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17 hours, 56 minutes ago

BJP “charges” AAP with “graft, scams”

Member of Parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party and former union minister Anurag Thakur along with other BJP leaders issued a “chargesheet” against the Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of turning Delhi into a “corruption lab” through a series of “scams”. Thakur, addressing a press conference at the party’s Delhi office on Monday, said that the …

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Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family

New Indian Express

Bangladesh has launched a probe into the alleged $5 billion embezzlement connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant by ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, the anti-corruption commission said Monday. A statement Monday from the commission said it had launched an inquiry into allegations that Hasina and family members had "embezzled $5 billion" from the Rooppur plant via "various …

Bangladesh Hasina

3 days, 17 hours ago

Court grants default bail to interpreter arrested in graft case

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: A special Prevention of Corruption Act court on Tuesday granted default bail to an interpreter at the Small Causes Court, arrested in connection with a graft case, after the investigating officer failed to file a chargesheet within the stipulated days of sixty days. Court grants default bail to interpreter arrested in graft case The accused, Vishal Chandrakant Sawant, works …

Court Bail Chargesheet Sawant Graft Case Default Bail

3 days, 17 hours ago

ED registers PMLA case against BRS leader over graft charges

Hindustan Times

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday registered a case against Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president and former Telangana minister KT Rama Rao in connection with the alleged money laundering in making payments to London-based Formula E Operations for conducting Formula E races in Hyderabad, people familiar with the matter said. The ED registered an Enforcement Case Information Report, similar to the …

Hyderabad Fir Ktr Formula Hmda Pmla Case Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority

4 days, 12 hours ago

Om Prakash Chautala: How graft marred Haryana stalwart's legacy

India Today

Om Prakash Chautala, 89, a five-time Chief Minister of Haryana and chief of the Indian National Lok Dal, died in Guurgram on Friday due to cardiac arrest. Chautala’s political journey was deeply influenced by his father, Chaudhary Devi Lal, a former Deputy Prime Minister of India and also a Chief Minister of Haryana. Following in his father's footsteps, Chautala emerged …

Political Haryana Minister Chief Son Chautala Nda

5 days, 2 hours ago

Indonesia Offers ‘Chance to Repent’ to Those Accused of Graft

Live Mint

-- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto offered an unconventional deal to those accused of corruption: return stolen state assets — even quietly — and you may be forgiven. “To the corrupt, or those who feel they have stolen from the people, return what you’ve taken and perhaps we will forgive you,” he said in a speech on Wednesday to hundreds of …

Indonesia Corrupt Prabowo Graft

5 days, 12 hours ago

British-Indian woman fought graft taint, now fights to get back postmaster's job

India Today

An Indian-origin postmaster from Birmingham, who was wrongly accused of theft and fraud in the Post Office Horizon scandal, has vowed to reclaim her former role. Rooprit Gill, who managed the Wattville Road Post Office in Handsworth, was one of hundreds of sub-postmasters prosecuted due to faults in the Horizon computer system. Gill was a sub-postmistress at the Wattville Road …

Indian British Post Bbc Gill Misra Office Horizon

5 days, 20 hours ago

France's Sarkozy must wear electronic tag after losing graft case appeal

Raw Story

France's highest appeals court on Wednesday confirmed a verdict against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former head of state. Sarkozy, who had earlier been found guilty of illegal attempts to secure favors from a judge, will "evidently" respect the terms of the …

France Court Case Macron Sarkozy Electronic Tag

1 week, 2 days ago

Haryana women’s panel vice-chairperson, driver held on graft charges

Hindustan Times

A team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Saturday arrested the vice-chairperson of the Haryana State Commission for Women and her driver after the latter was caught red-handed while accepting a graft of ₹1 lakh in lieu of disposing of a complaint against a junior basic teacher filed by his wife. A team led by deputy superintendent of police Kamaljit, who …

Driver Spokesperson Acb Jind Her Driver Jbt

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ghaziabad: Traffic cop held over graft from auto drivers

Hindustan Times

Ghaziabad: The anti-corruption unit from Meerut arrested a sub-inspector of the Ghaziabad traffic police on Friday for allegedly extorting money from auto-owners operating between Sector 62, Noida and Anand Vihar, Ghaziabad. The ACU team nabbed Rajput from a booth near UP-Gate and took him to Kaushambi police station where a first information report was lodged by the officials against him …

Traffic Auto Ghaziabad Fir Acu

3 weeks ago

Fight against BSY, his son’s graft; will not bow down to corruption: Basanagouda Patil Yatnal

Hindustan Times

After the Bharatiya Janata Party’s central disciplinary committee issued show cause notice to Vijayapura BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who had mobilised a faction of six legislators against the state BJP leadership, particularly targeting the Yediyurappa family. Currently in Delhi to meet the party high command, Yatnal spoke with HT in a phone interview. Excerpts of the interview: Basanagouda Patil …

Corruption Party Bjp Yatnal Vijayendra Yediyurappa Patil Yatnal

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Moga court rejects pre-arrest bail plea of suspended woman SHO in graft case

Hindustan Times

A Moga court has dismissed anticipatory bail application of suspended Kot Ise Khan station house officer Arshpreet Kaur in a corruption case related to a drug recovery. On October 24, Moga police had registered a corruption case against the SHO and two constables — Gurpreet Singh and Rajpal Singh — for taking ₹5 lakh bribe to let off two accused …

Case Accused Sho Singh Fir Moga Gurpreet

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Malaysia's ex-PM Najib Razak faces new graft charges, alleged bribe scheme involving $510 million

Firstpost

The former prime minister, already serving a six-year jail term for corruption related to the plunder of sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, faces several other cases linked to the financial scandal that led to his defeat in 2018 elections Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak escorted by prison officers as the jailed politician left the court after court proceedings in Kuala …

Court Sentence Jail Malaysia House Arrest 1Mdb Najib

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Ex-Bangladesh PM Zia acquitted in graft case

Deccan Chronicle

Dhaka: Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years in jail by a lower court, according to media reports. Zia, 79, was convicted in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in 2018 by a Dhaka court. The graft case was filed in …

Court Bangladesh Case Dhaka Zia

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Malaysian court drops one of the graft cases against jailed former premier Najib Razak

Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian court on Wednesday dropped charges against jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak over criminal breach of trust linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of a state fund. But he faces other graft trials including Wednesday’s case in which he was jointly charged with ex-treasury chief Irwan Serigar Abdullah with six counts of misappropriating 6.6 billion …

Case Charges Malaysia Najib

1 month ago

Pakistan’s Imran Khan gets bail in a graft case but will stay behind bars on other charges

Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court granted bail Wednesday to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case, his lawyer said. Still, the order by a superior court in the capital, Islamabad, was a boost for Khan in the case in which he is accused, along with his wife, Bushra Bibi, of keeping and selling state gifts in violation of …

Pakistan Cases Khan Islamabad Pending Case

1 month ago

Yediyurappa rejects graft charges, calls SIT formation politically driven

Hindustan Times

Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa has strongly denied the allegations of corruption during his administration’s COVID-19 response, describing the decision of the Congress government to form a Special Investigation Team as a politically driven effort to divert public attention. The SIT was constituted to investigate the alleged financial irregularities based on the findings of the Justice John Michael D’Cunha …

Congress Bjp Patil Siddaramaiah Nda Sit Yediyurappa

1 month, 1 week ago

Croatian health minister arrested and fired over alleged graft

Hindustan Times

SARAJEVO -Croatian Health Minister Vili Beros was fired on Friday after being arrested on suspicion of corruption, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said. Croatian health minister arrested and fired over alleged graft Beros' lawyer Laura Valkovic told local media that her client denied any criminal responsibility. The European Public Prosecutor's Office also said it had initiated an investigation against eight people, …

Croatia Croatian Eppo Beros Croatian Health Minister

1 month, 1 week ago

Telangana HC: Retired engineer acquitted in graft case

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Justice K. Surender of the Telangana High Court set aside a sentence against an assistant executive engineer of the panchayat raj department by giving the petitioner the benefit of doubt. HC takes up writ on levy of fine on pillion rider without helmet Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court will continue to hear a writ plea …

Court Prosecution Judge Telangana Spe Coupons Petitioner

1 month, 1 week ago

Pakistan court rejects plea for acquittal from former premier Imran Khan and his wife in graft case

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Pakistani court on Thursday …

Pakistan Khan His Wife

1 month, 1 week ago

One IAS, 3 PCS officers suspended for graft

Hindustan Times

The Uttar Pradesh government suspended an IAS officer and three PCS officers on the charges of graft in connection with measurement of a land owned by a retired teacher, in Lakhimpur Kheri. Appointment Department Additional Commissioner, Lucknow Division, Ghanshyam Singh and PCS officers Arun Kumar Singh ADM Barabanki, Vidhesh Singh, City Magistrate Jhansi and Renu, Subdivisional Magistrate Bulandshahr, were earlier …

Officers Pcs Lakhimpur Kheri

1 month, 1 week ago

CHB engineer arrested for graft dismissed from service

Hindustan Times

Five days after CBI arrested a junior engineer of Chandigarh Housing Board for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹5,000 from a city resident, the board dismissed him from service on Monday. Releasing a press statement, CHB said in line the with the Chandigarh administration’s policy of zero tolerance against corruption, the JE had been dismissed from service due to his …

Chandigarh Chb Vikas Chand

1 month, 1 week ago

Punjab: Hoshiarpur assistant labour commissioner, aide booked for graft

Hindustan Times

The Punjab vigilance bureau has arrested a computer operator of Harpreet Singh, assistant labour commissioner, Hoshiarpur, after she was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹30,000. During the operation, Alka was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe from the complainant A spokesperson of the bureau said that a corruption case was registered against Alka Sharma, the computer operator, and …

Complainant Hoshiarpur Harpreet Alka Vb Spokesperson Commissioner Aide

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Justice Cunha Recommends Probe into Yediyurappa PPE Graft Case

Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: After the Justice John Michael Cunha committee recommended prosecution of former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa and then health minister B. Sreeramulu under the Prevention of Corruption Act for their direct involvement in the purchase of personal protective equipment kits at exorbitant prices by flouting rules during Covid-19 pandemic, Yediyurappa told reporters in Bengaluru that he did nothing wrong and …

Ppe Cunha Yediyurappa Gundu Rao Sreeramulu

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BJP “charges” AAP with “graft, scams”

Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family

Court grants default bail to interpreter arrested in graft case

ED registers PMLA case against BRS leader over graft charges

Om Prakash Chautala: How graft marred Haryana stalwart's legacy

Indonesia Offers ‘Chance to Repent’ to Those Accused of Graft

British-Indian woman fought graft taint, now fights to get back postmaster's job

France's Sarkozy must wear electronic tag after losing graft case appeal

Haryana women’s panel vice-chairperson, driver held on graft charges

Ghaziabad: Traffic cop held over graft from auto drivers

Fight against BSY, his son’s graft; will not bow down to corruption: Basanagouda Patil Yatnal

Moga court rejects pre-arrest bail plea of suspended woman SHO in graft case

Malaysia's ex-PM Najib Razak faces new graft charges, alleged bribe scheme involving $510 million

Ex-Bangladesh PM Zia acquitted in graft case

Malaysian court drops one of the graft cases against jailed former premier Najib Razak

Pakistan’s Imran Khan gets bail in a graft case but will stay behind bars on other charges

Yediyurappa rejects graft charges, calls SIT formation politically driven

Croatian health minister arrested and fired over alleged graft

Telangana HC: Retired engineer acquitted in graft case

Pakistan court rejects plea for acquittal from former premier Imran Khan and his wife in graft case

One IAS, 3 PCS officers suspended for graft

CHB engineer arrested for graft dismissed from service

Punjab: Hoshiarpur assistant labour commissioner, aide booked for graft

Justice Cunha Recommends Probe into Yediyurappa PPE Graft Case