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Scholarship scam: CBI court sends 3 accused to judicial custody till Jan 8
India | Jan 04, 2020, 06:16 PM ISTThree men arrested in connection with the over Rs 220-crore scholarship scam were on Saturday remanded to CBI custody till January 8, an agency spokesperson said. The investigative agency had Friday arrested former superintendent grade-II, Department of Higher Education (dealing with disbursement of scholarship) Arvind Rajta, vice chairman of KC group of institutions, Hitesh Gandhi and former head cashier at Central Bank of India, SP Singh.
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Ajit Pawar again emerges shining clean in irrigation scam
India | Dec 20, 2019, 04:29 PM ISTThe Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau has filed a fresh affidavit in the Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench, giving a "clean chit" to senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar in alleged scams concerning a dozen irrigation projects under the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC).
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ED attaches Rs 10-cr assets in 'Islamic banking' Bengaluru ponzi scam
India | Dec 13, 2019, 01:51 PM ISTAssets worth over Rs 10 crore of a Bengaluru-based firm have been attached under the anti-money laundering law in connection with an alleged 'Islamic banking or halal investment' ponzi scam case, the ED said on Friday.
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Man orders pizza from Zomato and falls victim to a phishing scam
Technology | Dec 07, 2019, 10:15 AM ISTA Bengaluru based man ordered pizza from Zomato and got caught in a phishing scam. As a result, he lost Rs 95,000.
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UP govt serves retirement notice to IAS officer over Noida plot allotment scam
India | Nov 25, 2019, 07:09 PM ISTThe Yogi Adityanath government has so far taken action including compulsory retirement against over 600 lax or corrupt government employees including officers. While over 200 officers and employees were given compulsory retirement, over 400 of them were suspended or demoted, officials said.
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UPPCL scam: Abhinav Gupta in EOW custody
India | Nov 13, 2019, 09:58 AM ISTAbhinav reportedly took commission for investing the EPF money of UPPCL employees in DHFL, a private company and invested the same in his real estate business.
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EPF-scam: UP Power min minister defamation notice on PCC chief
India | Nov 07, 2019, 07:29 PM ISTIn case Lallu does not offer an apology, a case will be registered against him under the IPC, the minister warned.
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Two officials sent to 3-day police remand in EPF scam
India | Nov 07, 2019, 09:37 AM ISTThe officials accused in the scam invested over 4122 crore rupees of PF money into Deewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL). However, Rs 2267 crore of the EPF money is still with the company after the Bombay High Court stayed the payments of DHFL.
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EPF scam: Ex-UPPCL MD Mishra arrested
India | Nov 05, 2019, 11:01 AM ISTTwo senior officials -- the trust secretary P. K. Gupta and director finance Sudhanshu Dwiwedi-were also arrested late Saturday night.
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Civil supplies scam: SC restrains Chattisgarh govt from tapping phone
India | Oct 25, 2019, 06:43 PM ISTThe Supreme Court Friday restrained the Chhattisgarh government from interception of telephones of its top police officer Mukesh Gupta and his family and granted him protection from arrest in the cases lodged against him.
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SC stays trial in Chhattisgarh sex CD scam
India | Oct 21, 2019, 01:43 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Monday stayed trial in the Chhatisgarh sleaze CD matter, where Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been alleged to be an accused.
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Fake Kolkata BPO duped Americans, impersonated as Microsoft employees
Crime | Oct 18, 2019, 05:00 PM ISTKolkata Cyber Crime Cell has arrested three persons who duped thousands of Americans by impersonating themselves as officers from technology giant Microsoft.
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PMC bank scam: ED seizes 12 high-end cars of HDIL owners
India | Oct 04, 2019, 10:26 PM ISTThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized 12 high-end cars which include two Rolls Royce, two Range Rover and one Bentley, of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) chairman Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang Wadhawan on Friday following raids at six locations in Mumbai.
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CG Power scam: SEBI bars Gautam Thapar from stock markets
India | Sep 17, 2019, 10:28 PM ISTAlong with Gautam Thapar, Executive Director Madhav Acharya, V.R. Venkatesh, and non-excutive Director B. Hariharan were also named in the order.
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Schools in Muzaffarpur buying dry fruits for Re 1 per kg, eggs for Rs 16 a piece
India | Aug 20, 2019, 06:07 PM ISTOfficials have been left red-faced and ordered a probe. We have taken a serious note of the anomalies. An inquiry committee has been set up and based on its report, action will be taken against those found at fault, Amarendra Kumar Pandey, district program officer, Muzaffarpur, told reporters Tuesday.
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CBI raids in Delhi, Bengal, Bihar in chit fund scam
India | Jul 22, 2019, 09:23 PM ISTThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday carried out searches at over 11 places in West Bengal, Bihar, Tripura and New Delhi in its probe into a chit fund scam to the tune of Rs 87 crore.
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AugustaWestland Case: ED approaches CBI court seeking Rajiv Saxena's bail cancellation
India | Jul 15, 2019, 12:04 PM ISTSpecial Central Bureau of Investigation Judge Arvind Kumar issued the notice to Saxena and posted the matter for hearing on Thursday. On March 25, the court had allowed Saxena to become an approver in the AgustaWestland case.
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UP government transfers 4 IAS officers after CBI carries out searches in sand mining scam case
India | Jul 11, 2019, 10:20 AM ISTSand mining scam case: The central probe agency has registered two cases in the Uttar Pradesh mining scam, naming former minister Gayatri Prajapati and four IAS officers as accused, and carried out searches at 12 locations in the state.
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Gayatri Prajapati, four IAS officers booked by CBI in UP mining scam
India | Jul 10, 2019, 04:54 PM ISTIn Uttar Pradesh mining scam, the CBI has registered two fresh cases naming four IAS officers and former minister Gayatri Prajapati as accused and carried out searches at 12 locations in the state.
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Sugar mills disinvestment scam case: CBI searches premises of former secretary to Mayawati
India | Jul 09, 2019, 10:07 PM ISTThe properties of former IAS officers Netram and Vinay Priya Dubey and premises of former MLC Iqbal Singh's sons -- Wajid Ali and Mohammed Javed -- were searched.