• 

  Indian-origin ex-official of third largest US pension fund was bribed with prostitutes, drugs: Report

  World | December 22, 2016 15:05 IST

  An Indian origin former official of New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYCRF), the third largest pension fund in the US with Rs 125 lakh crore (USD 184 billion) in assets, has been charged in a prostitutes and drugs bribery

• 

  Sucha Singh Chhotepur alleges conspiracy by AAP members, shown exit door

  Politics | August 26, 2016 20:57 IST

  Soon after Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur hinted at conspiracy by fellow party members for the bribery accusations levelled against him, the party leadership expelled him from his position. AAP's highest decision

• 

  FIFA admits bribery in election of 1998, 2010 World Cup hosts

  Football | March 16, 2016 18:27 IST

  Global football's governing body FIFA on Wednesday officially acknowledged that bribes were paid during the election of the host countries for the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, held in France and South Africa respectively.

• 

  CBI arrests Noida engineer Yadav Singh on corruption charges

  India | February 03, 2016 23:58 IST

  New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested suspended engineer of Noida Authority Yadav Singh in connection with an alleged corruption case against him. Singh faces two separate CBI cases for amassing assets

• 

  FIFA vice presidents Napout, Hawit arrested as bribery suspects

  Football | December 03, 2015 20:13 IST

  Zurich: FIFA vice presidents Juan Angel Napout and Alfredo Hawit were arrested Thursday as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's widening bribery case that has rocked soccer's scandal-hit governing body.Both men have opposed their

• 

  Walmart paid millions of dollars in bribes in India: report

  October 19, 2015 14:43 IST

  New Delhi: In a major report, The Wall Street Journal said Walmart's “suspected bribery” unearthed in India involves thousands of small payments to low-level local officials to help move goods through customs or obtain real-estate

• 

  Indian bribe takers not named in $3.9 mn Louis Berger bribery scam

  World | July 21, 2015 15:06 IST

  Washington: Louis Berger International Inc. (LBI), a New Jersey-based construction management company, has admitted it bribed officials in India and three other countries to secure government construction management contracts.But neither the company which last week

• 

  Scared of getting arrested if I leave Switzerland: Sepp Blatter

  Football | July 06, 2015 20:07 IST

  Zurich: World football governing body FIFA's Swiss president Sepp Blatter has admitted he would not leave his country as he fears arrest.FIFA is at the centre of a massive corruption scandal, with the United States'

• 

  Indian-American doctor gets 9-months jail for bribery in US

  World | March 25, 2015 7:14 IST

  Washington: An Indian-American doctor has been sentenced to nine-months in jail for taking kickbacks for diagnostic testing referrals of his patients and failing to file tax returns on USD 1 million of income over a

• 

  Govt to amend IPC to criminalize bribery in private sector

  Politics | March 02, 2015 13:14 IST

  New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is considering proposal to amend Indian Penal Code (IPC) for criminalizing acts of bribery in the private sector.The Ministry of Home Affairs has circulated a draft amendment bill among

• 

  Bring guidelines for commercial bodies to prevent bribery: Law Commission

  India | February 13, 2015 22:14 IST

  New Delhi: With India bidding big ticket investments, the Law Commission on Friday recommended mandatory norms by government for commercial organisations to prevent bribery.Recommending amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Amendment Bill, 2013, the law

Advertisement
• 

  Delhi elections: 10 ways Delhi voters may get 'bribed'!

  Who cares | February 06, 2015 21:16 IST

  With Delhi elections polling date coming closer, all the political parties have paced their bid to attract the masses and influence them to vote for their candidate.The principle of ‘saam, daam, dand and bhed' is

• 

  Bribery in polls a cognizable offence : PMK

  Politics | February 03, 2015 13:42 IST

  Chennai: PMK today welcomed the Centre's plan to make bribery during elections a cognizable offence and said the government could also consider former Chief Election Commissioner JM Lyngdoh's proposal for a system of proportional representation

• 

  Delhi polls: Govt planning to make bribery a cognizable offence

  Politics | February 01, 2015 9:46 IST

  New Delhi: In its bid to check corruption in the poll process, the NDA government is contemplating to amend the law to make bribery—both cash and kind—during elections a cognisable offence, empowering police to arrest

• 

  Former Chinese leader jailed for life over bribery

  World | December 05, 2014 12:24 IST

  Beijing: A Chinese court on Friday awarded life imprisonment to a former leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for accepting bribes totaling $3.4 million.Zhang Xiaodong, former secretary of the Anyang municipal committee of

• 

  German court ends Bernie Ecclestone bribery trial

  Other Sports | August 06, 2014 9:41 IST

  MUNICH :  A German court on Tuesday dropped the bribery case against Bernie Ecclestone after the Formula One chief agreed to make a $100 million payment, ending a trial that lasted more than three months.  

• 

  IPL scam: IPS officer extracted bribe from bookies, TN to SC

  Cricket | May 04, 2014 18:53 IST

  New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court alleging that suspended IPS officer Sampath Kumar, who was impleaded by the apex court in a case pertaining to IPL spot fixing and betting

• 

  CBI nabs finance ministry director in bribery case

  India | April 22, 2014 20:05 IST

  New Delhi: The CBI Tuesday arrested a finance ministry director for demanding Rs.35 lakh bribe from a Chennai-based man to regularize the irregularities in a nursing college being run by him.A. Paramasivan was arrested from

• 

  Chinese court upholds life sentence for Bo Xilai

  World | October 25, 2013 12:05 IST

  Beijing : A court in China Friday rejected disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai's appeal and upheld the original sentence of life imprisonment for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.The Shandong Higher People's Court Friday rejected

• 

  Bo Xilai stands trial for bribery, abuse of power

  World | August 22, 2013 13:09 IST

  Beijing: Disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai Thursday stood trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power.The trial started 8.45 a.m. at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in China's Shandong province, Xinhua reported.Bo,