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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: bribery

Pakistani CM has a brickbat solution for kickbacks—break official’s head, save them from hell

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Ali Amin Gandapur's 'solution' has been described both as vigilante justice and a solution. Now Pakistanis are asking if the govt offices will provide the brick.

ED arrests former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in forest scam case

ED probe stems from case filed by Punjab Vigilance Bureau against multiple irregularities in forest department, arrest comes two months after raids on 14 locations.

In Haryana village, ‘fake encounter’ in attempted honour killing case sparks stir. 2 cops suspended

Family of accused claims police took Rs 10 lakh bribe for not implicating more people in case. SP Nikita Gahlaut says all allegations false, demoralising for cops who saved woman's life.

ED registers case against its own officer jailed in Tamil Nadu on bribery charge

Ankit Tiwari and his team had allegedly demanded bribes from several individuals to close their ED-related cases. He was posted in the central agency's Madurai sub-zonal office.

Lok Sabha Ethics Committee looking into Mahua Moitra case — how it was formed & what are its powers

TMC MP Moitra facing inquiry over bribery and misconduct allegations. Businessman Darshan Hiranandani has alleged he paid Moitra to raise certain questions in Parliament.

Haryana IAS officer arrested for ‘Rs 5 lakh bribe demand’, sent to 14-day judicial custody

FIR against Vijay Singh Dahiya was filed in April this year for allegedly taking bribes in his capacity as commissioner of Haryana skill department. His bail plea was dismissed in June.

‘Admitted 193 ineligible students, got payments through UPI’ — CBI FIRs against KV ex-principal

Forged certificates were allegedly issued by some central govt depts, PSUs, among others for facilitating admissions. CBI also names unknown public servants, private persons in FIRs.

SC to revisit judgment protecting MPs, MLAs who take cash for votes. What it could mean

The Supreme Court referred a 1998 judgment that provided immunity to MPs and MLAs in cash-for-votes cases to a seven-judge bench Wednesday, citing chance to ‘straighten the law’.

Can calls intercepted in preliminary enquiry be evidence? CBI court order puts focus on ‘grey area’

In case of IRS officer & others accused of helping a businessman evade taxation, CBI special court held that only evidence gathered after FIR admissible. But Delhi HC has stayed order.

CBI books general manager of PSU BECIL for ‘taking bribes to help firms bag ministries’ social media projects’

Projects of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs were given to Fusion Corporate Solution and negotiations were on for two more projects of other ministries, says agency.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.