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New Delhi, March 31 The CBI arrested a CGST assistant commissioner posted in Ratlam on Tuesday in an alleged bribery case involving Rs 1.5 lakh, officials said.The CBI caught Shankar Parmar red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh, they said. This action came hours after Parmar allegedly...

Bengaluru, March 31 Karnataka Minister D Sudhakar was admitted to a private hospital here on Tuesday after his health suddenly deteriorated due to a lung infection, sources in the Chief Minister’s Office said.His condition fluctuated following the respiratory problem, they said.Sudhakar, who...

Amritsar, March 30 – Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar said on Monday that the police investigation into the death of state Warehousing Corporation district manager Gagandeep Randhawa has once again proven that the state government “intends to delay and weaken the case”.He said the BJP would...

Shahjahanpur (UP), March 23 A team from the Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Corruption Organization arrested a Fisheries Inspector here on Monday, allegedly for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000, a senior official said.According to police, the accused, Pooranlal, demanded a bribe in exchange for...

Chandigarh, March 23 – Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar was arrested on Monday in connection with the death of an official at a warehousing corporation.The police arrested Bhullar from the town of Mandi Gobindgarh.A case was registered against...

New Delhi, March 21 President Droupadi Murmu met newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday.The President's office shared a picture of the meeting on X."Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena, called on President...

New Delhi, March 20 Union minister Jayant Chaudhary allegedly received a death threat from an unknown caller, prompting a review of his security and a police investigation based on a complaint filed in the matter, officials said on Friday.Police said the caller has been traced to Murshidabad...

New Delhi, March 20 Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary allegedly received a death threat from an unknown caller, prompting a police complaint, an official said on Friday.Chaudhary, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, received the threat call from...

New Delhi, March 19 Fertilizer companies have purchased additional natural gas from the spot market to increase urea production at their plants, which are operating well below capacity due to a fuel shortage amid the West Asia crisis, a senior government official said on Thursday.After...

Shravasti (UP), March 17 A Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) has been suspended and departmental action has been recommended against him for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 20,000 for the appointment of an Anganwadi assistant in the Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh, an official said...

Kolkata, March 15 – The Election Commission has appointed the Municipal Commissioner as the District Election Officer (DEO) for North Kolkata, a senior government official said on Sunday.The name of the North Kolkata DEO was finalized before the announcement of the West Bengal Assembly...

Thane, March 14 The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a female official from the Scheduled Tribes certificate scrutiny committee for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh from a man to clear files of his family members in Thane city, Maharashtra, an official said on...

Patna, March 13 – The Bihar Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) arrested a government official in a bribery case in Bettiah, in the West Champaran district, on Friday.The vigilance team caught Anurag Abhishek, a Field Officer at the District Dairy Development Office, red-handed while...

Idukki (Kerala), March 12 Senior CPI(M) leader M M Mani openly expressed his displeasure on Thursday after Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian did not attend the inauguration of the Multi Species Fish Seed Farm at Vellathooval in this district, and instead declared the facility open online...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 12 A village panchayat clerk was caught red-handed by the VACB in this district on Thursday while allegedly accepting Rs 2,500 as a bribe for issuing a residence certificate, officials said.The accused, Sreejith Gopinath (39), a clerk of Puthussery grama panchayat and...

Meerut (UP), March 12 A man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating an IAS officer and intimidating people by misusing the false identity, officials said on Thursday.According to the police, the accused had been misleading people in the area for a long time by claiming to be a senior...

Ranchi, March 12 – In yet another crackdown on corruption in Jharkhand, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) conducted raids in two districts on Thursday, arresting a police sub-inspector in Koderma and a woman Panchayat secretary in Gumla for allegedly accepting bribes.In the Koderma district...

Lucknow, March 11 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit their respective parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh over the next two days to attend official meetings, public programmes, and party interactions, local leaders said...

New Delhi, March 11 Taranjit Singh Sandhu was sworn in as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in a ceremony held at Lok Niwas on Wednesday.Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya of the Delhi High Court administered the oath of office and secrecy to Sandhu in the ceremony attended by Chief...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 10 The wife of Kerala Transport Minister K B Ganesh Kumar said on Tuesday that he had admitted his mistake and apologized, and therefore, she would not pursue her complaint against him.Speaking to a news channel, Bindhu Menon said that since she had not answered his...