Gurgaon: A patwari was arrested by the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 to process the mutation of land in Sherpur village in Pataudi.A case was registered against him under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and Section 308(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).According…
Shivamogga: Lokayukta police conducted an unexpected raid on the tahsildar’s office on Wednesday, heavily scrutinising the operations and administrative handling across various departments.The raid was triggered by persistent complaints from the public regarding severe delays in work, interference by unauthorised middlemen, and allegations of bribery. During the operation, the Lokayukta team focused on collecting details…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Friday dismissed a batch of appeals filed by Enforcement Directorate challenging an order of the Appellate Tribunal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.The tribunal had directed the release of properties attached in connection with the alleged Vanpic quid pro quo case involving Andhra Pradesh former chief minister YS Jagan…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt on Thursday said it is firmly committed to rooting out corruption and ensuring an honest, transparent and clean administration by bringing all departmental procurements and public tenders under stringent monitoring mechanism. “Interference of middlemen and illegal gratification practices that prevailed hitherto will be eliminated,” Governor R V Arlekar said, while reading…
Patna: The Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Wednesday arrested three senior govt officials in connection with the multi-crore tender scam.The arrested officials are former chief engineer of the building construction department Tarini Das, former joint secretary of the finance department Mumukshu Kumar Chaudhary, and Buidco executive engineer Umesh Kumar Singh. According to SVU, assets and…
Patna: The state govt on Saturday suspended two IAS officers in the tender scam case – Yogesh Kumar Sagar of the 2017 batch and Abhilasha Kumari Sharma of the 2014 batch, an official said.The decision came three days after the Bihar Police’s Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) raided the Patna premises of contractor Rishu Shree on…
