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Topic: vigilance

Haryana’s new anti-corruption chief orders list of officials ‘who don’t budge without bribes’

The purpose, Arshinder Singh Chawla tells ThePrint, is not to circulate list among people, but to keep watch on activities of such officials and ‘catch them red-handed’. 

IPS suicide rocks Haryana bureaucracy. Calls to remove accused officers with ‘power to influence probe’

Haryana officers say false FIRs & direct arrests of Dalits or those from weaker backgrounds among them are used by the anti-corruption bureau to show off its successes.

Delhi vigilance minister Atishi says officials in her dept ‘threatening’ colleagues in other wings

Atishi has directed officers at receiving end of such treatment to record phone calls as well as 'threats' given during in-person meetings, stating that such proof is admissible as evidence. 

‘Why are you running around…,’ Punjab CM’s swipe after Manpreet Badal booked over land deal

Vigilance Bureau books Manpreet & five others in an alleged corruption case related to purchase of a residential house in Bathinda in 2021 leading to loss of Rs 65 lakh.

7 PWD officials issued show cause notices over ‘gross violation’ in renovation of Delhi CM residence

The notices were issued Monday. Directorate of Vigilance had in a report in May said renovation work had violated Central Vigilance Commission guidelines and flagged irregularities.

‘Designer accessories, jacuzzi & more’ — Vigilance report details Rs 52 cr renovation of Kejriwal residence

Report submitted to L-G also flags irregularities in tree transplantation & building plan, says revised drawings were by a consultant whose appointment was 'not formally done'.  

Haryana IAS officer’s wife seeks FIR for ‘raid’ on sports channel she founded, writes to DGP

Kanthi D. Suresh, wife of IAS officer D. Suresh, has alleged harassment and blackmail by vigilance officials. But, a senior officer from the bureau denies the charges.

Size, type of wound, bullet’s direction — Kartik Popli’s autopsy report suggests suicide

A panel of doctors who carried out the post-mortem of Kartik Popli, son of arrested IAS officer Sanjay Popli, ruled out ‘murder’, said wound was ‘self-inflicted’.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

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.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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.