Corruption

Friday, Mar 24, 2023 | Last Update : 02:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, in Shimla, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Borders more secure, corruption zero tolerance: PM Modi

Modi claimed that poverty was on the decline in the country and even the international agencies were admitting it

01 Jun 2022 1:04 AM

Rahul Gandhi alleges corruption in Jan Dhan accounts

According to media reports, the State Bank of India had deducted a total amount of Rs 164 crore from Jan Dhan account holders

22 Nov 2021 12:06 PM

Congress quizzes BJP 'silence' on Rafale

The Congress has demanded a JPC probe into the Rafale deal, alleging corruption in the purchase of the fighter jets

05 Jul 2021 1:13 AM

Mohan Guruswamy | Check India’s corruption, or insurgencies will go up

A just and relatively honest society requires a system that inflicts swift and commensurate retribution on transgressors

11 May 2021 12:00 AM

Madhya Pradesh Lokayukt takes suo moto cognisance of controversial video of IPS officer

The Lokayukt superintend of police (SP) has been asked to probe the matter.

21 Jul 2020 1:18 PM

Pakistan former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. (AFP)

Arrest warrant issued against Nawaz Sharif in corruption case

The 70-year-old supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, is currently in London for medical treatment

27 Apr 2020 12:57 PM

Since 2016 till date, 9,20,000 e-challans have been issued.

Steps taken to curb corruption: Traffic cop

The affidavit also stated the action taken by the police against traffic violators and the use of adva-nced cameras in various parts of the city.

04 Feb 2020 1:49 AM

Zardari, 64, who was arrested in June, approached the court on December 3 seeking bail on medical grounds in two corruption cases pertaining to fake accounts. (Photo: File)

Ex-Pakistan Prez Asif Ali Zardari gets bail on medical grounds

His bail plea was filed over a month after former premier Nawaz Sharif was given a similar relief.

12 Dec 2019 10:42 AM

Politics does make for strange bedfellows. Take the case of Devendra Fadnavis, who in 2014 had vowed to send Ajit Pawar to jail for his alleged corruption in the "irrigation scam". (Photo: File)

'Chakki Peesing' to Deputy CM: Unforeseen twist in Fadnavis' Sholay after vowing to jail Ajit Pawar

In the video, Fadnavis can be heard describing what Ajit Pawar would be doing in prison after the election.

25 Nov 2019 9:36 AM

In 2014, soon after taking charge as CM, Fadnavis opened an investigation against Pawar, for his alleged involvement in irregularities in various irrigation projects. (Photo: File)

Twitteratti has a laugh as Fadnavis' 'never, never with NCP' resolve fails

Fadnavis had repeatedly accused Ajit Pawar of corruption.

23 Nov 2019 4:03 PM

Netanyahu could now face internal threats from within his Likud party, Zalzberg added. (Photo: File)

Defiant Netanyahu rejects graft indictment, vows to stay Israel's leader

Netanyahu denounced what he called 'false' and 'politically motivated' allegations, after being charged with bribery, fraud.

22 Nov 2019 9:22 AM

Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was on Thursday absolved of all corruption charges linked to the embezzlement of nearly USD 185,000 by a high court which also lifted the overseas travel ban on him and released his impounded passport. (Photo: File)

Lankan court drops corruption charges against Gotabhaya, orders lifting travel ban

Gotabhaya will embark on his first foreign tour with a visit to India on November 29 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

21 Nov 2019 2:37 PM

'The allegations are baseless, I have not misused money. Also, the allegation by the lady is nothing but baseless. I am ready to face them legally and I am ready for investigation,' said William. (Photo: ANI)

'Allegations are baseless, ready for investigation': Mysuru Bishop KA William

Several Priests have levelled serious allegations against William who is the Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Mysore.

07 Nov 2019 1:06 PM

The youth could be a ‘demographic dividend’, ensuring stability and prosperity for the decades to come. India’s leaders are old and no longer represent the people.

Young India, old leaders: It’s time for a new revolution in politics

The attitudes of young Indians are in some ways inspiring. They want a shift to a cleaner, more meritocratic kind of politics.

29 Oct 2019 2:17 AM

Friday’s list, apart from income tax officials who demanded and accepted bribes, also included a Principal Commissioner of Income Tax who decided a tax appeal filed by a lawyer. (Photo: File | Representational)

15 senior income tax officials shown the door to purge department’s ‘black sheep’

The clean-up drive was initiated on June 10 with the firing of a dozen tainted high-ranking income-tax officers.

27 Sep 2019 6:58 PM

A special court on Monday allowed the CBI to question former media baron Indrani Mukerjea, jailed for allegedly killing her daughter, in connection with the INX Media corruption case, in which former Union finance minister P Chidambaram has been arrested. (Photo: File)

INX media case: CBI to question Indrani Mukerjea whose testimony led to Chidambaram’s arrest

The 47-year-old former media executive can be questioned between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm, the court said.

10 Sep 2019 12:59 PM

Kejriwal also proudly announced that his son had got into IIT too and would study with this boy at the same time. (Photo: Twitter | Facebook)

Happy to see my son and a tailor's son in IIT together: Arvind Kejriwal

16-year-old Kumar was among the 4,953 students who enrolled for the first batch of the Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana.

28 Aug 2019 1:42 PM

Previously 27 high ranking Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers including 12 from CBDT – the direct taxes body, were compulsorily retired using the same rule for government employees. (Photo: Representional)

Govt compulsorily retires 22 tax officials on corruption charges

Since June, this is the third round of sacking of corrupt tax officials.

26 Aug 2019 5:12 PM

On June 27, high-ranking Indian Revenue Service officers including 12 officers from the Central Board of Direct Taxes were compulsorily retired. (Representational Image)

22 senior tax officials accused of corruption sacked

The move is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on Independence Day.

26 Aug 2019 12:25 PM

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday kicked off his party's campaign for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagging off a Jan Ashirwad Yatra. (Photo: File)

We ended corruption, ran transparent govt: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar

The 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra' will cover all the 90-Assembly segments of the state in the next 22 days.

18 Aug 2019 3:45 PM

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