Chennai, July 15 (IANS) Hours after the Tamil Nadu government launched a dedicated WhatsApp helpline to encourage the public to report bribery complaints against government officials, a video purportedly showing a TVK functionary accepting cash from a contractor surfaced on social media, triggering political controversy and renewed debate over corruption in local bodies. The video, whose authenticity has not been independently verified, purportedly shows N.V. Veera, president of the Mambakkam pa…
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New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to interfere with the Madras High Court’s interim order staying the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against former Tamil Nadu Highways Minister and DMK MLA, E.V. Velu and protecting him from coercive action in connection with a Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) case alleging a Rs 3.23-crore highway fraud.A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Tamil…
Chennai, July 12 (IANS) Former Tamil Nadu Minister E.V. Velu said on Sunday that he would appear before the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on July 15 for questioning in connection with the alleged Rs 3.23 crore Highways Department tender irregularities case, rejecting allegations that his recent visit to Singapore was an attempt to evade the investigation. Speaking to reporters after arriving in Chennai from Singapore, Velu added that he had already informed the investigatin…
Chennai, July 12 (IANS) A week-long anti-corruption crackdown by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) across Tamil Nadu has resulted in the seizure of Rs 22.33 lakh in unaccounted cash and the arrest of seven government officials on charges of accepting bribes for various public services. The intensive enforcement drive, carried out between July 4 and July 10, covered multiple districts and included surprise inspections at government offices as well as checks at state border c…
Chennai, July 1 (IANS) The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Wednesday urged the Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar, seeking his intervention to order a Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) investigation into what it described as an “alleged attempt by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary Vaiko to induce two sitting legislators elected on the DMK’s ‘Rising Sun’ symbol to resign from the state Assembly. In a detail…
Chennai, June 29 (IANS) The Madras High Court has granted interim relief to a Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) inspector who challenged her suspension, observing that there was a prima facie indication that the disciplinary action appeared to have been motivated. The court stayed the suspension order and directed the DVAC Director and Deputy Director to file their responses to the petition.Justice P.T. Asha passed the interim order while hearing a writ petition filed by Inspec…
Chennai, April 28 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply, K.N. Nehru, has moved the Madras High Court seeking a review of its earlier directive ordering the registration of an FIR in connection with alleged bribery in appointments within the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) Department. The earlier order, passed on February 20, had directed the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to register a case based on materials shared …
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Rajya Sabha member R. Girirajan has filed nine separate writ petitions in the Madras High Court, seeking a directive to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to initiate money laundering investigations against several senior leaders of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The petitions urge the court to direct the ED to register Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)…
Chennai, Feb 11 (IANS) A survey inspector attached to the Revenue Department in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram was arrested by the District Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) wing for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a farmer in connection with land acquisition for the proposed Parandur Greenfield Airport project, an official said on Wednesday. The accused, Sundara Vadivelu, 50, a resident of Tirukalimedu in Kancheepuram, was part of a joint verification team tasked with scrutinising …