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CBI has arrested the Executive Director of NHIDCL in Guwahati. The action has been taken in an alleged Rs 10 lakh bribery case. In a major crackdown on corruption, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the Executive Director and Regional Officer, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), in Guwahati. The step has been taken in an alleged Rs 10 lakh bribery case. As per the officials, the accused was allegedly caught accepting a Rs 10 lakh b ...Read More >
Mysuru/Bengaluru: Hours after IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge Wednesday shared a video of a phone call in which an unidentified man, claiming affiliation with RSS, allegedly abused him in Hindi, home minister G Parameshwara said the govt has ordered an investigation. "We will find out who threatened the minister. We will identify the source," Parameshwara said. "A minister has the right to share his opinions. Threatening him for this is unacceptable. Action will be taken. Though tracking callers i ...Read More >
Rajkot: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) over the alleged custodial torture of a 17-year-old boy whose hair was forcibly yanked out, with a video of the act circulating on social media last monthThe NHRC took suo motu cognizance of media reports about the incident that allegedly took place in Rajkot city.In a statement issued on Wednesday, the human rights watchdog said it has sought a detailed report from the DGP wit ...Read More >
In July 2015, the ACB filed a charge sheet against Revanth Reddy and others for the alleged offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the trap laid by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the 2015 cash-for-vote case was "completely illegal" as it was done without any FIR registration. On May 31, 2015, Congress leader Revanth Reddy, then with the ...Read More >
New Delhi: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the trap laid by the ACB in the 2015 cash-for-vote case was "completely illegal" as it was done without any FIR registration.On May 31, 2015, Revanth Reddy, then with the TDP, was apprehended by the ACB while allegedly paying a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to Elvis Stephenson, a nominated MLA, for supporting TDP nominee Vem Narendar Reddy in the legislative council election.Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the CM, ...Read More >
Terming it a "good development", a bench of justices P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar disposed of the pleas of some civil service aspirants who had sought direction to the UPSC for disclosure of answer keys, cut-off marks and marks of the candidates appearing in civil service preliminary examination. "There is some news we have read," Justice Narasimha said at the outset of the hearing. Senior advocate Jaideep Gupta, who was appointed as an amicus curiae to assist the court in the matter, refe ...Read More >
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram remarked 1984 Operation Blue Star as the "wrong way" to reclaim the Punjab's Golden Temple, reiterating that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi paid the ultimate price for that decision. "No disrespect to any military officers, but that was the wrong way to retrieve the Golden Temple. A few years later, we showed the right way to retrieve it -- by keeping the Army out. Blue Star was the wrong way, and I agree that Mrs Gandhi paid w ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 8 (PTI) The Bengaluru Police on Wednesday registered a zero FIR against the lawyer who allegedly attempted to hurl a shoe towards Chief Justice of India B R Gavai in his courtroom in the Supreme Court, officials said. A zero FIR can be registered anywhere, irrespective of where the alleged offence occurred. The FIR was registered against Rakesh Kishore under sections 132 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 133 (assault or criminal f ...Read More >
Kohima, October 8 (MExN): The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Capacity Building Commission, Karmayogi Bharat and Government of Nagaland, and a workshop on Mission Karmayogi organised by the Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms, Government of Nagaland at the Capital Convention Hall, Kohima on October 8. Chief Secretary, Nagaland, Sentiyanger Imchen expressed gratitude on behalf of the State Government to Dr Ramaswami Balasubramaniam and Soumi Banerjee, and th ...Read More >
Vijay Kumar Malhotra, a 93-year-old veteran leader, passed away, leaving a legacy of relentless hard work, determination, and service. He embodied the core ethos of RSS, Jan Sangh, and BJP through his extensive political career, social work, institution-building, and significant contributions to Indian archery. His life serves as an enduring role model for public servants. On September 30, we lost one of our senior-most leaders, Vijay Kumar Malhotra. At 93, he lived a long and accomplished life ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) UPSC Chairman Ajay Kumar on Wednesday said that cheating and use of fake certificates in any government job recruitment examination by the candidates is "unacceptable" and it can cause long-term career damage to them. In a first-of-its-kind virtual town hall, he asked candidates to avoid "going that path", which may attract the strictest action, including debarment from appearing in any examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for three years. ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) registered 23 cases and enquiries in September, including 11 trap cases, two disproportionate assets cases, two criminal misconduct cases, regular enquiries, and two surprise checks. As many as 22 public servants, including one outsourcing employee, were arrested and remanded to judicial custody. The bureau seized Rs 8.91 lakh in trap cases. In disproportionate assets cases, assets worth Rs 14.05 crore were unearthed. Between January and Se ...Read More >
Hyderabad: With the appointment of senior IPS officers as heads of some key wings in the Police department, the new bosses are set to make a big difference in policing in the state. According to sources, most of the new bosses of various wings are said to be the 'selected team' of the newly-appointed Director General of Police Battula Shivadhar Reddy. New Hyderabad City Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Charu Sinha, Additional Director General of Pol ...Read More >
Punjab farmers' bodies on Tuesday (September 30, 2025) slammed the action against paddy growers for stubble burning and demanded a cash incentive for crop residue management. Despite a ban on crop residue burning, many farmers continue to indulge in the practice to clear the fields for sowing the next wheat crop. Punjab, Haryana commit to 'eliminate' stubble burning this winter Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana is often blamed for the rise in air pollution in Delhi after harvesting of the ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Nagaland Police has launched a significant recruitment drive for 1,176 Constable (GD) posts, exclusively reserved for members of the state's indigenous Naga tribes. Director General of Police Rupin Sharma announced the launch on Tuesday at the Police Headquarters in Kohima, describing the initiative as a step toward a more inclusive, transparent, and accessible hiring process. Applications will be accepted only through an online portal, which opens on October 6 at 12 noon and wil ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 30 (PTI) Punjab farmers' bodies on Tuesday slammed the action against paddy growers for stubble burning and demanded a cash incentive for crop residue management. Despite a ban on crop residue burning, many farmers continue to indulge in the practice to clear the fields for sowing the next wheat crop. Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana is often blamed for the rise in air pollution in Delhi after harvesting of the paddy crop in October and November. As the window for sowing ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted 16 people accused of rioting, arson and unlawful assembly in a 2012 Old Delhi case for the lack of evidence against them."Things appear not to have happened in the manner these have been projected," the court said. None of the several prosecution witnesses had identified any accused person, nor had they explained their roles, raising "serious doubts" about the prosecution's story, additional sessions judge Virender Kumar Kharta said, while acquitting the ac ...Read More >
Rajeev Verma has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Delhi (File) Senior IAS officer Rajeev Verma has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Delhi, a move cleared by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. A 1992-batch officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, Rajeev Verma will take charge on October 1, succeeding Dharmendra, who retires at the end of September. From IIT to Top Bureaucrat of Delhi Originally from Uttar Pradesh, Rajeev Verma's acade ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Tension simmered in Indana village of Nuh on Saturday after a police raid to investigate a case of vehicle thefts from Punjab escalated into violence. The confrontation resulted in several policemen being injured after being pelted with stones, shots being fired, and multiple vehicles damaged.According to officials, the incident occurred around 11.30am when a joint team of the Tauru and Punhana CIA units raided the house of Azad, a former councillor and main accused. As soon as Azad spo ...Read More >
. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is likely to announce assembly bypolls in seven states along with the Bihar polls, and will deploy a total 470 officers from various civil services as general, police and expenditure observers for the simultaneous exercises.EC, in a statement issued on Sunday, shared that the 470 observers - including 320 from the IAS, 60 from IPS and 90 from IRS/IRAS/ICAS etc - will watch over Bihar assembly election and bypolls to Budgam and Nagrota assembly constituency (A ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Archana Singh is currently the talk of the town. Following a glitch at PM Narendra Modi's rally, the state government immediately removed her from her post. She has now been placed on a waiting list. She was the Secretary of the Rajasthan Information Technology and Communications Department. PM Modi's rally was held in Banswara, Rajasthan, on September 25. Let's learn more about IAS Archana Singh. During the PM's public meeting, a technical glitch occurred, causing ...Read More >
New Delhi: A traffic police sub-inspector was assaulted by a group of men in north Delhi's Timarpur on Wednesday after he stopped them for a check near the Wazirabad flyover. A video, believed to be of the assault, being circulated online shows several men thrashing the officer, repeatedly pushing and hitting him as bystanders watch. Four men have been arrested so far.According to police, a PCR call was made to Timarpur police station at 3.48pm on Sept 24, reporting that a traffic police officer ...Read More >
The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to Partha Chatterjee, the former West Bengal minister, in connection with the teacher recruitment irregularities case. Justice Suvra Ghosh directed Chatterjee to surrender his passport and remain within the trial court's jurisdiction. As a Trinamool Congress MLA, he is barred from holding any public office while the trial is ongoing. The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with the tea ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad: Putting an end to months of speculation, the state govt finally appointed 1994 batch IPS officer B Shivadhar Reddy in-charge director general of police (DGP) of Telangana on Friday. He will replace Jitender who is slated to retire on Sept 30.The other IPS officers in the race for the top post were CV Anand (1991 batch) and Ravi Gupta (1990) -- both Reddy's seniors.In its order dated Sept 26, the Telangana govt stated: "B Shivadhar Reddy, DGP (Intelligence) is transferred an ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has recently booked two public servants for demanding bribes in separate cases, highlighting ongoing vigilance against corruption in the state. In Hyderabad, Srikanth Goud, a Junior Lineman in the Gachibowli Division, was caught by the ACB after demanding Rs. 30,000 and accepting a bribe of Rs. 11,000 from a complainant. The bribe was reportedly sought to show official favor, including changing wiring to sustain electricity inflow from 5 KV ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 26 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with the teacher recruitment irregularities case under investigation of the CBI. Chatterjee, the prime accused in the cash-for-jobs scam in Bengal's state-run schools, which perceptively runs into several thousand crores and has rocked state politics for the past several years, was granted bail in a case on irregularities in primary school recruitment, the charge s ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday described the completion of the Mega DSC within 150 days of the NDA coalition taking office as a 'historic achievement', marking the recruitment of nearly 16,000 teachers at once. At a role distribution ceremony for 15,941 successful candidates, held near the Secretariat in Velagapudi, Naidu said many had doubted whether the recruitment drive was possible, but his government proved it could be delivered within the promised timeline. He ...Read More >
A 53-year-old retired bank officer was allegedly defrauded of Rs 4 crore by his nephew who posed as an intelligence officer, the chain of events leaving the victim and his wife homeless, a Pune police official said on Monday. Shubham Prabhale convinced his uncle Suryakant Thorat to give money on the pretext of getting Rs 38 crore released from a bank account that he claimed to have received as reward for his work in the defence intelligence department, the official said. "Shubham is my wife's ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 16 (ANI): The sleuths of Chief Minister Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in Assam arrested a government officer after recovering and seizing over Rs 92 lakh cash and gold ornaments from her residence. The arrested government officer was identified as Nupur Bora, an Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Bora was previously posted as a Revenue Circle Officer in Barpeta, where she allegedly transferred land belonging ...Read More >
Dispur, September 16: Assam Civil Service officer Nupur Bora found herself under national spotlight following her arrest earlier this week. On Monday, September 15, the Assam chief minister's special vigilance cell raided the Guwahati residence of Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer Nupur Bora, recovering INR 92 lakh in cash and jewellery valued at nearly INR 2 crore, PTI reported. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Nupur Bora was under surveillance for the last six months followi ...Read More >
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