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Jaipur, April 10 A court here on Friday sent former IAS officer Subodh Agarwal on a three-day police remand in connection with the alleged multi-crore Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) scam, officials said."The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had sought five days' custody, but the court granted three...

Jaipur, April 9 The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal from New Delhi on Thursday, in connection with a multi-crore corruption case involving the Jal Jeevan Mission in Rajasthan, a top official said.Earlier, a Jaipur court had issued an arrest warrant against...

Dehradun, April 8 The Uttarakhand Vigilance Department arrested an accountant working at the Lamgara Block office in Almora district on Wednesday while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000, officials said.The accountant, Har Singh Bisht, also known as Harish Singh Bisht, was arrested at the Lamgara...

Pratapgarh (UP), April 8 A block programme manager working at a community health center here was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 in exchange for facilitating a job, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Amit Mishra, was caught red-handed by a team of the...

Patna, April 7 Prominent entrepreneur Varun Kumar Singh, the son-in-law of former Bihar minister Sanjeev Prasad Tony, demanded justice and security on Tuesday following the suspicious death of his sister, Khushboo Singh.Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Varun alleged that his sister...

Thane, April 7 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a senior official of the Maharashtra education board on Tuesday after he was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a contractor in Navi Mumbai, officials said.The accused, identified as Rajendra Manik Ahire (55), served as the...

Thane, April 7 The Navi Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a Goods and Services Tax (GST) official and his associate for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 9,000 from a software developer, an official said on Tuesday.Based on a complaint, Amit Bhanudas Giri (45), a Class 2 officer...

Jaipur, April 7 – A special CBI court here has sentenced former Western Central Railway employee Jalandhar Yogi, who was stationed in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan, to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case, officials said on Tuesday.The court also imposed a fine of Rs...

Bengaluru, April 7 Karnataka Lokayukta officials conducted simultaneous raids on eight government officials across the state on Tuesday as part of an investigation into alleged cases of disproportionate assets, officials said.According to Lokayukta sources, the raids were carried out in the...

Gwalior, April 6 – A video surfaced on social media showing Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia confronting a government official in Ashoknagar after observing negligence in handling public grievances during a public hearing program on Monday.The incident occurred when Scindia attended a...

Kolkata, April 3 The Election Commission on Friday ordered the immediate suspension of a joint block development officer (BDO) in poll-bound West Bengal and directed the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against her.The poll body, however, did not mention the grounds for the action.In a...

Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), April 3 – In a demonstration of strict enforcement of the election code of conduct, an Election Commission (EC) flying squad intercepted and searched the vehicle of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday while he was traveling to Tirunelveli for election...

Lucknow, April 2 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday praised the role of All India Radio in connecting society, preserving linguistic diversity, and strengthening national consciousness.Addressing the 89th foundation day celebrations of the radio broadcaster's Lucknow...

Latur, Apr 1 A senior Maharashtra government official and a junior clerk were convicted by a special court in Latur on Wednesday, which handed them simple imprisonment ranging from two to two-and-a-half years for accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 for approving a business proposal in 2014...

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...