In a temporary relief for state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court today granted an interim stay on FIRs filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against him for alleged illegal denotification of land by him as chief minister. Justice Aravind Kumar granted the interim stay on the grounds of lack of sufficient material...
September 22, 2017The leader of Opposition in the Goa assembly and Congress MLA Chandrakant Kavlekar and his wife Savitri, also a Congress leader, booked in connection with a 2013 disproportionate assets case on Saturday, even as Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths raided the residence and office premises owned by the couple. According to Superintendent of Police (ACB) Bosco George,...
September 16, 2017An Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team of the Goa Police on Saturday, raided the residence and other properties owned by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar in connection with a 2013 disproportionate assets case. Police sources said that the residence of Kavlekar, a Congress MLA from Quepem assembly constituency, and his office in Margao, were raided following...
September 16, 2017The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa has demanded that the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) should immediately register a First Information Report (FIR) in the CDM Smith bribery case. "Aam Aadmi Party demands that all chief ministers, PWD ministers, PWD secretaries and PWD engineers holding relevant offices in the 2011 to 2015 period are suspects in...
July 13, 2017The Anti-Corruption Branch has begun a probe into allegations by sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra about a scam in procurement of medicines in government hospitals. A probe has been ordered and searches are being carried out at various places, ACB sources said. The anti-graft body is likely to write to the Delhi government to share...
June 1, 2017Delhi's Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) has asked the Accountant General of Central Revenue if there were any violations in awarding contract of over 350 tankers by the then Sheila Dikshit-led-Congress government. The ACB was also probing whether Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was delaying the probe into the 358 stainless steel water tanker contract. "The...
May 25, 2017Delhi's Anti Corruption Branch on Monday said that it has summoned suspended AAP leader Kapil Mishra to join the probe in the alleged Rs.400 crore water tanker scam. "We have called Kapil Mishra at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) for questioning," ACB Chief Mukesh Kumar Meena told IANS. Earlier the ACB had questioned Delhi Chief Minister...
May 22, 2017The Delhi government's Anti Corruption Branch on Wednesday questioned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's political adviser Vibhav Patel in the alleged Rs.400-crore water tanker scam. According to the ACB sources, Patel was questioned for more than three hours. He arrived at the ACB office around 11.15 a.m. and was questioned till 2.30 p.m. The ACB had...
May 17, 2017Delhi's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Sunday sent a notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's political adviser Vibhav Patel asking him to join the investigation in the alleged Rs.400-crore water tanker scam on Wednesday. "After rebel and sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra told the ACB that two persons — Vaibhav Patel and Ashish Talwar —...
May 14, 2017Ousted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kapil Mishra who is on hunger strike for second day on Thursday said he will go to Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and divulge more details in the water tanker scam. “I will go to ACB at 12 noon on Thursday and divulge more details in the water tanker scam,”...
May 11, 2017A day after submitting evidence to the ACB against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ousted AAP leader Kapil Mishra on Tuesday said he is going to the Central Bureau of Investigation and lodge an FIR against his 'guru'. Reading out a letter to the press on Tuesday morning, Mishra said, "I am writing this open...
May 9, 2017Ousted Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Monday said he will meet CBI officials regarding the "Rs. 2-crore bribe" paid to Arvind Kejriwal by Delhi minister Satyendra Jain. He also shared evidence regarding the Rs 400-crore water tanker scam case with the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). "I have shared all the relevant documents, evidence with the...
May 8, 2017The Anti-Corruption Branch on Thursday told a special court that further probe in a case involving Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal for alleged irregularities in the recruitment process is going on. The investigating officer (IO) said further investigation, as directed by the court earlier, was underway and sought time to complete the probe....
April 6, 2017In a riposte to Australia captain Steve Smith's jibe that the visitors won't shy away from sledging, India batsman Ajinkya Rahane revealed that the hosts have designed plans for every single player. "We don't know if they will sledge or not. We have some plans against each of them, I can't discuss that here. Skill...
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