Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Monday said the Congress-led government has been targeting the Banjara community in the state ever since it came to power.He said this while reacting to the arrest of BJP MLA Chandru Lamani, who belongs to the community.Vijayendra claimed that the Congress government was unable to tolerate the fact that the Banjara community had stood firmly with the BJP. He further alleged that since Siddaramaiah became Chief Minister, …
Latest Bribery Case News & Updates
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of a Delhi Police Sub-Inspector in a 30-year-old bribery case, holding that the prosecution had successfully established the demand and acceptance of illegal gratification.Dismissing the criminal appeal, a single-judge Bench of Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha refused to interfere with the 2003 judgment of the trial court, which had found Sub-Inspector Manoj Kumar guilty under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of t…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested a serving Army officer and a private individual in connection with a bribery case involving alleged corruption in the defence production and export sector, the agency said in its statement. The arrested officer has been identified as Lt Col Deepak Kumar Sharma, Deputy Planning Officer (International Cooperation and Exports) in the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence.A private person, Vinod K…