Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Two Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders have been arrested in West Bengal’s East Burdwan district on charges of extortion, corruption, and criminal intimidation, police said on Sunday. Both had been absconding and will be produced before a court.The arrested leaders have been identified as Sumit Sharma and Syed Kalimuddin alias Bappa. Sumit is a councillor of Ward No. 1 of Burdwan Municipality. He is known to be close to former Trinamool MLA Khokan Das, who was arrested earl…
Latest Corruption News & Updates
Chandigarh, June 27 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Chandigarh unit on Saturday staged a protest outside the Municipal Corporation building in Sector 17 over the alleged theft involving offerings worth crores of rupees at Lord Shri Ram’s temple in Ayodhya. The protest coincided with the arrival of Chandigarh Administrator-cum-Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria for the Special House meeting of the local civic body.At the protest, the AAP stated that the alleged theft of devotees’ offerings at…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Saturday launched a sharp attack on SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, alleging large-scale corruption in the construction of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during the previous Samajwadi Party government.In a post on X, Rajbhar alleged that the expressway became a symbol of corruption and mismanagement. He said, “If one wants to see some examples of the corruption that took place during Shri @yadavakhilesh ji’s government, the biggest…
Bhubaneswar, June 27 (IANS) Continuing its crackdown on corrupt public servants, the Odisha Vigilance has arrested a Livestock Inspector (LI) in Nabarangpur district for allegedly taking a bribe from a beneficiary under the state government’s Mukhyamantri Kamadhenu Yojana. The accused has been identified as Prafulla Haldar, the Livestock Inspector posted at Raighar under the office of the Nabarangpur Chief District Veterinary Officer (CDVO) Radheshyam Laik, officials said on Friday.According to …
Srinagar, June 24 (IANS) J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Wednesday that it has presented the chargesheet in court against a former Block Development Officer (BDO), an Executive Engineer, and five others in a case of embezzlement of government funds. A statement said, “ACB J&K has filed a charge-sheet before the Hon’ble Court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Baramulla, in FIR No. 02/2020 of Police Station ACB Baramulla against six public servants and one beneficiary contrac…
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Plugging loopholes in tax collection is key to achieving the target set by the Suvendu Adhikari government to improve West Bengal’s own tax revenue generation without burdening the people with higher slabs. An insider from the state finance department said that while many sections are claiming that the budget proposals for the financial year 2026-27 which was presented by the state finance minister, Swapan Dasgupta, lacked specific directions as regarding to improving the…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) The police on Tuesday arrested Trinamool Congress councillor Kanailal Das, a politically influential figure in Tamluk Municipality in East Midnapore district of West Bengal, on multiple charges linked to alleged corruption and irregular activities.Das, considered one of the most influential leaders in the Tamluk area, was taken into custody following a series of searches and questioning by the police.According to the police, a rented house allegedly linked to Das was sear…
Ludhiana, June 22 (IANS) Drawing parallels with West Bengal, where changing demographics due to illegal Bangladeshi infiltration became a matter of national concern, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin on Monday said Punjab’s deteriorating law and order situation, rising gangsters, drug menace and migration of youth have similarly become issues of serious concern for both the state and the nation. He said that just as BJP workers in West Bengal worked tirelessly to stre…
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The West Bengal Finance Department has issued a notification making advance payments of all state excise-related duties mandatory for liquor manufacturers, breweries and bottling plants. Technically, this means that, henceforth, all such units will have to pay the relevant state excise duties in full before any product is removed from the manufacturing company, brewery, or bottling plant concerned.The crucial notification was issued just ahead of the presentation of the f…
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has given a notice to the popular south Kolkata club Suruchi Sangha to vacate the land it has forcibly occupied by July 18. LIC said if the land is not vacated by July 18, strict legal action will be taken against them. A notice regarding this was posted on the wall of the Suruchi Sangha club on Saturday. LIC made it clear through its lawyer that the area must be vacated within a specified time frame.Former state minister Aroop Biswas …