), while maintaining its approach of alliance politics.Addressing...

Chandigarh, March 14 The Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a jeweler on Saturday in connection with the IDFC First Bank fraud case. Investigators found that more than ₹250 crore had been routed to his firm from companies linked to the accused.Rajan Katodia...

New Delhi, March 14 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two head constables of the Delhi Police's Sultanpuri police station while demanding and accepting an illegal gratification of Rs 20,000 from a complainant involved in online betting, an official said on Saturday.The...

In Moga (Punjab), March 14, Union Minister Amit Shah stated on Saturday that the BJP will contest the 2027 elections independently, aiming to form a government in Punjab, where it had only been a junior partner to the SAD, and promised to introduce an anti-conversion law and eliminate the drug...

Bhubaneswar, March 14 – A Special CBI Court in Bhubaneswar has convicted and sentenced a former Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices from Baripada, Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, to four years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 1 lakh for demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh, an official...

Moga, March 14. Sounding the poll bugle in Punjab, where the Assembly elections are due early next year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that under the current Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, religious conversions have reached alarming levels."A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

Chennai, March 14 AMMK general secretary TTV Dinakaran on Saturday criticized the DMK government over the law and order situation, stating that it has become a "laughing stock" in Tamil Nadu over the past five years.He said that there is no day without murders and robberies in the state, in a...

Kolkata, March 14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed West Bengal’s women and youth, promising safety, employment, and an end to the "culture of taking money" and "dictatorial rule," while declaring that a "revolution" for a new Bengal has begun.Speaking at a large rally at the...