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Hyderabad: Banavath Srinivas Rao, who is Village Administration Officer (VAO) at the office of Mulakalapily Tahsildar in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, was caught red-handed by Khammam range unit of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday in connection with a bribe case. He demanded Rs.20,000 and reduced the same to Rs.15,000 on the request of the complainant and received the same for showing an official favour for registration related to survey number 254/AA of Vemukunta village, measuring an extent of two acres and 30 guntas of land pertaining to the complainant. Initially, Rao had demanded Rs.60,000 from the complainant for completing the registration process and issuing passbooks. On October 22, Rao received Rs.30,000 through Phonepay and Rs.10,000 in cash from the complainant. The remaining Rs.20,000 was reduced to Rs.15.000, which Rao accepted today as a bribe. The tainted bribe amount of Rs.15,000 was recovered from the possession of Rao. The ACB officials said Rao performed his duty improperly and dishonestly to obtain undue advantage. They said Rao was being arrested and produced before the special court for ACB cases in Warangal. The details of the complainant are withheld for security reasons.
Pipili: A road accident on the Pipili bypass claimed the lives of three young women Saturday. The deceased were students of Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya and residents of Old Town in Bhubaneswar. The trio was travelling on a scooter to Puri to participate in Rath Yatra when the mishap occurred near the Pipili Tarakaja overbridge. The victims were identified as Rimjhim Sahoo, 20, daughter of Ramesh Sahoo of Rath Road, Barik Sahi in Old Town, Bhubaneswar; and sisters Elina Dash, 20, and Kajal Dash,22, both residents of Kendrapara district. According to Pipili police, the scooter was sideswiped ...Read More >
JAMMU, July 18: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today trapped and arrested a junior official of Jammu Development Authority (JDA) for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant in the Ballian Domana area of the district. Officials said the accused, identified as Kewal Krishan, had allegedly demanded a total bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant for allowing further construction of a double-storey building. They said the complainant, who did not wish to pay the bribe, approached the ACB and lodged a formal complaint. After verifying the all ...Read More >
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said the AAP government is committed to the welfare of the people and in the coming days will take several pro-people decisions for the benefit of all. Addressing the gathering after dedicating newly constructed tehsil complexes at Ahmedgarh and Amargarh subdivisions in Malerkotla, Mann said these two new buildings are part of his government's commitment to ensure judicious utilisation of taxpayers' money for their welfare. The CM said that such buildings ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 01: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Srinagar has registered a formal case against sitting District Development Council (DDC) Member and his associate Ghulam Mohammad Khathana for allegedly demanding a bribe of ₹5 lakh in exchange for arranging official NOCs for a local school. In a statement, ACB, Srinagar has registered a case FIR No. 12/2025 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended 2018), section 61(2) BNS against a sitting District Development Council (DDC) Member Mohammad Shaban Chopan, S/o Ghulam Qadir Chopan, R/o Dara Harwan, and his Tout Ghu ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Tuesday caught a Deputy State Tax Officer red-handed as she demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 8,000 for processing official work. M Sudha, the official stationed at Madhapur, had demanded the bribe from an individual to process and issue GST registration for a company, according to ACB officials. Acting on a complaint, the ACB registered a case and trapped the officer as she accepted the bribe. She has been arrested and is being produced before the court. ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday registered a money laundering case against Jamaluddin alias Chhangur Baba, the alleged mastermind of an illegal religious conversion syndicate in the state. ED is now preparing to take him into custody.The probe stems from suspected foreign remittances exceeding Rs 100 crore into around 40 bank accounts linked to the accused and his associates.ED has sought the details of income tax returns of all 40 entities of Chhangur Baba in the last 10 years and information about immovable properties from respective SRO (sub registrar office). The 40 e ...Read More >
Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) arrested Veeravalli Kanakaratnam, engineer-in-chief at Panchayat Raj Engineering Department, for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹50,000. According to the ACB, the accused officer demanded money in return for extending an official favour related to the transfer and posting of the complainant. The tainted amount was recovered from him. Following the arrest, the officer was produced before court and remanded to judicial custody. Further investigations in the case are under way. Phone number to report demand for bribes Mea ...Read More >
ACB also confirmed that assistant sub inspector Palande provoked Ghode to demand for the bribe The Pune unit of the state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) arrested two police personnel for allegedly accepting a bribe from a lawyer. The ACB identified the accused as police havaldar Rajashri Ghode and assistant sub inspector Rakesh Palande, both attached to the Ravet police station of the Pimpri Chinchwad police. A press release issued Friday by Deputy Superintendent of Police Dayanand Gawade of ACB ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Revenue minister Suresh Pujari on Saturday said Odisha would not be allowed to follow the lawless path in sand operations like it is in Bihar and West Bengal, while responding to the recent assault of an additional tehsildar in Kaptipada block, Mayurbhanj district, by the sand mafia. He promised stringent action against the sand mafia regardless of their connections, while speaking to mediapersons here on Saturday. "The Kaptipada incident represents a serious escalation in conflict between law enforcement and the sand mafia. The attack on officers performing their enforcement dut ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Two people died and four others were injured after a fire broke out at a house in east Delhi's Old Govindpura area on Tuesday evening, an official said. Police have identified the deceased as Tanveer (28) and Nusrat. A call was received at Jagatpuri police station at 8.46 pm regarding a fire incident at Band Gali, Old Govindpura, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said. When a police team reached the spot, it found that 10 people were trapped inside a residential building that caught fire, the DCP said. With the help of police personnel and fir ...Read More >
The Economic Offences Wing conducted searches in Srinagar and Budgam, investigating alleged corruption involving revenue officers Nusrat Aziz Lone and Ashiq Ali, among others. The case involves falsified revenue records benefiting Riyaz Ahmad Bhat. Land transactions totaling Rs 88.4 lakh are under scrutiny, revealing unauthorized record alterations. The Economic Offences Wing carried out a series of searches across Srinagar and Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, targeting a corruption case ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor Harshvardhan Rane, who was last seen in 'The Miranda Brothers', is heaping praise on the recently released film 'Saiyaara', and its team. On Saturday, the actor took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and penned a special note for the film and its makers after it witnessed a stellar opening day. He wrote, "Another melodious example of a love story shattering all myths and formulas of the industry. Honest heart wrenching love story wins again in 2025! #Saiyaara". 'Saiyaara', which stars Aneet Padda, and marks the debut of Ahaan Panday, is helmed b ...Read More >
Pune: The Indian Gig Workers' Front on Saturday evening suspended the ongoing strike of cabs and autorickshaws operating on applications till Tuesday, after leaving many commuters, including those arriving at the airport on Saturday morning, hassled. Keshav Kshirsagar, the president of the front, said, "We have a meeting on Tuesday with senior officials of the state transport department. If its decisions don't meet our expectations, the strike will resume." Several commuters had a harrowing experience on roads on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday. Cabs and autos were hard to come by. T ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Revenue minister Suresh Pujari on Saturday said Odisha would not be allowed to follow the lawless path in sand operations like it is in Bihar and West Bengal, while responding to the recent assault of an additional tehsildar in Kaptipada block, Mayurbhanj district, by the sand mafia. He promised stringent action against the sand mafia regardless of their connections, while speaking to mediapersons here on Saturday."The Kaptipada incident represents a serious escalation in conflict between law enforcement and the sand mafia. The attack on officers performing their enforcement dutie ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 18: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said to have trapped and arrested Junior official of Jammu Development Authority (JDA) for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 10,000. In a statement issued to the news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO), ACB received a complaint alleging therein that public servant namely Kewal Krishan, Junior official of Jammu Development Authority (JDA) demanded illegal gratification from the complainant for allowing further construction of the double storey building at Ballain Domana, Jammu. "The accused had demanded a bribe o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said money cannot be recovered by filing an FIR and seeking help of police as it quashed a cheating case against the producer of Bollywood movie "Tanu Weds Manu". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed displeasure over the approach of the Allahabad High Court in dealing with the petition of producer Shailesh R Singh for quashing of the FIR against him by complainant Kunal Jain. "Money cannot be recovered, more particularly, in a civil dispute between the parties by filing a first information report and seeking the help of the ...Read More >
MahaRERA has so far issued 1,163 warrants worth ₹705.62 crore involving 442 real estate projects in Maharashtra. Of this, the MahaRERA has recovered around 29% or around ₹200 crore. Around ₹200 crore worth of compensation has so far been recovered from 283 recovery warrants issued to 139 real estate projects, MahaRERA said in a statement. Also Read: MahaRERA puts grading of real estate projects in Maharashtra on hold MahaRERA issues recovery orders against real estate developers in case of default in handing over possession of property to homebuyers. The execution of recovery warrants has to ...Read More >
Mumbai: Net profit of Nifty 50 companies at the aggregate level is expected to increase 4.6% year-on-year while revenue may increase 4.5% for the June 2025 quarter. Net profit is likely to show single-digit year-on-year growth for the first time in at least nine quarters amid an anticipated poor performance by select companies, including Tata Motors, IndusInd Bank and Coal India. The sample's revenue is expected to grow in single digit for the fourth consecutive quarter reflecting persistent muted demand scenario. Select companies from metals, pharmaceuticals, cement, banking and finance and ...Read More >
JAMMU, June 5: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested a Deputy Forester and a Forest Guard red-handed for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 11,000 from a complainant in the Kalidhar Range of Chowki Choura Block. An ACB official said the officials-Surinder Kumar, then posted as Deputy Forester, and Kewal Krishan, then Forest Guard-had demanded a total bribe of Rs 14,000 for the release of an additional CDR related to the construction of 126 boundary pillars in Compartment number 12/K, Nada Chargiyal Forest. According to him, the work had been allotted under e-NIT number 27 of 202 ...Read More >
Pune: Hospitals in Pune have started reporting an increase in dengue cases among children following recent heavy rainfall and intermittent showers. Conditions are now ripe for mosquito breeding, experts said, as they warned citizens to ensure there's no waterlogging or stagnant pools near homes and offices. "Dengue is typically seen first in children as they often play outside," said Dr Sagar Lad, a senior neonatologist and pediatric intensivist at Jehangir Hospital and Sahyadri Hospital, Shastrinagar. Dr Lad said he's seen at least three children admitted for dengue this week, with all of the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Telangana Minister for IT and Industries, Duddilla Sridhar Babu, met with Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries, H.D. Kumaraswamy, at the latter's residence in New Delhi on Wednesday, as per the statement. During his previous visit, Minister Sridhar Babu had requested a meeting to discuss the revival of Cement Corporation of India (CCI) and Sponge Iron India Limited (SIIL) in Bhadradri Kothagudem. Fulfilling that promise, the Union Minister convened the review meeting, in which Minister Sridhar Babu participated. The meeting, held under the leadership ...Read More >
Jammu, Jul 10 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested a revenue official for allegedly taking a bribe to facilitate corrections in land records in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district. Muzamil Salam, posted at Patwar Halqa in Pogal Paristan, was allegedly caught red-handed by an ACB team while taking a bribe of Rs 2,500 from the complainant for correcting his father's name, which was wrongly entered in the revenue records at the Ukhral office, a spokesperson of the ACB said. Also Read | Bodoland Lottery Result Today, July 10, 2025: Assam State Lottery Sambad Thursday Lucky ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 12 (UNI) Six members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) from neighbouring Chhattisgarh surrendered before the Bhadradri Kothagudem district police in Telangana today. This takes the total number of surrenders in Bhadradri Kothagudem district to 300 this year, according to district Superintendent of police B.Rohith Raju. The welfare measures being implemented by the Telangana government for the surrendered Maoists and also development of welfare schemes for tribals, provided under ' Operation Cheyutha' programme by the district police, is the main driving force behind the spate of s ...Read More >
Jammu, Jul 18 (PTI) Senior officials of the Jammu and Kashmir government reviewed the arrangements for the smooth conduct of the 13-day-long Budha Amarnath pilgrimage in Poonch district that will begin on July 28. Deputy Inspector General of Police Tejinder Singh reviewed security in Poonch and stressed ensuring the safety of the devotees. "The first batch will depart from the Bhagwati Nagar basecamp in Jammu on July 28, moving towards the Mandi tehsil in Poonch in a regulated convoy amid full security arrangements," a spokesperson said. Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar and Inspec ...Read More >
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a junior official of the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for allowing construction work in the Ballain Domana area of Jammu. "ACB received a complaint alleging therein that public servant namely Kewal Krishan, Junior official of Jammu Development Authority (JDA) demanded illegal gratification from the complainant for allowing further construction of the double storey building at Ballain Domana, Jammu," an ACB official said, adding, "The accused had demanded a bribe o ...Read More >
Six members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) from neighbouring Chhattisgarh have surrendered before police in Telangana's Kothagudem town on Saturday, taking the total number of surrenders in Bhadradri Kothagudem district to 300 this year. The welfare measures being implemented by the Telangana government for the surrendered Maoists is the main driving force behind the spate of surrenders, police said. As many as six Maoist cadres and militia members from Chhattisgarh's south Bastar region, a hotbe ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 17 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to remove encroachments on forest lands, including the fruit-bearing trees, all across the state and not limit it to some areas. The order was passed by a division bench consisting of Justices Vivek Thakur and Bipin C Negi on Wednesday after the Advocate General placed on record fresh instructions issued by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, informing that 2,456 apple and other fruit trees have been felled from forest lands in Chaithla village, and 713 and 490 trees in Rohru and Kotgarh forest divisions, r ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 18 Jul: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the state government arrested Sagalee Electrical Division Executive Engineer (Electrical) Dogin Tade on Thursday while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000, said the ACB in a statement on Friday. The ACB said that it registered a case under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 on Thursday, based on a complaint filed by one Nabam Jaane, alleging that a bribe of Rs 7,00,000 was demanded for clearing bills related to the "extension of 11 kv line from Seema to Poteh village, including c/o LT line and substation under ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, Jul 1: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Srinagar has registered a formal case against sitting District Development Council (DDC) Member and his associate Ghulam Mohammad Khathana for allegedly demanding a bribe of ₹5 lakh in exchange for arranging official NOCs for a local school. In a statement, ACB, Srinagar has registered a case FIR No. 12/2025 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended 2018), section 61(2) BNS against a sitting District Development Council (DDC) Member Mohammad Shaban Chopan, S/o Ghulam Qadir Chopan, R/o Dara Harwan, and his Tout Ghula ...Read More >
Jaipur: In a decisive move, the state govt informed the Rajasthan High Court Tuesday it would not cancel the controversial 2021 sub-inspector recruitment examination, despite allegations of paper leaks and use of dummy candidates. After months of protests for and against the demand to cancel the exam as well as the court's directives for administrative clarity in the matter, the state govt finally made its stand clear during the hearing before the single bench of Justice Sameer Jain.Advocate general Rajendra Prasad, representing the state govt, said, "The decision to continue with the recruitm ...Read More >