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Haryana govt amends SOPs under anti-graft law, blunts teeth of Anti-Corruption Bureau

Move follows the IPS Y Puran Kumar suicide case, and the exit of former DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur, whose term was marked by perceived 'overreach' by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Abandoned hospitals, cost overruns—Delhi ACB’s case against AAP’s Saurabh Bhardwaj, Satyendar Jain

Anti-Corruption Branch has booked Bhardwaj and Jain, both former Delhi health ministers for alleged misappropriation of funds in connection with the proposed establishment of 24 hospital projects.

‘Cash for bail’: Transcripts with ACB show judge’s court ahlmad told inmate, ‘baat kharab hojaegi’

Ahlmad Mukesh Kumar’s lawyer argued that the ACB transcripts showed no clear demand for money and that the ACB threatened the judge to withdraw previous adverse orders against its officers.

Rs 2,000 crore classroom ‘scam’: What is ACB’s case against AAP ex-ministers Sisodia & Satyendra Jain

No coincidence, says AAP. Delhi ACB's action came after complaints from Delhi BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Harish Khurana, and Neelkanth Bakshi.

Khattar orders cooperative societies’ ICDP funds to be audited since inception in 1992. Here’s why

The audit, project's 1st since its inception in Haryana in 1992, comes amid Congress's assertions that it will bring a no-confidence motion against BJP-JJP govt on the issue.

Anti-Corruption Branch conducts search at LNJP Hospital amid row over substandard devices, supplies

Five other Delhi govt-run hospitals also under scanner. At LNJP, probe team collected 'necessary documents', it is learnt.

Haryana IAS officer facing probe in ‘Rs 200 cr scam’ alleges extortion calls ‘to settle case’, files FIR

In FIR lodged in Gurugram, the officer, Anita Yadav, has alleged caller sought Rs 5 cr to get her name cleared in the Faridabad Municipal Corporation scam case, in which she is an accused.

Haryana grants permission to investigate 2 IAS officers in Rs 200-cr Faridabad civic body ‘scam’

'Scam' concerns payments allegedly made to a contractor between 2015 and 2020 for work that was never done. Opposition Congress claims govt still shielding 'chosen' officers.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.