A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh police arrested the personal secretaries of three state ministers on charges of corruption and bribery. Soon after the sting operation of the personal secretaries seeking bribes inside the Vidhan Sabha premise was aired by a news channel, CM Yogi Adityanath led[Read More…]
Tag: Corruption
Tejashwi Yadav: Bihar government failed to stop corruption
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav has alleged Nitish Kumar led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of running a corrupt government in the state. Yadav after returning from Delhi launched a scathing attack on ruling party and said, “The way scams are breaking out in the state, one after another[Read More…]
CBI Deputy SP Devendra Kumar suspended over corruption charges
Central Bureau of Investigation suspends its Deputy SP Devendra Kumar and the procedural will begin only after 24-48 hours of arrest, says CBI. Earlier Kumar had claimed in the court that he was coerced to sign on a blank page, however, CBI kept denying the allegations. According to CBI, Rakesh[Read More…]
History repeated: CBI raids its own headquarters, arrests Deputy SP Devendra Kumar
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out a raid on its own headquarters in the case involving bribery charges against its Special Director Rakesh Asthana. However, this is not the first time when CBI raided its own headquarter. Not first time. On December 27 last year, CBI raided[Read More…]
CBI arrests its own official Devendra Kumar in bribery case
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested its own Deputy Police Superintendent Devendra Kumar in a bribery case on Monday. The CBI arrested its official in connection to the corruption allegations against Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Devendra Kumar is arrested in connection with the case of meat exporter Moin Qureshi, under the[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar stand on 3C’s is a big farce
In national executive meet on Sunday, 8th July 2018 at national capital, New Delhi, the Janata Dal (United) sent a stern message to the Bharatiya Janata Party from its national executive meet, making it clear that it would not compromise on the 3Cs of communalism, crime and corruption even if[Read More…]
Avenfield corruption case: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in jail
In a corruption case involving the purchase of four luxury apartments in London, an anti-graft court in Pakistan sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in jail and fine with £8 million, while his daughter Maryam Sharif has been sentenced seven years of jail punishment and fined[Read More…]
BJP’s ‘ease of doing corruption’: Virbhadra targets Amit Shah’s son
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday targeted BJP President Amit Shah over the meteoric rise in the revenues of his son’s company, a year after the party came to power at the Centre. Virbhadra Singh, charged by the CBI with holding assets disproportionate to his known sources of[Read More…]
Aadhaar is important for elimination of middlemen, corruption: Venkaiah Naidu
Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu, on Tuesday remarked that the Adhaar card is very crucial as it will eliminate middlemen and corruption. “Aadhaar card is very much required as it will eliminate middlemen and corruption. We should really strengthen this. I am happy people are enrolling in it,” he said while[Read More…]
BJP executive meet: PM Modi vows to continue fight against corruption
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday vowed to continue his fight against corruption at the National Executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In his speech, he reportedly said that his government has zero tolerance towards corruption and hailed the government for the settlement with China on the Doklam standoff.[Read More…]
Corruption does not exist in Centre anymore: Arun Jaitley
Union finance minister, Arun Jaitley, on Thursday said corruption does not exist in the Centre anymore, while applauding its proactiveness in implementing the GST, crackdown on excessive cash transactions, benami property, shell companies and so on. “Corruption in the central government has become a thing of the past. This is[Read More…]
UP: 83-year-old man writes to CM Yogi, says wants to end life frustrated with corruption
Ferumal Verma, an 83-year-old man, frustrated with the working of the corrupt system has penned down a letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, saying he wants to commit suicide. A resident of Ghaziabad’s Rajpur area, Verma said that in 1972 he worked in the Sugarcane department of Meerut[Read More…]
Days after RBI data, PM Modi terms demonetisation ‘successful’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday listed demonetisation as one of the successful measures taken by the government to tackle black money as he urged the tax officials to improve India’s tax administration by 2022. His statement comes two days after the Reserve Bank of India released data which showed[Read More…]
PM Modi talks of ending corruption but is silent on Panama Papers: Congress leader Pawan Khera
The Congress on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks of ending corruption during his ‘Mann ki Baat‘ programmes but has remained silent on the Panama Paper leaks. Congress leader, Pawan Khera, asked the PM what action had been taken against Chhattisgarh chief minister, Raman Singh over the Panama[Read More…]
How a computer font may bring down the current Government in Pakistan?
The Panama leaks in April 2016 revealed major corruption charges against Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s. It was revealed that three of Nawaz Sharif’s children owned offshore companies and assets not shown on his family’s wealth statement. There is a very interesting follow up to the case which has left[Read More…]
ACB fails to provide punishment to those taking bribes
Where Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has made a record in catching those who take a bribe, it is simultaneously failing in providing punishments to the same during trials. In 2016, ACB made a record while registering 84 number of cases of people taking a bribe. Whereas in 2017, it made another[Read More…]
Andhra Pradesh launches ‘People First’ helpline against corrupt govt servants
In a novel initiative, the Andhra Pradesh government has implemented the ‘People First’ grievance redressal system in the state to ensure that citizens who have had to pay bribes for government services get their money back. The Chandrababu Naidu government has recently launched a toll-free number 1100 for registering complaints[Read More…]
BJP on Kapil Mishra attack: Shocked to see how low AAP can stoop
Amidst AAP controversies, Kapil Mishra who was on a hunger strike was attacked by a person allegedly from BJP. Responding to the incident, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said that the incident was shocking and shameful, adding that it showed how low the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) could stoop to.[Read More…]
Corruption thriving after demonetisation: Yechury
Kapil Mishra writes open letter to Kejriwal, says ‘filing FIR against you, bless me’
Sacked AAP minister Kapil Mishra, who alleges corruption charges against Arvind Kejriwal dares the AAP chief to fight an election against him. “You are trying to remove me from the assembly; I challenge you to contest the elections against me, from any seat. Let’s fight the election from my Karawal[Read More…]
ACB begins probe into bribery charges against Arvind Kejriwal
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has initiated a probe into bribery charges alleged by sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday. Mishra has also appeared before ACB to hand over additional evidence in support of his claims on Monday. The probe began based on Mishra’s complaint[Read More…]
