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Topic: Corruption

Sisodia created ‘Feedback Unit’ to check corruption, used it to snoop instead, says CBI FIR

MHA in February gave sanction to prosecute former Delhi deputy CM Sisodia under Prevention of Corruption Act. Delhi govt and AAP have called the allegations against him 'bogus'.

Out on bail after son caught taking bribe, Karnataka BJP MLA gets hero’s welcome in constituency

Madal Virupakshappa maintained KSDL issued tenders in 'non-partial' way. Lokayukta caught BJP MLA's son red-handed last week accepting bribe of Rs 40 lakh.

Police arrive at Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan’s Lahore home. Khan ‘evades’, levels counter-allegations

New Delhi: Amid severe economic meltdown in Pakistan, the Islamabad Police arrived Sunday at Lahore’s Zaman Park area to arrest former Prime Minister Imran...

Fresh blow to Bommai govt — Karnataka BJP MLA resigns as govt officer son ‘caught with Rs 40 lakh bribe’

Controversy follows allegations of recruitment scam & 'commission demands' against Bommai govt & coincides with Amit Shah flagging party's Vijaya Sankalpa Ratha Yatra in poll-bound state.

CBI books former Allahabad HC judge for ‘amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 2.5 crore’

This is the second corruption case against former judge SN Shukla, who was booked while he was in office for purportedly obtaining a favourable order to a Lucknow-based medical college in exchange of money.

Pakistan’s plight isn’t solely because its elite are corrupt. Their values have failed too

Stop blaming the world for Pakistan’s problems. You cannot hate the West and also supplicate it for bailouts or apply for immigration. We are authors of our own misfortune.

Ukrainian President Zelensky flags changes in government after corruption allegations

The Ukrainian President Monday said changes would be announced imminently in the government & security forces, in his nightly video address but did not identify the officials to be replaced.

What Panjab University ex V-C Raj Kumar is accused of: ‘Recruitment scam, undue favours, nepotism’

Vice-President Dhankhar's office has accepted V-C's resignation. Scathing allegations made by senior BJP leader & ASG Satya Pal Jain and university's teachers' association PUTA.

Why ex finance secy Mayaram’s under CBI lens: ‘Illegal extensions to UK firm that lied about patent’

‘Undue favour’ to De La Rue for supplying security thread for banknotes, says CBI. The British firm is said to have no patent of 'India-specific thread' unlike what it claimed.

IAS, Punjab Civil Service officers protest Mann govt’s vigilance probes — ‘illegal, arbitrary’

PCS cadre has gone on week’s leave to protest arrest of Narinder Dhaliwal, while IAS officers met CM to object FIR against Neelima Singh. Revenue officers also announce mass leave.

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India is becoming a Republic of RWAs. It’s the most powerful elected body

Civics textbooks need an upgrade, considering that RWAs enforce laws they’ve devised themselves – no matter if it violates a fundamental right or two.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.