Patna, June 5 (IANS) The Special Vigilance Unit, Bihar, arrested a postal official in Jamui district for allegedly accepting a bribe. According to an official, Ajay Kumar Singh, who was serving as a Postal Supervisor in the Postal Inspector’s office at Jhajha, was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting Rs 6,000 bribe.The case reportedly originated from a complaint filed by Purushottam Kumar, the Branch Postmaster (BPM) of Sangrampur.According to the complaint, the postal supervisor had alle…
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Jaipur, June 4 (IANS) In a significant development in the widely discussed large-scale corruption case related to the Jal Jeevan Mission, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Rajasthan, on Thursday filed a charge sheet against retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal before ACB Court No. 1, Jaipur.The comprehensive charge sheet, comprising approximately 17,500 pages, was submitted by the ACB following an extensive investigation.Govind Gupta, Director General of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau, said that t…
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) PMK President Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged theft of hard disks containing sensitive data from the headquarters of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), claiming that the incident may be linked to an attempt to destroy evidence of past corruption and irregularities.In a statement, Anbumani expressed shock over reports that multiple hard disks containing crucial official records had gone missing from the power utilit…
Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Wednesday alleged that the Mahayuti government came to power in Maharashtra after “buying” the votes of one crore women in the ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’ using government money, calling it a “global scam” in which the women were deceived in Maharashtra. The party has demanded a probe by a sitting High Court judge after around 80 lakh women became ineligible to receive benefits under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana post a…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Police have arrested Trinamool councillor Sachin Singh of ward number 36 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). According to Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) sources, there are allegations of extortion against the arrested councillor. On Tuesday afternoon, police personnel from Narkeldanga police station went to arrest Singh. At that time, a section of local residents protested in front of his house, alleging that he was also involved in threatening and beating up o…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Another former Trinamool Congress MLA from West Bengal’s East Burdwan district has been arrested over corruption charges, the police said on Tuesday. After former MLA from Burdwan Dakshin Khokan Das, former MLA from Kalna Debprasad Bagh has been arrested by the police.On Monday night, the police of Nadanghat police station conducted a raid at Debprasad’s residence.Debprasad was detained and taken to the police station.On Tuesday, the police said that he has been arrested.T…
Patna, June 1 (IANS) In a major anti-corruption operation, the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) arrested an Electricity Department Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) in Bihar’s Banka district after allegedly catching him red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000. The operation was carried out at the Rajoun Electrical Sub-Division office on Monday.The arrested official has been identified as Bijendra Kumar, SDO of the Electricity Department.Following the successful trap operation, the Vigil…
Gandhinagar, June 1 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday registered a disproportionate assets case against Ashwin Chaudhari, a Class-I Chief Electrical Inspector posted at Udyog Bhavan in Gandhinagar, after recovering cash, gold, silver, and other valuables worth Rs 2.64 crore from his government vehicle and residences in Gandhinagar and Surat. According to the ACB, Police Inspector P.N. Khokhra of the agency’s Field-3 Intelligence Wing received information that Chaudhari wa…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Former state minister and current Trinamool Congress MLA, Rathin Ghosh, appeared at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Salt Lake on Monday morning in connection with the municipal recruitment corruption case.Just before he reached the CGO complex, the state Cabinet was expanded at Lok Bhavan.Before entering the ED office, Rathin conveyed his greetings to the newly sworn-in ministers of the BJP government. At the same time, regarding the public’s anger against the T…
Jaipur, May 29 (IANS) Acting under the Rajasthan government’s zero-tolerance policy towards corruption, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has ordered the suspension of 103 officers, including one IAS officer. In addition, six officials have been dismissed from service, while the pensions of 11 retired officers have been permanently withheld due to proven misconduct and corruption-related charges.Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has launched a strong and decisive crackdown against corru…