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

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

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

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kumaraswamy accuses head of Lokayukta SIT of graft, corruption

Hindustan Times

Former Karnataka chief minister and Union minister HD Kumaraswamy accused the Additional Director General of Police M Chandrashekhar and the head of the special investigation team of the Karnataka Lokayukta probing a 2007 land denotification case of corruption and extortion. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Kumaraswamy called for Chandrashekhar’s suspension and accused the Congress government of misusing government machinery for political …

Karnataka Lokayukta Union Accused Sit Kumaraswamy Chandrashekhar

4 months, 1 week ago

DGCA grounded by graft, incompetence

Hindustan Times

Events of 2023 involving India’s aviation safety regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, left many in the sector convinced that the rot in this organisation runs so deep that it might be in the country’s interest to start on a new slate. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo/File Photo To elaborate, after a series of crashes at flying school Redbird, an elaborate …

India Safety Corruption Aviation Director Civil Aviation Gill

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese crime ring found to have stolen 4,000 dead bodies in massive bone graft scandal

Op India

A Chinese criminal network reportedly stole over 4,000 corpses from crematoriums and medical facilities to extract their bones for dental grafts. The authorities in Taiyuan, the capital of the northern province of Shanxi, are looking into claims that the bones have been utilized to create allogeneic bone transplants, which are usually produced from bones taken during surgery, according to Yi …

China Medical Funeral Bones Company According Chinese

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Four, including two govt. officials, held for graft in purchase of scientific equipment

The Hindu

The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested a principal scientist and a controller of stores and purchase of CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology in Assam’s Jorhat and two others for their involvement in corruption in the procurement of spectrophotometer and its software. The agency has arrested principal scientist Prasenjit Manna, controller of stores & purchase Praveer Mohan Verma, Kangkan …

Cbi Lakh Purchase Csir Controller

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Udupi official suspended over allegations of graft during theme park construction

Hindustan Times

Udupi district Nirmithi Kendra’s project director has been suspended after allegations were levied against him of misconduct related to the construction of the Parushurama theme park at Bailur Umikal Hill in Erlapadi village, Karkala taluk, officials familiar with the matter said. During the investigation it was found that the Udupi official, who was responsible for overseeing the implementation of ₹ …

Udupi Crore Kumar Park

5 months, 4 weeks ago

China expels 2 former defense ministers from its ruling Communist Party over graft allegations

Associated Press

BEIJING — China has expelled two former defense ministers from the ruling Communist Party over accusations of corruption that are likely to lead to sentences of life in prison. Such charges have been leveled in the past against many military leaders under the rule of President and party leader Xi Jinping, who also heads the armed forces as chairman of …

China Military Party Communist Party Xinhua

7 months ago

Ludhiana: 3 FCI officials among 4 in CBI net on graft charges

Hindustan Times

The Central Bureau of Investigation has apprehended four persons, manager and two technical assistants of the FCI, Mullanpur Dhaka, Ludhiana, and a private person in a ₹50,000 bribery case. The Central Bureau of Investigation has apprehended four persons, manager and two technical assistants of the FCI, Mullanpur Dhaka, Ludhiana, and a private person in a ₹ 50,000 bribery case. A …

Ludhiana Cbi Fci Mullanpur Dhaka Two Technical Assistants

7 months ago

Sri Lanka's Premier League team owner arrested for graft allegations

Deccan Chronicle

Colombo: The foreign owner of a T20 cricket team in Sri Lanka's Premier League was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of corruption, police said, a day after a highly publicised player auction. Tamim Rahman, owner of Dambulla Thunders and a British national of Bangladesh origin, was stopped at the country's main airport before he boarded a flight to Dubai, police said. …

Rahman Lpl

9 months, 1 week ago

South Africa’s ruling party fields election candidates who have faced graft allegations

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said Monday that six officials facing accusations of corruption have been included on its list of candidates for this year’s election, bringing more scrutiny on a party that already has had its reputation badly damaged by graft. ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula told reporters that four of the six were …

Corruption Africa South Africa National South Anc Ramaphosa

1 year ago

Have invited Patil to clarify the matter: Siddaramaiah on graft allegations

Hindustan Times

A day after senior Congress leader and MLA BR Patil, accused Karnataka revenue minister Krishna Byre Gowda of levelling corruption charges against him over public works and demanded a probe into the matter, chief minister Siddaramaiah said he had spoken with Patil and has invited him to ‘clarify’ the situation. Despite Gowda’s clarification, Patil, in a letter to the chief …

Work Chief Minister Minister Mla Pti Siddaramaiah Probe

1 year, 1 month ago

DGCA suspends officer over graft allegations

Hindustan Times

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday suspended its director of Aerosports, Capt. The suspension came days after the DGCA transferred Capt Gill from the department of flight training to Aerosports. Gill, who has been accused of corruption three times in his eight-year stint in DGCA was shunted out as the director of Flying Training following the latest anonymous …

Director Gill Dgca Capt Flying Training Fto

1 year, 4 months ago

Karnataka governor seeks probe into graft charges against agriculture minister

Hindustan Times

The Karnataka governor’s office has written to the state chief secretary’s office seeking a probe into corruption allegations against Agriculture minister N Chaluvarayaswamy. Agriculture minister N Chaluvarayaswamy The letter comes after seven officers from the Agriculture department wrote a letter to the governor’s office, accusing the minister of demanding a bribe of ₹6 to ₹8 lakh. The governor’s letter said …

Karnataka Agriculture Officials Minister District Governor Letter

1 year, 5 months ago

South Africa graft watchdog clears Ramaphosa in farm cash scandal

Al Jazeera

The scandal erupted in June last year when the country’s former spy boss filed a complaint with the police over cash stolen from Ramaphosa’s farm. South Africa’s corruption watchdog on Friday absolved President Cyril Ramaphosa of allegations that he breached executive ethics in a farm cash scandal that spawned into one of the biggest scandals of his career. The scandal …

South Africa President Farm Ramaphosa Cash Scandal

1 year, 8 months ago

Pilot takes on CM Gehlot again, will fast over graft

Hindustan Times

Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday announced he will hold a day-long agitation on April 11 against what he said was inaction by the state government, headed by his party colleague Ashok Gehlot, in prosecuting corruption cases involving the erstwhile Bharatiya Janata Party government led by Vasundhara Raje. In a press conference on Sunday, Pilot said he will sit …

Action Congress Opposition Pilot Party Bjp Gehlot Corruption Allegations

1 year, 8 months ago

Senior BRS MLAs face graft allegations

Deccan Chronicle

ADILABAD: Some senior BRS MLAs are facing allegations of involvement in illegal activities and of making huge wealth through corrupt practices in the erstwhile Adilabad district. MLAs Ajmeera Rekha Naik of Khanapur, Rathod Bapurao of Boath and Durgam Chinnaiah of Bellampalli have been facing allegations of corruption, involvement in land grabbing and bribe-taking from beneficiaries of welfare schemes and in …

Mlas Face Senior Brs

1 year, 8 months ago

Cong to take on BJP govt over graft charge in Karnataka

Hindustan Times

Bengaluru: The Congress intends to fight the high stakes Karnataka assembly elections with a focus on allegations of corruption against the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government and its own list of promises to the people of the state, party leaders said on Wednesday. The Congress was quick to announce its first list of candidates on March 25, and senior leaders said …

Party State Bjp Siddaramaiah Announced Congress Leaders Karnataka Congress

2 years, 2 months ago

Graft convictions extend Aung San Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years

The Hindu

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on two more corruption charges on October 12 with two three-year sentences, to be served concurrently, added to previous convictions that now leave her with a 26-year total prison term. Suu Kyi was detained on February 1, 2021, when the military seized power from her elected …

Suu Kyi

2 years, 3 months ago

BS Yediyurappa gets SC relief, graft case probe against former Karnataka CM stayed

India Today

In a big relief to former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the investigation by the state Lokayukta police into allegations of graft against the BJP leader. The petitioner’s plea in the SC challenged the recent high court ruling that reinstated a private complaint against Yediyurappa, his son, and BJP state vice-president BY Vijayendra and others …

Karnataka Court Case Yediyurappa

2 years, 4 months ago

'JDU a sinking ship': RCP Singh resigns from party amid graft charges

India Today

Former Union minister RCP Singh resigned from the Janata Dal after the party sent a notice over corruption allegations. A former Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer, RCP Singh had won Nitish Kumar's trust while on central deputation in the late 1990s when his political mentor was a union minister. Last year, Nitish Kumar chose to step down as the party's …

Party Singh Pti Nitish Kumar Rcp Janata Dal Rcp Singh

2 years, 8 months ago

Never met contractor who killed self, says Eshwarappa as heat rises on graft allegations

India Today

Karnataka Minister Eshwarappa on Wednesday, April 13, said that he had never seen or met Santosh Patil, the contractor who killed himself after accusing the minister of indulging in corruption. "I have already urged the Chief minister and home minister to order a fair and impartial probe into the corruption allegations," Eshwarappa said. Allegations of corruption against Eshwarappa gained steam …

Karnataka Minister Patil Eshwarappa

3 years, 2 months ago

Aryan Khan drugs case | Graft charge against NCB

The Hindu

In a twist in the Aryan Khan drug racket case, a witness has alleged that he was made to sign on blank papers by the Narcotics Control Bureau authorities and that he reportedly overheard of an alleged pay-off of ₹8 crore to the NCB’s Mumbai zonal director, Sameer Wankhede. The witness said that after this, he allegedly overheard Mr. Gosavi …

Mumbai Bollywood Witness Maharashtra Case Wankhede Bjp

3 years, 4 months ago

Ex-TMC minister Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, who joined BJP ahead of Assembly polls, arrested on graft charge – Firstpost

Firstpost

The former TMC MLA from Bishnupur was apprehended following an investigation into allegations of misappropriation of money related to e-tendering and other charges when he was chairman of the local civic body in 2020, an official said Bankura: Former West Bengal minister Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, who had joined the BJP ahead of this year’s Assembly elections in the state, was arrested …

Bjp Mukherjee Bishnupur Money Related

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

Justice Cunha Recommends Probe into Yediyurappa PPE Graft Case

Kumaraswamy accuses head of Lokayukta SIT of graft, corruption

DGCA grounded by graft, incompetence

Chinese crime ring found to have stolen 4,000 dead bodies in massive bone graft scandal

Four, including two govt. officials, held for graft in purchase of scientific equipment

Udupi official suspended over allegations of graft during theme park construction

China expels 2 former defense ministers from its ruling Communist Party over graft allegations

Ludhiana: 3 FCI officials among 4 in CBI net on graft charges

Sri Lanka's Premier League team owner arrested for graft allegations

South Africa’s ruling party fields election candidates who have faced graft allegations

Have invited Patil to clarify the matter: Siddaramaiah on graft allegations

DGCA suspends officer over graft allegations

Karnataka governor seeks probe into graft charges against agriculture minister

South Africa graft watchdog clears Ramaphosa in farm cash scandal

Pilot takes on CM Gehlot again, will fast over graft

Senior BRS MLAs face graft allegations

Cong to take on BJP govt over graft charge in Karnataka

Graft convictions extend Aung San Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years

BS Yediyurappa gets SC relief, graft case probe against former Karnataka CM stayed

'JDU a sinking ship': RCP Singh resigns from party amid graft charges

Never met contractor who killed self, says Eshwarappa as heat rises on graft allegations

Aryan Khan drugs case | Graft charge against NCB

Ex-TMC minister Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, who joined BJP ahead of Assembly polls, arrested on graft charge – Firstpost