Tag: bribery

Mehul Choksi’s bribery of Antigua officials exposed

Choksi not only reached out to Henry but also tried to influence Antigua magistrate Conliffe Clarke through illegal payments.

January 13, 2023

Haryana Civil Services officer held for extortion, cheating & bribery

The officer and one of his brothers have been arrested following evidence coming on record to prove the allegations of demand and acceptance of Rs 9,60,000 from a woman candidate on the pretext of ensuring her victory in the recently held Nuh Zila Parishad election.

January 3, 2023

Punjab vigilance arrests two cops on bribery and blackmail charges  

The tainted cops were accused of extorting Rs 1 lakh from a truck driver with a threat of framing him up in a false case of transporting poppy husk.

November 14, 2022

Punjab Vigilance arrests registry clerk for taking Rs 20,000 bribe

During an investigation into a complaint, it was found that the registry clerk had received Rs 20,000 from the complainant to register his power of attorney, said spokesperson of Vigilance Bureau.

November 9, 2022

SC dismisses plea for improving India’s ranking on global Corruption Perception Index

The plea said that India has been ranked at the 80th position among 180 countries and territories in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI)

November 2, 2022

CBI arrests port engineer, three others in bribery charges

A case was registered against Chief Mechanical Engineer, Paradip Port Authority, Saroj Das and others including private persons of a setvoder company.

August 5, 2022

Retired employee held for Rs 100 bribery charge three decades back, gets 2 years RI

The convicted retired employee- Kartika Chandra Biswal, Ex-Consolidation (Retired), Grade-II (Peskar) in Chainpal of Cuttack district had incidentally demanded and accepted illegal gratification of Rs.1,00 from a complainant.

January 28, 2022

CBI arrests railway official in Bengal for bribery

The CBI had booked Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer Binita Mitra, a 1986 batch IRAS officer, for allegedly seeking the bribe from Dhanbad-based firm Unified Electricals for a railways' electric work tender, officials said.

September 3, 2021

Bribery case: CBI arrests NHPC official and 2 others

"Gammon CMC Joint Venture was working in Parbati Hydroelectric Project Stage-II of NHPC located near Kullu in Himachal Pradesh, and had two claims of Rs 1.36 crore and Rs 1.9 crore, and some additional bills of Rs 2 crore pending"

July 14, 2021

Hundreds of Israelis protest in Jerusalem against PM Netanyahu; call him ‘Crime Minister’

On Saturday, Israeli police said the protest a day earlier was “illegal” because demonstrators blocked the roads.

June 28, 2020

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to begin today

Netanyahu was sworn back into office as head of a rare national unity government, is expected to attend the opening session of the trial, which is being held at Jerusalem District Court.

May 24, 2020

Ideological swingback

The new President and Vice-President will, therefore, succeed to a direly depleted inheritance.

November 1, 2019

A fractured Israel

Netanyahu as the interim Prime Minister will go to any extent to retain power and avoid conviction. However the political template of overplaying the 'security' hand and indulging in unwarranted 'politics of hate' may just be losing its political currency and steam. Benny Gantz is a decorated 3-star General who has now successfully countered political extremism with relative moderation. This green shoot of political evolution augurs well for the region and beyond, that has seen an unending cycle of violence and bloodshed that no amount of military boots-on-the ground could counter seven decades of insurgency.

September 28, 2019

Israeli Police question PM Netanyahu in telecom case for second time

Israeli police were questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday as part of an investigation into a corruption case involving the country’s telecom giant, one of a slew of scandals that have engulfed the long-ruling Israeli leader. Two Netanyahu confidants were arrested on suspicion of promoting regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Israel’s...

March 26, 2018

Israeli police recommend charging Netanyahu with bribery

Israeli police on Tuesday recommended charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in two separate corruption cases. After the month-long investigation, the police handed over their recommendation to Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who will decide whether to press charges against the prime minister, reported Xinhua. In a formal...

February 14, 2018

Bribery case: CBI arrests CGST commissioner, six others in UP

A CBI team on Saturday arrested a Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) commissioner from Kanpur along with six others in a bribery case, officials said. The commissioner named Sansar Chand is accused of taking bribes from businessmen on a monthly and quarterly basis. Police said other than the accused official, some inspectors and a...

February 3, 2018

Khaira questions police role in bribery audio clip case

Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Sunday questioned the Chandigarh police’s role in registering a First Information Report (FIR) regarding the ‘bribery audio clip’ released by leaders of Lok Insaaf Party (LIP). Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Khaira even threatened to move to the Punjab and Haryana High Court...

January 14, 2018