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  Corruption sky-high in Bengal, change in governance needed: BJP Rajya Sabha MP

  India | August 18, 2020 8:22 IST

  BJP Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta on Monday claimed that corruption in West Bengal has reached sky-high, and asserted that a change in governance is necessary to bring the state back to its past glory.

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  Railway police officer gets 3 years in jail in bribery case

  Crime | March 05, 2020 19:56 IST

  A special court for CBI cases here on Thursday sentenced a Railway Protection Force's (RPF) sub-inspector to three years' imprisonment for accepting a bribe for Rs 4,500 in 2013. Special judge A S Sayyad convicted Laxman Kushwah, the accused, under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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  Jerome Valcke, former FIFA head, charged with corruption

  Football | February 21, 2020 9:15 IST

  The former FIFA head was allegedly refunded half a million euros that he had put down for a house in Sardinia, which was later bought through a company by Al-Khelaifi.

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  'What CBI did is right': Sisodia on his OSD being arrested on bribery charges

  India | February 07, 2020 10:41 IST

  Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on the arrest of Officer on Special Duty to him on bribery charges said that what CBI did is right and strictest action should be taken against the officer to set an example.

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  Pakistan slips 3 places to rank 120 in global Corruption Index 2019; India stands at 80th spot

  India | January 24, 2020 7:34 IST

  The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has slipped 3 places to fall to 120 in the global Corruption Perception index (CPI) 2019. The 180-country list was released by Transparency International on Thursday. 

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  India slips by two places on global corruption index, 'unfair political financing' a reason

  Business | January 23, 2020 21:52 IST

  India’s last year ranking on the index stood at 78, compared to 80 this year.

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  J-K: Former SICOP chief booked for accumulating huge assets by illegal practices

  India | December 21, 2019 10:01 IST

  The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Friday booked former chief of Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (SICOP) R L Tickoo for allegedly accumulating huge assets by indulging in corrupt and illegal practices, officials said. Last month, former managing director, SICOP, Bhupinder Singh Dua was booked on charges of owning assets exceeding his legal income. On the basis of a written complaint, a verification was initiated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to look into the allegations of accumulation of huge assets by Tickoo disproportionate to his known sources of income, the ACB officials said.

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  33 govt school teachers dismissed for submitting fake documents in Mathura

  India | December 12, 2019 23:58 IST

  It found 4,704 teachers in the state guilty of getting the job on the basis of fake B.ED degrees, of which 59 cases were reported in Mathura.

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  Congress gears up for Bharat bachao rally on Dec 14

  India | December 05, 2019 19:08 IST

  Lakhs of party workers from Uttar Pradesh will reach the Ram Lila ground in New Delhi on December 14 to take part in the Bharat Bachao rally to protest the murder of democracy.

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  RS Bhatti gets extension as Air India CVO

  Business | November 27, 2019 7:15 IST

  The tenure of Bhatti, a 1990-batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, has been extended beyond October 21, 2019, and up to January 31, 2020, the order said. Bhatti, a former CBI officer, was appointed as the anti-corruption officer of AAI in 2017.

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  Lokpal disposes off 1,000 complaints; govt yet to notify form to file graft-related complaints

  India | November 25, 2019 13:13 IST

  The ministry is yet to notify a form for filing a corruption-related complaint with the Lokpal, nearly eight months after the ombudsman came into being, he said.

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  Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged in corruption cases

  World | November 22, 2019 7:45 IST

  Israel’s attorney general on Thursday formally charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption cases, throwing the country’s paralyzed political system into further disarray and threatening the long-time leader’s grip on power.

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  Village level officer arrested for taking bribe in Rajasthan

  Crime | November 14, 2019 14:27 IST

  Varsha Patidar, posted at Chandu Ji Ka Garha in Ganoda tehsil of the district, had demanded a bribe from the complainant Rohit Patel in a land mutation case. The complaint was verified and a trap was laid to arrest the accused on Thursday, the ACB spokesperson said

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  Clerk held for accepting Rs 40,000 bribe

  Crime | November 13, 2019 20:07 IST

  The accused Sachin Pandit had allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 from the complainant, who had sought an appeal pending in the divisional commissioner's office to be settled in his favour

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  FIFA hands lifetime bans to ex-CONMEBOL officials for corruption

  Football | November 13, 2019 9:42 IST

  The trio were found guilty by FIFA's ethics committee of accepting bribes in exchange for awarding lucrative media and marketing rights for major competitions.

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  Shakib Al Hasan faces lengthy ban for hiding corrupt approach: Reports

  Cricket | October 29, 2019 12:15 IST

  According to reports, two years ago, Shakib received an offer from a bookie before an international match, which he did not report to the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).

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  Not a single paisa of corruption found against Delhi govt: Kejriwal

  Politics | October 21, 2019 22:28 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said not a "single paisa" of corruption was found against his government as he assured AAP volunteers that till he was alive, the party would remain "honest".

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  US sanctions South Africa's Gupta family over 'widespread corruption'

  World | October 10, 2019 22:14 IST

  The US on Thursday announced sanctions against South Africa's high-profile Indian-origin Gupta family for running a "significant corruption network" that leveraged its political connections to engage in bribery, capture government contracts and misappropriate state assets.

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  UPPCL working on zero-tolerance for corruption

  India | October 10, 2019 11:07 IST

  In order to ensure that inquiry in these cases of corruption is completed without any delay and strict action is taken against those found guilty, the department has done constant follow-up at the higher level as well.

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  Wish I could follow Jinping's example and put corrupt in jail: Imran

  World | October 09, 2019 18:41 IST

  Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said he wished he could send 500 corrupt individuals in the country to jail by emulating Chinese President Xi Jinping's "crusade" against corruption.