government investigation

Hubballi (Karnataka), March 30 Deputy Commissioner of the Commercial Tax Department, Bharath Kumar Hegde, was caught on Monday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6 lakh, Lokayukta officials said.Hegde, 48, was caught while receiving the money from businessman Vishwajit Nayak, 53, from...

Kathmandu, March 29 Nepal's newly formed government has established a commission under its ambitious 100-point work plan to investigate the properties and assets of former state heads.The Cabinet on Saturday decided to form a committee, the Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of...

Hyderabad, March 29 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Sunday demanded the immediate dismissal of Telangana Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy over allegations of corruption and illegal mining.BRS MLAs staged a protest at Gun Park near the Assembly building and later raised the issue in the House...

Kathmandu, March 28 – The newly elected government of Nepal has arrested former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak in connection with a culpable homicide case linked to the suppression of Gen Z protests, which resulted in the deaths of several protesters...

Shimla, March 27 Irregularities, including bills for male ovarian surgeries and the use of expired lenses, have surfaced in an internal audit of the Himcare scheme, prompting a vigilance investigation, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the Assembly on Friday.The chief...

Mumbai, March 25 Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Bawankule told the legislative council on Wednesday that a state committee had found serious irregularities in 424 land-related orders passed in Pune, following which the government sent officials in 13 of the most serious cases on...

Mumbai, March 25 Maharashtra Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde said on Wednesday that his deputy Neelam Gorhe's order to suspend Satara SP Tushar Doshi over the commotion during the Zilla Parishad president election would be forwarded to legal and constitutional experts for their opinion...

Kathmandu, March 25 – A high-level inquiry commission formed to investigate incidents during last year's Gen-Z movement in Nepal has recommended a criminal investigation and prosecution of former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, and then Police Chief Chandra...

Hyderabad, March 24 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao accused the Congress government in Telangana on Tuesday of engaging in diversionary politics and misleading the public on key issues by filing a charge sheet in the Formula E race case.He alleged that the...

Important cases listed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 24:* The Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the validity of the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025.* The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate against the West Bengal government and others...

Chandigarh, March 23 The Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress have alleged that a PCS officer was subjected to mental harassment by the Moga Deputy Commissioner to ensure that AAP candidates were elected as chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Baghapurana Panchayat Samiti.Shiromani Akali Dal...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 The Odisha Assembly was adjourned three times on Thursday as the opposition disrupted the proceedings, demanding the resignation of State Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling over the deaths of 12 patients at a state-run hospital in Cuttack.The House saw multiple adjournments...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 – Following the tragic fire incident at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on March 16, which officially claimed the lives of 12 patients, as many as four individuals – including three fire department officials and one engineer – have been suspended on charges...

Indore, March 18 Eight members of a family were killed after a fire broke out at a local businessman's three-story house following an explosion at an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging point outside the building in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh early on Wednesday, officials said.Investigators said...

Indore, March 18 Eight members of a family were killed when a fire broke out in a three-story house after an explosion at an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging point outside the building in Indore early on Wednesday, officials said.The deceased included two minor children and three women, they...

Ranchi, March 18 The Jharkhand government will set up cold storage facilities in each assembly constituency across the state, Agriculture Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey told the assembly on Wednesday.Responding to a question, she said that a cold storage facility with a capacity of 5,000 metric...

New Delhi, March 17 The Delhi government has formed a three-member committee to investigate the collapse of the overbridge in the Roop Nagar area of north Delhi and submit a report within 48 hours, Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said on Tuesday.The 60-foot bridge over a drain collapsed earlier...

Mumbai, March 16 Amid the controversy surrounding the production of hazardous polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the Lote-Parshuram industrial area in Ratnagiri district by Laxmi Organic and its effects on health and the Konkan environment, Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde said on Monday...

Shimla, March 16 BJP state president Rajiv Bindal accused the Himachal Pradesh government on Monday of "shielding" the accused who illegally felled more than 300 trees in the Shillai assembly constituency of the Sirmaur district.He said that the way in which hundreds of pine trees were cut...

New Delhi, March 16 – Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ordered an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Monday to determine the reasons for the unexplained delays in the execution of the project to extend the existing Barapullah elevated corridor.She said the government has...