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The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a CID Crime inspector and a constable from Gandhinagar for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 30 lakh. The arrests were made after a trap was laid by the ACB, following a complaint from the accused in an ongoing call centre case. According to officials, the inspector and constable were attached to the Gandhinagar-based CID Crime unit. They had allegedly sought the bribe to refrain from taking legal action against the accused. T ...Read More >
Jaipur: In response to allegations of bribery for approval of work and release of funds under MLA-LAD scheme, AICC's Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa took swift action Saturday by instructing state Cong chief Govind Singh Dotasra to investigate the allegations against Hindaun MLA Anita Jatav. A notice was also issued to Jatav by the party.The allegations surfaced in a sting operation, prompting Randhawa to demand a detailed factual report within seven days. Commenting on the inciden ...Read More >
A special court in Port Blair rejected the bail plea of four people, one of them former Andaman and Nicobar Islands MP and Congress leader Kuldeep Rai Sharma, arrested by the ED in a Rs 500 crore cooperative bank "fraud" linked money laundering case, the agency said on Monday. On December 12, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court dismissed the plea of Sharma, an ex-Chairman of the Andaman and Nicobar State Cooperative Bank (ANSCBL), the bank's managing director, K Murugan, loan of ...Read More >
A senior manager at India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) was caught red-handed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a complainant in lieu of clearing bills, the agency said on Friday. The case dates back to Wednesday when a complainant approached the CBI alleging that the accused demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant for clearing the pending bills. After due negotiations, the accused agreed to accept the bribe amount of Rs ...Read More >
Jammu, Nov 17: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Social Security Officer, O/o Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Jammu while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.9,000 from the complainant. CBI registered the instant case on 17.11.2025 based on a complaint that wife of complainant was running a private firm which became defunct and has not been doing any business since inception. However, ESIC, Regional Office, Jammu has been harassing by issuin ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended a Junior Engineer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Najafgarh Zone, while accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a complainant, the agency said on Thursday. According to the CBI, a case was registered on November 11 against three MCD officials -- R.C. Sharma, Executive Engineer; Navin Kaul, Assistant Engineer; and Ajay Babbarwal, Junior Engineer -- all posted in the Najafgarh Zone. The trio ha ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 31 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel flagged off the 'Sardar@150 Unity March' organised by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. On this occasion, he offered floral tributes to the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and paid heartfelt homage to the Iron Man of India, the architect of a united and integrated nation, on his 150th birth anniversary. He stated that under the leadership of Prime ...Read More >
''The inspector of Bellandur police station was so arrogant, with no empathy to a father who lost his only child. Very sad state. I had money, I paid. What will the poor do?' Sivakumar K wrote on LinkedIn. (AI-generated image) A retired senior public sector executive has alleged that he was forced to pay bribes at multiple levels of Bengaluru's civic and law enforcement machinery following the sudden death of his only child. Sivakumar K, former Chief Financial Officer of Bharat Petroleum Corpor ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 31 (PTI) Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday asserted that the government will not be lenient on allegations of payment of bribe to anyone in any department including police and asserted that appropriate action is being taken. He was reacting to retired chief financial officer of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) Sivakumar K's allegation that he was forced to pay bribe. Following the death of his 34-year-old daughter from a brain haemorrhage in September, Siva ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Garbage was dumped outside around 200 houses in Karnataka's Bengaluru, on Thursday, as authorities from the Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) deposited waste outside the homes of offenders. The BSWML described the action as "Kasa Surisuva Habba", which translates to "garbage-dumping festival", carried out as part of a wider public awareness drive. Reportedly, marshals stationed across all 198 wards have been tasked with identifying and video-recording offenders as evidence. Onc ...Read More >
A senior employee of Rajasthan's information technology and communications department, Pradhyuman Dixit, has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly drawing salaries from two private companies, OrionPro Solutions and Treegen Software Limited, under his wife's name. Both firms are engaged in the state government's IT projects. The FIR states that Dixit, joint director of RajCOMP Info Services Ltd, a fully owned Government of Rajasthan company, allegedly used his official ...Read More >
Jaipur, Oct 28 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau in Rajasthan has booked a senior official in the Department of Information Technology and Communication, his wife, and one of his colleagues in a corruption case involving channelling of bribe money through two private companies, officials said. Pradyuman Dixit and Rakesh Kumar Kamlesh, joint director and deputy director in Rajcomp Info Services Ltd, respectively, have been accused of facilitating bribe payments under the guise of fraudulent contr ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday arrested Rathod Bhikku, who is a Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies in Kumrambheem Asifabad district at a rented house in Mancheriral. Initially, he demanded Rs.7 lakh and following the repeated requests of the complainant, he reduced the bribe to Rs.5 lakh and accepted an amount of Rs. 2 lakh bribe as first installment from the complainant for showing official favour. The bribe was demanded to send a positive report to the ...Read More >
Tarn Taran: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann warned that those who looted Punjab's wealth, drugged its youth, and disrespected the Gurus will face justice.Addressing a gathering here on Friday, Mann said Punjab, blessed by the Gurus, was destined to lead the nation once again through honesty and reform. He added that the Nov 11 byelection was a battle between truth and deceit and urged the people of the constituency to vote for AAP's clean governance. "The corrupt will fall, and Punjab's sons ...Read More >
Thane: The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two more individuals -- Mandar Gawade and Sandeep Pawaskar -- in connection with the escalating bribery case involving suspended Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) deputy municipal commissioner Shankar Patole. Investigators suggest this could unravel a larger political-bureaucratic nexus operating within the civic body.Sources have hinted at the involvement of political intermediaries and influence peddlers in what was initially seen as a rou ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Conducting raids on private bus operators for a few days whenever accidents occur and ignoring their violations later has become allegedly become a routine practice for some Road Transport Authority (RTA) officials in Telangana. Following Friday's mishap near Kurnool, RTA officials once again launched statewide inspections on Saturday. Frequent accidents involving private buses are being attributed to negligence by some RTA officials and the rampant collection of 'mamools' (bribes) f ...Read More >
Billionaire investor Gautam Adani, left, and Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India. (Illustration by Chelsea Conrad/The Washington Post; Bloomberg and AFP/Getty Images; documents obtained by The Washington Post) NEW DELHI -- Debt was piling up quickly this spring for Gautam Adani -- owner of a vast empire of Indian coal mines, airports, seaports and green energy ventures -- and the bills were coming due. India's second richest man, whose net worth hovers around $90 billion, had been charg ...Read More >
Chandigarh: CBI sleuths conducted a search at the residence of former Ropar range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar at Sector 40 here on Thursday. Bhullar was arrested in a bribery case by CBI and has been lodged in Burail jail since Oct 17. Around 2.30pm, a team of CBI officers arrived at Bhullar's residence and started the house's search. Bhullar's family members were were present in house at the time. CBI also videographed the proceedings.CBI had filed an application in the special CBI court on Thu ...Read More >
ASI Sandeep Lathar had played a role in the arrest of Head Constable Sushil Kumar Chandigarh: "Undue pressure" by Amneet P Kumar, the wife of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, and MLA Amit Rattan and two other cops "forced" Assistant Sub-Inspector Sandeep Kumar Lathar to end his life, according to an FIR registered in the suicide case. The FIR was lodged based on a complaint by Lathar's wife, who has levelled serious allegations against Amneet Kumar, an IAS officer, and her brother, who is the MLA f ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The FIR in the alleged suicide of Rohtak ASI Sandeep Kumar mentions grave charges levelled by his wife, Santosh, on IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, her brother Amit Rattan, a Punjab AAP MLA, and two others, saying "unbearable pressure" from them drove the police officer to shoot himself."This tragic incident reflects the ongoing struggle between corruption and honesty within the police system," says Santosh in the complaint that forms the basis of the FIR.Amneet is the wife of IPS office ...Read More >
Chandigarh: CBI sleuths conducted a search at the residence of former Ropar range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar at Sector 40 here on Thursday. Bhullar was arrested in a bribery case by CBI and has been lodged in Burail jail since Oct 17. Around 2.30pm, a team of CBI officers arrived at Bhullar's residence and started the house's search. Bhullar's family members were were present in house at the time. CBI also videographed the proceedings.CBI had filed an application in the special CBI court on Thu ...Read More >
TIRUCHY: Deputy Chief Minister Udayanidhi Stalin on Thursday hit back at Leader of Opposition Edappadi Palaniswami over paddy procurement allegations, saying that the AIADMK leader was taking efforts only to rescue the Union government in the whole issue. He charged Palaniswami with making false allegations against the State government, saying he could not bear the superior support extended to the farmers. Inspecting the transportation arrangements for procured paddy transported by rail wagons ...Read More >
The whispers about a change in leadership in Karnataka are no longer whispers. They are loud, persistent, and politically loaded. Several Congress MLAs have openly stated that Siddaramaiah must soon hand over the reins to Shivakumar -- a statement that has once again brought to the surface the long-running undercurrent within the Congress government over the question of succession. When Shivakumar visited the Hasanamba Temple this week, his words reignited the buzz. "Only I and God know when I ...Read More >
The CBI arrested DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and a middleman on bribery charges after an iron merchant alleged a ₹8 lakh demand. Searches at Bhullar's premises uncovered approximately ₹5 crore in cash, jewelry, luxury watches, and multiple firearms. The agency also seized ₹21 lakh and property documents from the alleged middleman. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested DIG (Ropar range) Harcharan Singh Bhullar and an alleged middleman on bribery charges after an iro ...Read More >
Pathikonda (Kurnool district): Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) personnel caught Rural Water Supply (RWS) assistant engineer Naresh of Tuggali mandal red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 13,000 at the RWS division office in Pattikonda on Saturday. The official had allegedly demanded the bribe for clearing a bill file related to gravel road work in an SC colony. Acting on a complaint, ACB sleuths laid a trap and apprehended the AE while taking the bribe. According to officials, the accused offi ...Read More >
Pathikonda (Kurnool district): Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) personnel caught Rural Water Supply (RWS) assistant engineer Naresh of Tuggali mandal red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 13,000 at the RWS division office in Pattikonda on Saturday. The official had allegedly demanded the bribe for clearing a bill file related to gravel road work in an SC colony. Acting on a complaint, ACB sleuths laid a trap and apprehended the AE while taking the bribe. According to officials, the accused offi ...Read More >
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 2009 batch, currently serving as DIG of Ropar Range, Punjab, along with an associate, in connection with a bribery case involving Rs 8 lakh. According to the agency, the officer was allegedly demanding regular monthly illegal payments from a complainant in addition to the Rs 8 lakh bribe. The case pertains to the officer allegedly seeking a bribe to "settle" an FIR filed against th ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 18: Punjab Deputy Inspector General of Police (Ropar Range) Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who was arrested by the CBI in a bribery case, has been suspended, according to a state government order. Bhullar, along with another person, was arrested on Thursday in connection with a corruption case involving bribery of Rs 8 lakh. Bhullar was held from his Mohali office following a complaint lodged by a Fatehgarh Sahib-based scrap dealer, who accused the senior IPS officer of demanding rec ...Read More >
Hyderabad: An assistant engineer from Gandhamguda sub-station in Himayat Sagar section of Rajendra Nagar circle, Rangareddy district, was caught by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday, October 18, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000. According to the ACB officials, the accused officer, Amar Singh, had demanded bribe for erecting a new transformer in their apartment complex. On Friday, ACB officials arrested three government officials in two different c ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday attributed the ongoing contractor payment delays in Karnataka to financial mismanagement by the previous BJP government. Speaking during the "Bengaluru Nadige" (Walk for Bengaluru) initiative at Vengayyana Kere Eco Park in K.R. Puram, Shivakumar said that the former BJP administration had sanctioned projects far exceeding the state's budgetary limits, resulting in the current crisis. "The contractors' dues are not my personal respons ...Read More >
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