Fake degree scam: ED files complaint against Himachal-based university
2 years ago

Fake degree scam: ED files complaint against Himachal-based university

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a complaint before a special court in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla against Manav Bharti University under the provisions of anti-money laundering laws. The central probe agency has filed a prosecution complaint against the promoters of the university in a case linked to the alleged sale of fake degrees. As per the ED, a preliminary probe revealed that the accused in the case, Raj Kumar Rana and other co-accused, sold fake degrees in lieu of money in the name of Manav Bharti University. "Funds obtained from this illegal activity were used by Raj Kumar Rana to acquire various movable and immovable assets across various states in his own name and in the name of family members and entities," the ED said.

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UGC taking action against private universities allegedly selling degrees: Govt in RS
1 month ago

UGC taking action against private universities allegedly selling degrees: Govt in RS

Hindustan Times  

The University Grants Commission is investigating private universities accused of selling fabricated Ph.D. degrees. UGC is taking action against private universities allegedly selling degrees, the Ministry of Education informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The universities involved in these allegations include OPJS University, University of Technology, Madhav University, Raffles University, Singhania University, Shri Venkateshwara University, Mangalayatan University, Sri Satya Sai University …

Declare mother-son duo fugitive economic offenders in ‘fake’ degrees case: ED to court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Declare mother-son duo fugitive economic offenders in ‘fake’ degrees case: ED to court

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has approached a Shimla court with a request to declare a mother-son duo fugitive economic offenders and confiscate their assets in a case of alleged sale of fake degrees by Manav Bharati University in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan. The ED initiated the money-laundering probe based on two cases registered by the Himachal Pradesh police related to the alleged …

Land-for-job scam: ED files supplementary chargesheet against Lalu Prasad, Tejaswi Yadav
5 months ago

Land-for-job scam: ED files supplementary chargesheet against Lalu Prasad, Tejaswi Yadav

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday filed a new supplementary chargesheet in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court in a land-for-job scam. The accused include former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son Tejaswi Yadav and others. It is alleged that from 2004 to 2009, many people were appointed to Group D posts in different zones of Indian Railways and in return …

ED files prosecution complaint in West Bengal teachers’ recruitment scam case
8 months, 2 weeks ago

ED files prosecution complaint in West Bengal teachers’ recruitment scam case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a prosecution complaint against two persons, including an alleged middleman, and 106 companies controlled by him, in connection with the alleged assistant teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal. Among those named are the alleged middleman Prasanna Kumar Roy and Santi Prasad Sinha, the then advisor of the West Bengal School Service Commission. The ED probe …

Himachal multi-crore scholarship scam: CBI files charge sheet against 20 institutes, 105 individuals
9 months, 1 week ago

Himachal multi-crore scholarship scam: CBI files charge sheet against 20 institutes, 105 individuals

The Hindu  

The CBI has concluded its investigation in the Himachal Pradesh multi-crore scholarship scam with the filing of charge sheets against 20 institutions and 105 persons, officials said on Friday. The charge sheets have been filed against the owners of educational institutes, the staff of Directorate of Higher Education, Shimla; bank officials and other private persons involved in the misuse of …

Himachal multi-crore scholarship scam: CBI charge-sheets 20 institutes, 105 individuals
9 months, 1 week ago

Himachal multi-crore scholarship scam: CBI charge-sheets 20 institutes, 105 individuals

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday stated that following the conclusion of its investigations, it has filed charge sheets in the Himachal Pradesh multi-crore scholarship scam, naming 20 institutions and 105 individuals as accused. According to the charge sheet, a copy of which is with this newspaper, those who have been made accused include the owners of …

PM Modi's degree: Kejriwal's plea to pause trial in defamation case rejected
1 year, 5 months ago

PM Modi's degree: Kejriwal's plea to pause trial in defamation case rejected

India Today  

A sessions court here rejected applications moved by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh for interim stay on trial against them in a criminal defamation case. The court of sessions judge AJ Kanani rejected the pleas of the AAP leaders for interim stay on trial by the metropolitan court in a criminal …

UP Scholarship Scam: Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Hygia Educational Group's VP On Medical Grounds
1 year, 7 months ago

UP Scholarship Scam: Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Hygia Educational Group's VP On Medical Grounds

Live Law  

Today, the Allahabad High Court granted interim anticipatory bail, on medical grounds, to the Vice President of the Hygia Educational Group, Syed Ishrat Hussain Jafri, who is an accused in the ₹500 crore state scholarship scam.While granting him interim relief, the bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi took into account the fact that Jafri is suffering from various ailments and is …

Uttarakhand: ED Attaches Education Trusts' Rs 5.62 Cr Asset In SC/ST Scholarship 'Scam'
1 year, 8 months ago

Uttarakhand: ED Attaches Education Trusts' Rs 5.62 Cr Asset In SC/ST Scholarship 'Scam'

News 18  

A piece of land and the building of an educational trust worth Rs 5.62 crore in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar town have been attached under the anti-money laundering law as part of a probe into an alleged SC/ST scholarship scam in the state, the Enforcement Directorate said Saturday. The assets belong to the Seth Bimal Prasad Jain educational trust which runs the …

Scholarship scam: ED attaches education trusts' Rs 5.62 cr asset in Uttarakhand
1 year, 8 months ago

Scholarship scam: ED attaches education trusts' Rs 5.62 cr asset in Uttarakhand

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday attached a piece of land and the building of an educational trust worth Rs. The assets belong to the Seth Bimal Prasad Jain educational trust which runs the Phonics Group of Institutions in Roorkee, the federal agency said in a statement. It alleged that the Phonics Group of Institutions "fraudulently" received a huge amount of …

Seven held for running fake certificate racket
1 year, 11 months ago

Seven held for running fake certificate racket

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda police arrested seven persons who were running a fake educational certificate scam on Tuesday. The gang admitted to having sold over 100 fake certificates to job aspirants and those seeking to go to foreign countries for higher studies, police said. He joined hands with prime accused Chintakayala Venkateshwarulu, who has worked as a correspondent at a degree …

Fake degrees scam: V-C of Bhopal's SRK University arrested for selling degrees
2 years, 7 months ago

Fake degrees scam: V-C of Bhopal's SRK University arrested for selling degrees

India Today  

Hyderabad Police arrested a current and a retired vice-chancellor of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University, Bhopal, for providing degrees to students in exchange for money. The probe by the Hyderabad Police began in February 2022 when 4 cases were registered at Malakpet, Asif Nagar Musheerabad and Chadarghat police stations against agents of educational consultants and the management of SRK University, Bhopal in …

Pan-India fake degree racket busted in Delhi, one arrested
2 years, 8 months ago

Pan-India fake degree racket busted in Delhi, one arrested

India Today  

The Delhi Police busted a fake degree racket that was being operated across the country and arrested the accused on Wednesday. The accused along with other accomplices used to dupe people on the pretext of providing them with degrees and marksheets from renowned universities and colleges. The incident came to light after a cyber-fraud complaint was received, wherein complainant Deepak …

Bihar Scholarship scam: 376 students fraudulently take money using fake admission papers
3 years, 1 month ago

Bihar Scholarship scam: 376 students fraudulently take money using fake admission papers

India TV News  

While the Nitish Kumar government has been facing criticism over several scams in its 16-year tenure, the latest one has been detected in Darbhanga by the state minority welfare department involving scholarships to 376 students in the district. As per the complaint given to the district's Laheriasarai police station, Mohamad Rizwan Ahmed, the assistant director of the minority welfare department …

Fake billing scam: Punjabi University orders audit of financial transactions in last 5 years
3 years, 5 months ago

Fake billing scam: Punjabi University orders audit of financial transactions in last 5 years

Hindustan Times  

The Punjabi University authorities have directed the heads and officials of all academic and non-teaching departments to carry out self-audit of their financial transactions in the last five years. The order came weeks after a fake billing scam came to the fore in the varsity after which two of its employees were suspended and a contractual staffer was dismissed. In …

ED arrests absconding accused in Jharkhand ponzi fraud case
3 years, 6 months ago

ED arrests absconding accused in Jharkhand ponzi fraud case

India Today  

An alleged Jharkhand ponzi case fraud accused has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate from West Bengal under the anti-money laundering law, the central agency said on Monday. Sinha, it said, is an accused in an alleged ponzi or chit fund fraud case that took place in Jharkhand sometime back and the ED had filed a charge sheet against him …

ED charge sheet against Himachal company in R407-cr money-laundering case
3 years, 10 months ago

ED charge sheet against Himachal company in R407-cr money-laundering case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate Thursday filed a charge sheet before the Special Court in Shimla against 15 directors and promoters of a Himachal-based company in connection with a bank fraud case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The financial probe agency has named Indian Technomac Company Limited, its Managing Director Rakesh Kumar Sharma, its Director Vinay Kumar Sharma and 12 …

Senior TV journalist Nidhi Razdan files complaint with Delhi Police over fake Harvard job offer
3 years, 11 months ago

Senior TV journalist Nidhi Razdan files complaint with Delhi Police over fake Harvard job offer

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Delhi Police’s cybercrime cell will investigate a complaint received from senior TV journalist Nidhi Razdan who has said she was a victim of a phishing scam in which she was given a fraudulent offer of a position of Associate Professor at the Harvard University. Razdan filed the complaint with the Delhi Police on Monday regarding commission of cognisable …

Allegations Of Selling Fake Degrees: Himachal Pradesh High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Chancellor Of Manav Bharti University
4 years, 1 month ago

Allegations Of Selling Fake Degrees: Himachal Pradesh High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Chancellor Of Manav Bharti University

Live Law  

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Ex-Chancellor of Manav Bharti University, Ram Kumar Rana who is accused of selling fake Degrees and has been booked under Sections 420, 467, 468, and 120-B of Indian Penal Code, 1860. Facts Investigation against the Petitioner revealed that one Pramod, who worked for Manav Bharti University, after his arrest made …

Strict actions will be taken against universities selling fake degrees: Suresh Bhardwaj
4 years, 10 months ago

Strict actions will be taken against universities selling fake degrees: Suresh Bhardwaj

India Today  

Himachal Pradesh Education Minister Suresh Bhardwaj on Thursday said strict action will be taken against any private university found selling fake degrees. Speaking in the state assembly, he said the University Grants Commission had received a complaint alleging that 18 private universities, including two in Himachal Pradesh, were selling fake degrees. Strict action will be taken if any university is …

CBI books Allahabad HC judge in connection with medical college scam
5 years, 1 month ago

CBI books Allahabad HC judge in connection with medical college scam

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In a massive blow for Allahabad High Court judge Justice S.N. It was alleged in the First Information Report that the private institute based at Lucknow was debarred by Government of India for admitting medical students for the forthcoming two years because of sub-standard facilities and non-fulfilment of the required criteria in May 2017 along with 46 other …

Man held for selling fake medical degrees in Chattisgarh
5 years, 2 months ago

Man held for selling fake medical degrees in Chattisgarh

India TV News  

A 52-year-old man was arrested here for allegedly selling fake certificates of medical degree and diploma courses, police said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Shailendra Kumar Gwarle, used to target mostly unemployed youths from villages and sell forged degrees of BAMS, DAMS and MBBS through his fake institute since 2013. "Gwarle was allegedly operating a fake medical institute named …

Alappuzha: Crackdown on fake degree-providers
5 years, 4 months ago

Alappuzha: Crackdown on fake degree-providers

Deccan Chronicle  

ALAPPUZHA: The Ministry of Human Resource Development has asked the University Grants Commission to immediately constitute a high-level committee to inquire into the reported sale of fake degrees by certain universities. Many universities like Universal Tamil University, Chennai; Kings University, USA. ; International Peace University, Germany; International Tamil University; and University Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, continue to send letters to schools, …

HRD ministry orders UGC to constitute high-level committee to inquire into allegations of universities selling fake degrees
5 years, 4 months ago

HRD ministry orders UGC to constitute high-level committee to inquire into allegations of universities selling fake degrees

Firstpost  

Union Ministry of Human Resource Development ordered the University Grants Commission to immediately constitute a high-level committee to enquire into the allegations regarding the sale of fake degrees by certain universities. New Delhi: Union Ministry of Human Resource Development on Thursday ordered the University Grants Commission to immediately constitute a high-level committee to enquire into the allegations regarding the sale …

HRD directs UGC to set up committee to probe 'sale of fake degrees'
5 years, 4 months ago

HRD directs UGC to set up committee to probe 'sale of fake degrees'

India Today  

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development on Thursday ordered the University Grants Commission to immediately constitute a high-level committee to enquire into the allegations regarding the sale of fake degrees by certain universities. "In response to media reports, the Human Resource Development Ministry has ordered UGC to immediately constitute a high-level committee to enquire into the allegations regarding sale …

UP govt official seeks 4, 704 employees and teachers report on fake degrees row
5 years, 6 months ago

UP govt official seeks 4, 704 employees and teachers report on fake degrees row

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Basic Siksha Parishad Secretary Ruby Singh has asked for a report by July 15 regarding allegations that 4, 704 employees and teachers in the state education department have obtained jobs using fake degrees. A Special Investigation Team was formed by the Uttar Pradesh police after a complaint in the state education department about employees with fake or tampered …

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