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Sunday, May 26, 2024
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Topic: Corruption

CBI names two of its own in chargesheet on officers’ club scandal, Rakesh Asthana left out

The Palika Services Officers Institute (PSOI) scandal is one of six cases that CBI director Alok Verma accused special director Rakesh Asthana of being involved in.

PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif arrested for his alleged involvement in 2 corruption cases

Shahbaz will be presented before an accountability court for a physical remand Saturday. Lahore: Pakistan's Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif was Friday arrested by the country's anti-graft...

More the news about corruption, more the economic decline, says IMF paper

Scholars from IMF ran a cross-country search on more than 665 million international news articles about corruption.

Modi govt doesn’t know when it can fill up Central Information Commission vacancies

Pendency of complaints and appeals is on the rise as Modi govt struggles to find candidates for vacancies dating back to 2016.

Chidambaram slams govt after RBI says 99.3% demonetised notes returned

About Rs 15.21 lakh crore of the demonetised Rs 15.41 lakh crore in circulation have been returned to banks, says RBI.

Each of Modi govt’s decisions after demonetisation hark back to India’s socialist past

The people caught most unprepared by the PM's strike on currency are the bureaucrats. The problem: They've been there, done that

Making perfect meat dishes helped caterer get close to bureaucrats & their hidden wealth

Rakesh Tiwari, arrested by CBI for allegedly helping corrupt government officials stash away their ill-gotten wealth, seems to have a rather dodgy career graph.

If govt has its way, CBI won’t be able to recommend penalties for bureaucrats

According to a proposal, the premier investigation agency should be stripped of the power to recommend penalties for those accused of small-scale graft.

Anti-corruption activists rarely pay attention to the role of middlemen in India

A key ingredient in corruption is the middlemen. But there is little understanding of what conditions make their role important to corrupt transactions.

Tired of fake achhe din, people want sachhe din: Congress on PM Modi’s speech

Congress censures Modi's Independence Day speech to be 'hollow', and challenges him to have an open debate with Rahul Gandhi.

On Camera

Don’t deride public sector. Evidence shows commercial banks in woeful state—Indira Gandhi

On 29 July 1969, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi delivered a speech in Lok Sabha on the nationalisation of 14 banks, saying the move was 'totally justified to ensure that hopes and aspirations of millions of our people are not sacrificed'.

Govt has reduced time taken to finalise GDP data by an entire year. Here’s inside story of how

This year, govt announced that 2nd and not 3rd revised estimates would be final. Here’s inside story on how this was achieved without compromising on quality of data.

In unprecedented move, Govt extends tenure of Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande by one month

Extension of Gen Pande’s tenure comes amid intense speculation. He will now serve as Army Chief until 30 June even as the extension goes beyond his normal age of superannuation.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?