Corruption
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Corruption can't be contained by framing legislations: Sukhbir
National | Feb 26, 2016, 07:02 PM ISTChandigarh: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said corruption cannot be contained by framing legislations but by reducing interface between officials and public."Corruption is prevalent in every sphere in our country but it
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Arvind Kejriwal hasn't done anything to curb corruption: Santosh Hegde
India | Feb 17, 2016, 06:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has earned a big thumbs-down from a key colleague in the then "India Against Corruption" movement, N Santosh Hegde who says the AAP chief has not done anything
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70 percent Delhiites say corruption not reduced: Online survey
India | Feb 15, 2016, 04:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Seventy percent of the people surveyed by a "citizen engagement platform" believe that corruption has not reduced in Delhi under the Arvind Kejriwal government, but nearly 50 percent said they would vote for
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CBI arrests Noida engineer Yadav Singh on corruption charges
India | Feb 03, 2016, 11:58 PM ISTNew 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
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Modi govt has brought down corruption: Congress leader Beni
National | Feb 02, 2016, 10:38 PM ISTBarabanki (UP): Appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Union Minister and Congress leader Beni Prasad has said that 'there is no intolerance in the country and corruption has come down ever since Modi government came to power'.Interacting
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Corruption Index: India better placed than China, Denmark least corrupt
India | Jan 27, 2016, 06:46 PM ISTBerlin/New Delhi: Public-sector corruption is still a major problem around the world but countries like India are improving with the United States and United Kingdom attaining their best rankings ever.According to global watchdog Transparency International's
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Delhi government suspends three officials for corruption
India | Dec 27, 2015, 07:23 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday suspended three transport department officials over alleged corruption in issuing fresh Letters Of Intents (LOIs) for three-wheelers.BJP's Delhi unit chief Satish Upadhyay demanded state Transport Minister Gopal Rai's
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CBI raids IRS officer, crores in cash and property unearthed
India | Dec 22, 2015, 11:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: The CBI today recovered Rs.20 crore in cash, records of investment of another Rs.20 crore and details of other property from Sanjay Kumar, an Indian Revenue Service officer of 1991 batch.The official is
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DDCA row: Kirti Azad falls shy of taking Arun Jaitley's name
National | Dec 20, 2015, 09:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former cricketer and BJP MP Kirti Azad today during a press conference did not take the name of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley under whose charge as president of DDCA he claimed there
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Will have zero tolerance approach towards corruption: Tejaswi Yadav
National | Nov 23, 2015, 09:10 PM ISTPatna: Facing criticism over his appointment as Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son Tejaswi Yadav today promised to take the state forward on the path of development and asserted that he
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Have SOPs to check corruption: CVC to govt depts
India | Oct 23, 2015, 07:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: All central government departments have been asked to do away with "outdated" processes and to have Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to check corruption, Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary said here today.Besides, the
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CVC to do a 'Maan ki Baat' on anti-corruption measures
India | Oct 20, 2015, 08:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Along the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Maan ki Baat' programme, Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary would interact with people on Monday via radio on the issue of anti-corruption.Interviews of Chowdary
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Louis Berger case: Alemao Churchill applies for fresh bail
National | Oct 01, 2015, 07:54 PM ISTPanaji : Former Goa minister Churchill Alemao has filed a fresh bail application before the special court in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case.The Goa Crime Branch probing the case had arrested Alemao, former PWD minister, on August
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Delhi government draws up plan to curb graft
India | Sep 26, 2015, 10:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: To curb corruption in its departments, Delhi government has drawn up a detailed plan which includes offering services online and installing CCTV cameras in various offices.The decision was taken in a recently-held meeting
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BJP takes a swipe at Rahul gandhi foreign trip ahead of Bihar polls
National | Sep 23, 2015, 04:11 PM ISTNew Delhi : The BJP on Wednesday took pot shots at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for going on a foreign trip ahead of the Bihar assembly election.The party also took a jibe at him
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Five arrested, IAS officer held for corruption in Rajasthan
India | Sep 17, 2015, 10:18 AM ISTJaipur: Rajasthan's Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested five people and detained an IAS officer of principal secretary rank in a corruption case, an official said."We have so far arrested five people in a
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No lenience warranted in corruption cases: SC
India | Sep 14, 2015, 10:12 AM ISTNew Delhi: At a time when corruption has affected the system like cancer, courts should not get swayed by the concept of mercy while awarding punishment to the corrupt, the Supreme Court has said.The apex
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It takes eight years to finalise major corruption case: CVC
India | Sep 06, 2015, 02:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: An exceedingly protracted eight years is how long it takes on an average to finalise a major corruption case against any government employee, says a recent study by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
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Shiv Sena slams media coverage of Sheena Bora case
National | Sep 04, 2015, 01:39 PM ISTMumbai: Hitting out at media for "ignoring" significant events while choosing to focus on Sheena Bora murder case, Shiv Sena today wondered whether media has justified its role as fourth pillar of democracy and if
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Determined to end termite of corruption: PM Modi
National | Aug 15, 2015, 10:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: Saying corruption has become a part of the Indian system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday that he was "determined to end the termite of corruption".India can be free of corruption but we