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NEW DELHI: Nupur Bora, a 2019-batch Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer, has found herself at the center of a major corruption scandal after being arrested for alleged involvement in illegal land transfers and possession of disproportionate assets. Only six years into her career, Bora was serving as the circle officer of Goraimari in Kamrup district when the CM's vigilance cell swooped in on her Guwahati residences. The raids yielded nearly Rs 1 crore in cash, along with diamonds and jewellery wor ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Civil Service officer Nupur Bora was arrested by police on Monday after Rs 92 lakh and jewellery worth Rs 1 crore were recovered from her Guwahati residence. The raid was conducted by a team of officials from the Chief Minister's Special Vigilance Cell. The Special Vigilance cell team also raided her rented house in Barpeta, where Rs 10 lakh was recovered, reported NDTV. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Bora was under surveillance for the last six months follow ...Read More >
Guwahati, Sep 16 (UNI) In a shocking incident, an anti corruption raid in Assam has exposed how certain corrupt officers have been transferring lands belonging to Hindus to suspected illegal foreigners. The expose came yesterday when the Chief Minister's Vigilance Cell raided the houses of a Circle officer in Guwahati and Barpeta, recovering a huge sum of cash and diamond jewellery worth over Rs 1 crore. CM Vigilance Officials said that cash and jewellery worth over Rs 1 crore have been seized ...Read More >
A truck driver was allegedly abducted after a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai. Police rescued him from Puja Khedkar's Pune house. Khedkar faces accusations of cheating in the civil services exam. The abduction occurred after a minor collision. The SUV occupants forcibly took the driver. Police tracked the SUV to Pune and rescued the driver. A truck driver, allegedly abducted after a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai, has been rescued from the house of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in Pu ...Read More >
Vijayawada: BC welfare minister S Savitha said that the coalition government's free coaching initiative for Backward Classes (BCs) aspirants delivered excellent results, enabling hundreds of unemployed youth to secure government jobs. In a statement on Monday the results of Mega DSC recruitment, she noted that 241 BC candidates were appointed as teachers across the state. "Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's vision is to ensure that BC youth find greater representation in government services. ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed displeasure over the delay in restoration of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and said that had the highway been under the control of the elected government, it would have been restored by now. Talking to reporters here, CM Omar said the highway was being managed and maintained by the Government of India (GoI). "But if they cannot manage it, they should hand it over to us. We have engineers sitting in our offices here, and I ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 15 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday said that the recent arrest of young officers on corruption charges should serve as a warning for other employees. Addressing newly appointed government employees at a 'Nijukti Mela' (appointment fair) here, Majhi asserted that his administration is adhering to its policy of "zero tolerance for corruption". "I may sound harsh but the fact remains that young officers were found involved in corruption. Keeping in view o ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reaffirmed his goal to fill 65,000 government posts within two years of assuming power in the state. Addressing newly-appointed officials at the 11th Recruitment Fair at the IDCO Exhibition Ground here on Monday, Majhi noted that 30,032 posts have been filled up in various departments in 15 months through recruitment fairs. An additional 40,000 vacancies are being targeted to be filled by June 2026, the CM said. The state has created 107,9 ...Read More >
Mumbai/Pune, Sept 17 (PTI) In a new twist to the Navi Mumbai road rage case, police on Monday claimed that former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar's father and his bodyguard had abducted a truck driver in their SUV. The driver was rescued from the house of Puja Khedkar in Pune on Sunday within hours of the incident, which occurred on Saturday evening. The incident occurred on the Mulund-Airoli Road in Navi Mumbai after the concrete mixer truck driven by Prahlad Kumar (22) brushed against a Land Cr ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 15 (PTI) A truck driver, allegedly abducted after a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai, has been rescued from the house of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in Pune, police said on Monday. Khedkar has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. The alleged abduction took place on Mulund-Airoli road in Navi Mumbai township on Saturday evening when Prahlad Kumar (22) was driving his concrete mixer truck, the poli ...Read More >
An official said that some of the accused have claimed that certain government officials who were aware of the call centres allowed it to flourish in exchange for money. THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) busted two illegal call centres operating out of Nashik where fraudsters would dupe UK nationals by impersonating insurance agents and government authorities. While two persons have been arrested, police are looking for more suspects including police officers after allegations cropped ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a cyber-fraud racket bust on Saturday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two members of a gang that ran two illegal call centres in Nashik. Operators of the call centres would impersonate insurance agents and government authorities to dupe nationals of the United Kingdom (UK). The CBI has identified the two arrested accused as Shyam Kamnakar and Ganesh, who have been remanded to the agency's custody till Monday by a special CBI court in Thane. Following searches ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of IAS officer Chandrasekar S. as the new Private Secretary to Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan and retired IAS officer Amit Khare as Secretary. According to an official memorandum issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Sunday, Chandrasekar S., a 2014-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, has been relieved of his present posting as Deputy Director at the Lal B ...Read More >
Punjab News: Amid the ongoing flood crisis in Punjab, AAP MLA Dinesh Chadha visited the severely affected regions in Ropar and firmly presented Punjab's demands before Union Minister L. Murugan. The delegation highlighted the urgent need for the central government to release ₹60,000 crore in pending dues to Punjab, crucial for both development and relief efforts. This is not the first time the Punjab government has approached the center regarding the flood crisis. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann h ...Read More >
Nashik, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two cyber fraudsters were arrested by the CBI in Nashik on charges of cheating British nationals by impersonating insurance agents and government authorities, an official of the investigative agency said on Sunday. Ganesh and Shyam Kamankar were arrested for employing 60 people in two illegal call centres under the name Swagan Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd, the official said in a statement. Around 60 people were employed at the call centres, which used Voice over ...Read More >
Nashik: Two cyber fraudsters were arrested by the CBI in Nashik on charges of cheating British nationals by impersonating insurance agents and government authorities, an official of the investigative agency said on Sunday. Ganesh and Shyam Kamankar were arrested for employing 60 people in two illegal call centres under the name Swagan Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd, the official said in a statement. Around 60 people were employed at the call centres, which used Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 13 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Saturday demanded that the Punjab government immediately release compensation of Rs 20,000 per acre for farmers whose crops were destroyed in the recent floods. The leader of opposition in the Punjab Assembly said the devastation caused by the floods has been so widespread that preliminary relief should not be delayed in the name of paperwork. Punjab has been hit by its worst floods in decades that left behind a trail of des ...Read More >
Odisha Vigilance arrested three government officers, including OAS topper Aswini Kumar Panda, for corruption. Panda, a Tahasildar, was caught accepting a bribe for land conversion. Searches at his residence revealed a significant amount of unaccounted cash and gold. Other officials were arrested for accepting bribes for labor cards and misappropriating pension funds. Three government officers from Odisha have been arrested by the state's vigilance department on Friday by Odisha Vigilance in sep ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested three government officials, including 2019-batch Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) topper Aswini Kumar Panda, on charges of corruption in separate cases across the State. Panda, currently posted as tehsildar of Bamra in Sambalpur district, was caught while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 through his office driver for processing a land conversion case, a Vigilance official said. "Panda has been apprehended for demanding and taking undue ...Read More >
Providing relief to a man who has been fighting for 13 years for recognition of his son's sacrifice, who saved 11 people in an LPG blast incident in Jind, the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has asked the state Chief Secretary to furnish "a detailed accountability report" fixing responsibility for the "inordinate delay". On December 8, 2012, a house at Pillukhera in Jind was in flames due to LPG leakage. Saurabh Garg (20), who was a neighbour, rushed to the spot carrying a ladder. He eva ...Read More >
TARN TARAN: AAP MLA from Khadoor Sahib, Manjinder Singh Lalpura, and 10 others - six of them policemen - were on Wednesday found guilty of molestation and assault of a woman 13 years ago.Additional sessions judge Prem Kumar of Tarn Taran district court said the sentence would be pronounced Friday. Police arrested eight of the accused, including the MLA, and sent them to jail, said the survivor's lawyer, Amit Dhawan. According to him, the survivor said she was "happy that justice has been served" ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Odisha Vigilance Friday arrested three government officials, including 2019-batch Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) topper Aswini Kumar Panda, on charges of corruption in separate cases across the state. Panda, currently posted as Tahasildar of Bamra in Sambalpur district, was caught while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 through his office driver for processing a land conversion case, a Vigilance official said. "Panda has been apprehended for demanding and tak ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 12 (PTI) Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested three government officials, including 2019-batch Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) topper Aswini Kumar Panda, on charges of corruption in separate cases across the state. Panda, currently posted as Tahasildar of Bamra in Sambalpur district, was caught while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 through his office driver for processing a land conversion case, a Vigilance official said. "Panda has been apprehended for demanding a ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 2 (PTI) The Crime Branch Kashmir on Tuesday registered a case against four persons in connection with a Rs 53 lakh land fraud matter here, officials said. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) registered the FIR following a written complaint, alleging serious financial and property fraud in a land transaction, the officials said. They said as per the complaint, land brokers namely Tariq Ahmad Hajam, and Ghulam Hassan Mir, in criminal nexus with Sonaullah ...Read More >
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case of disproportionate assets against Bandi Nageswara Rao, Tahsildar of Fort Warangal mandal, after searches revealed properties and valuables worth over ₹50 crore, allegedly acquired through corrupt means. The ACB officials conducted simultaneous searches at seven locations, including Rao's residence, the homes of his family members, his office and other premises. Preliminary findings revealed possession of properties valued at ₹1.15 cror ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) reported a total of 179 registered cases across the state in the first eight months of the year, seizing Rs 33.12 lakh in trap cases and recovering assets worth 44.33 crore from various departments. From January to August, ACB registered 179 cases, out of which 108 were trap cases, 11 disproportionate asset cases, 18 criminal misconduct cases, 18 regular enquiries, 21 surprise checks and three discreet enquiries. 167 public servants, includi ...Read More >
Bhopal: BJP legislator from Bhind Narendra Singh Kushwaha was summoned by the party leadership and reprimanded for nearly assaulting Bhind Collector Sanjeev Srivastava three days ago. Kushwaha, who was reportedly called by the BJP Madhya Pradesh President Hemant Khandelwal, arrived at the residence of the State General Secretary Hitanand Sharma on Friday. BJP State In-charge Dr. Mahendra Singh is learned to have been present at the meeting at Sharma's house, where the incident was reviewed, acc ...Read More >
Bhopal: Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing from September 23, an all-party meeting was hosted by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday at his official residence, where a formal resolution to ensure the full 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) has been unanimously adopted, marking a decisive shift in the state's legal and administrative posture. Backed by all major parties, the resolution affirms that the remaining 13% of the quota, on top of the 14% already impleme ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress' Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday said that it was his party MPs who forced Union Home Minister Amit Shah to sit in the fourth row and present the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament. Addressing the foundation day event of his party's student wing Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), Banerjee said, "They brought a Bill to change the Constitution at midnight thinking they will pass it. They thought the country is their property and they c ...Read More >
A 21-year-old man, Rithik, jumped into the Yamuna river from a southeast Delhi bridge during a video call with his sister after an argument. Police, NDRF, and rescue teams launched overnight search operations, but he remains untraced New Delhi: A 21-year-old man jumped into the Yamuna river from a bridge in southeast Delhi while on a video call with his sister, an official said on Monday. The incident occurred around 11.20 pm on Sunday when the victim, identified as Rithik, leapt off the Yamun ...Read More >
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