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New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): A Belgian court in Antwerp has cleared the extradition of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi to India, declaring his arrest by Belgian authorities earlier this year as lawful. The ruling represents a major development in India's long-running efforts to secure his return in connection with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. Also Read | What Is IRCTC Vikalp Scheme and How Can It Help You Get Confirmed Train Tickets During Diwali and Chhath Puja? Kno ...Read More >
Rupnagar (Punjab) [India], October 17 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Harcharan Singh Bhullar, Ropar Range of Punjab Police, and another individual for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 8 lakh through a private middleman to "settle" a police case and protect a businessman's interests. The FIR, was filed by the CBI Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Chandigarh, under Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ( ...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 >
In a big jolt to the Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) first family weeks ahead of the high-voltage election in Bihar, a Delhi court today framed charges in a corruption case against party founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son and Chief Minister face Tejashwi Yadav, and former Chief Minister and Lalu Yadav's wife Rabri Devi. The veteran politician and his family members pleaded not guilty and said they would face trial. A Rouse Avenue court today framed charges against Lalu Yadav and his family members ...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 >
Thane, Sep 27 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a man booked in a case, an official said on Saturday. The ACB laid a trap on Friday and caught Shashikant Laxman Bhalerao (49), an ASI attached to the Mumbra police station, while accepting the bribe amount, the official said. According to the ACB, the accused cop had demanded Rs 50,000 from a man against whom a case had been registered at the pol ...Read More >
Lucknow, Sep 13: The Court of Special Judge, CBI, Lucknow, has convicted and sentenced Rajesh Kumar, Senior Assistant (Clerk), Sanitary & Support Services, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, to five years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh in a bribery case, a statement issued on Saturday said. The case dates back to June 2, 2016, when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR against Rajesh Kumar. It was alleged that Kumar demanded a bribe of Rs 75 ...Read More >
Gurugram, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a Rs 346 crore bank fraud, the ED seized digital devices and incriminating documents during searches at 11 residential and commercial premises of Hythro Power Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and its officials in Delhi NCR, Bengaluru and Chennai, an official said on Friday. The Gurugram Zonal Office of the ED conducted the search and survey operations on Wednesday under the provisions of the PMLA, 2002. During search proceedings, several bank accounts belonging to th ...Read More >
Rajouri, Aug 25: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (JKACB) on Monday arrested a policeman posted at Police Post Laam in Nowsherea area of Rajouri district for demanding and accepting bribe. An official said that ACB received a complaint alleging therein that the complainant was called in Police Post Lam telephonically by Sgct Arif Iqbal on the basis of a complaint lodged by a person of Pukharni, Tehsil Qila Darhal District Rajouri. The said Sgct demanded Rs 10,000 as bribe for himself an ...Read More >
Independence Day 2025: 5 Creative And Meaningful Ways To Celebrate The Spirit Of Freedom With Joy And Patriotism The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday refused to hear two petitions questioning the state's requirement that new electricity consumers have smart prepaid meters installed, stating that a similar issue is pending before a division bench. Justice M. Nagaprasanna, who had reserved orders on July 22, made a strong pitch for judicial discipline in his order. Judicial Discipline Cited "J ...Read More >
Jaipur, Jul 19 (PTI) A gang, allegedly involved in the adulteration of coal imported from the US, was busted by the Rajasthan Police, leading to the arrest of an individual, a senior official said on Saturday. The gang was adulterating high-quality coal (petcoke) imported from the US, cheating cement and steel factories out of crores of rupees through this illegal operation, Additional Director General of Police (Crime) Dinesh MN said. A team from the Crime Investigation Branch had been gatheri ...Read More >
Jalandhar, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The ED seized property and financial records during searches at Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Barnala and Mumbai in connection with the illegal sale of psychotropic drugs procured by a Punjab doctor for the rehabilitation of addicts at his 22 private de-addiction centres, an official said on Saturday. The searches under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, were targeted at the premises of doctor Amit Bansal, Rusan Pharma Limited and ...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 AC ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): A team of Nand Nagri Police Station launched a special drive against individuals involved in the sale of banned 'Chinese Manjha', amid rising incidents of injuries and nabbed two siblings with 325 rolls on Friday. With Independence Day (15th August) and Raksha Bandhan approaching, the Delhi Police has launched a special drive to curb the sale and use of hazardous Chinese Manjha -- a nylon-based kite string that has caused numerous injuries and fatalities involv ...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 ...Read More >
Lalu Prasad Yadav has appealed to the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court refused to halt trial court proceedings in the CBI's land-for-jobs case. He seeks to quash the FIR, chargesheets, and subsequent orders, citing a 14-year delay and lack of mandatory approval under Section 17A of the PC Act, alleging political vendetta. Former Bihar chief minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has moved the Supreme Court against an order dismissing his plea seeking a stay on the trial court procee ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): After US President Donald Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), Dr Abhishek Bansal, Senior Consultant and Chief of Interventional Radiology at Aakash Healthcare, warned that even mild symptoms, like Trump ankle swelling, should not be ignored, as they could signal underlying vascular issues. The body often sends out early distress signals, and ignoring them could delay crucial diagnoses. Symptoms like swollen ankles, unexplained bruises, ...Read More >
Jammu, July 18: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday arrested a Junior official of the Jammu Development Authority (JDA), Kewal Krishan, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant for facilitating continued construction of a double-storey building at Ballain Domana, Jammu.A statement issued here said that the accused had allegedly demanded Rs 20,000 in total as illegal gratification to permit construction work. The complainant, unwilling to pay ...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 b ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In a renewed effort to put economic pressure on Russia, the European Union on Friday unveiled a fresh package of sanctions, which includes lowering the price cap on Russian crude oil and sanctioning Nayara Energy Ltd, an India-based refinery linked to Russian energy giant Rosneft. This marks the first time the EU has imposed sanctions involving India, a country that has heavily relied on discounted Russian crude since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022. Nayara Energy Ltd, fo ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Mumbai Unit of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in two separate cases have arrested officials from the cooperative department and civic officials in bribery cases. According to the ACB, in the first case the complainant had purchased a flat in a housing society. Since the executive committee of the said society was dissolved, the cooperative department had appointed accused official Dayanand Chavan (47), in the said society as the authorised officer and certified auditor on the panel of ...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 ...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 const ...Read More >
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health departm ...Read More >
JAMMU, Jul 18: Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau 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 of ₹20,000 from the complainant for allowing further construction of the double storey building at Ballain Domana, Jammu and has agreed ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court refused to stay the trial proceedings against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav before a special court in Delhi in a land-for-jobs case during his tenure as railways minister from 2004 to 2009. The Delhi High Court on May 29, while dismissing Yadav petition for a stay of the trial in the land-for-jobs scam case, said that there was no compelling reason to stay the proceedings. While refusing to stay the trial court proceeding ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to grant a stay to former railway minister and Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in the ongoing trial in the alleged land-for-jobs scam. Lalu, through senior advocate Kapil Sibal had moved the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court refused to grant a stay in the matter. After being told that the petition is only challenging an interim order of the High Court and the main matter is pending there, the bench of Justice M M Sundresh and Justi ...Read More >
The court said that the matter would be heard along with the petition of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for capital punishment in September The Calcutta High Court Wednesday said that it will hear the plea of the sole convict in the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case, Sanjoy Roy, for acquittal from the case. A division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Md Sabbar Rashidi observed that the matter would be heard with the petition of the Central Bureau ...Read More >
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has officially dropped all further proceedings against retired IPS officer A.B. Venkateswara Rao, former Additional Director-General of Police (Intelligence), following the quashing of an FIR and chargesheet by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. In G.O. RT No.1334 issued on Tuesday, Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand said the case registered against Mr. Venkateswara Rao by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) under multiple IPC Sections, including 120-B (criminal conspira ...Read More >
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