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Friday, August 8, 2025
TopicPunjab Vigilance Bureau

Topic: Punjab Vigilance Bureau

From Gorakhpur to Singapore & Cyprus, Punjab vigilance cites ‘money trail’ to seek Majithia’s remand

Member of Bikram Singh Majithia’s legal team says Akali Dal leader ‘resigned as director of firm Saraya Industries, and his role was limited to that of a shareholder’.

AAP’s old foe Majithia ‘knew’ he was next, warned CM Mann before arrest—’will make you scream’ 

Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia Wednesday in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Akali leader Majithia held in disproportionate assets case linked to drug cartel, ‘laundered Rs 540 cr’

Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested Majithia at his residence in Amritsar. Raids carried out at around 25 premises linked to Majithia across the state, including around 9 in Amritsar.

Mann govt changes Punjab Vigilance Bureau chief, 3rd time in less than 2 months

P K Sinha, ADGP intelligence, gets additional charge of vigilance bureau. Others who got suspension orders are AIG Swarandeep Singh & SSP Harpreet Singh.

How guava ‘orchard owners’ & Punjab officials ‘siphoned off Rs 147 crore’ in compensation

From showing inflated number of trees to leaking information about land acquisition, accused used all tactics to extract as much as compensation that could be drawn from govt.

Grilled by Punjab vigilance, Manpreet Badal feuds with Congress chief— ‘I’m not Warring, won’t beg Mann’

BJP’s Manpreet Badal, an ex-finance minister, targeted Warring while addressing a press conference over questioning by vigilance bureau. Warring has hit back, calling Badal ‘corrupt’.

Former Cong MLA Kushaldeep Dhillon arrested by Punjab Vigilance Bureau on corruption charges

 Dhillon had earlier said the allegations against him were false and politically motivated and claimed the ruling AAP was trying to suppress Congress leaders through these cases.

‘Received Rs 1.17 cr as compensation’: Vigilance Bureau books Punjab IAS officer’s wife in guava orchard ‘scam’

According to FIR, Jasmeen Kaur, other accused illegally bought land to be acquired by govt, in order to get compensation much higher than original cost. IAS Rajesh Dhiman denies allegations.

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.

On Camera

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.