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Jaipur, April 2 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Rajasthan arrested Randhir Singh, Additional Secretary of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Sikar, who was also holding the additional charge as Secretary of APMC Neem-ka-Thana, on Thursday for accepting a bribe of ₹40,000...

Bhubaneswar, April 1 – The Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested a senior official of the Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OPHWC), who was found possessing a large amount of assets, including cash worth Rs 48.79 lakh and gold weighing more than 1 kg, during a search of his...

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, April 1 The CBI registered a new case against industrialist Anil Ambani and Reliance Communications Ltd on Wednesday, alleging that they caused a loss of ₹3,750 crore to the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, officials said.The CBI has filed the case on charges of...

New Delhi, April 1 The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial court proceedings against Tamil Nadu minister and DMK general secretary Durai Murugan in a disproportionate assets case.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government on an appeal...

Thane, March 31 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against two traffic police personnel, including an inspector, for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a female colleague in the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar region of Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.An FIR...

Patna, March 31 – In a major crackdown on corruption in Bihar, the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) conducted simultaneous raids on multiple premises linked to two senior government officials across several districts on Tuesday.The EOU carried out searches at a total of 12 locations – six each...

Thane, March 31 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a junior engineer from the Public Works Department in Raigad district of Maharashtra, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh from a contractor, an official said on Tuesday.The contractor had completed work related to the...

Bhubaneswar, March 29 Odisha Vigilance officials arrested a revenue inspector on Sunday for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 13,000 from a person for the conversion of his land.Revenue Inspector Rajuram Bandra allegedly demanded the bribe from the landowner in exchange for submitting a...

Lucknow, March 28 – A Special CBI Court in Lucknow on Saturday sentenced a former CRPF official and two personnel to three years of rigorous imprisonment with a total fine of Rs 1.2 lakh in a corruption case related to the recruitment of constables in the paramilitary force.The CBI Court...

Srinagar, March 28 – The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) apprehended an Executive Engineer from the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department on Saturday for accepting a bribe in the Pulwama district, an official said on Saturday.An ACB spokesperson said that the agency...

Thane, March 28 Two officials from the irrigation department in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district have been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a contractor to release pending payment for work carried out on a dam, an official said on Saturday.The Anti-Corruption Bureau...

Khargone, March 27 A police assistant sub-inspector was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 7,000 in Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, on Friday, officials of the Lokayukta said.The accused, Ravindra Kumar Guru, is stationed at the Kasrawad police station, about 40 km from the district...

Bhubaneswar, March 27 Odisha Vigilance officers arrested an irrigation department engineer on Friday, a day after uncovering assets allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said.Acting on a tip-off, vigilance officers conducted simultaneous raids at five locations...

Mumbai, March 26 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Reliance Telecom Ltd., its then Directors Satish Seth and Gautam B. Doshi, along with unknown public servants and others, in connection with an alleged bank fraud case involving the State Bank of India...

Jaipur, March 26 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau, Rajasthan, arrested a police constable and a private individual on Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 at the Kathumar Police Station in the Alwar district.The action was taken following instructions from the Anti-Corruption...

Chandigarh, March 26 – The Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has made its first arrest in connection with alleged discrepancies in fixed deposit receipts amounting to nearly Rs 150 crore held by the Panchkula Municipal Corporation at a Kotak Mahindra Bank branch.According to...

Jabalpur, March 25 – The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police announced on Wednesday that they had arrested a female RTO constable and one of her private male associates for allegedly accepting bribes from a vehicle owner.The arrest came after the constable and her associate were caught red-handed...

Srinagar, March 25 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) apprehended and arrested a "Naib Tehsildar" (executive magistrate) in the Anantnag district on Wednesday for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000, officials said.A statement from the J&K ACB said that it had apprehended...

Chandigarh, March 25 – An FIR has been filed in connection with alleged discrepancies related to Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) involving nearly ₹150 crore from the Panchkula Municipal Corporation, involving Kotak Mahindra Bank's branch.The Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau...