Top railway officers enjoy double housing benefits
New Delhi, April 19, 2013(Agencies): CBI director Ranjit Sinha may be insisting that a probe be held against RPF Association secretary general U S Jha for “retaining accommodation despite retirement and against formal entitlement”, [...]
ED registers money laundering case against I-T officer Ashutosh Verma
New Delhi, May 19, 2013(PTI): In fresh trouble for Income Tax department officer Ashutosh Verma who was arrested in 2008 for allegedly diluting I-T appraisal of companies of arms dealer Suresh Nanda, the Enforcement Directorate has registered [...]
CBI Superintendent Vivek Dutt remanded in 3 days CBI custody
New Delhi, May 18, 2013(PTI): Senior CBI officer Vivek Dutt, who headed the Coalgate scam probe team, and three others were on Saturday sent to three days in the agency’s custody by a Delhi court for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs7 lakh [...]
CBI arrests two of its own officers
New Delhi, May 18, 2013(Agencies): In a late development in the ongoing coal scam investigations, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two members of their own staff, including an SP, on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 7 from [...]
“It is a sad day for cricket in India and Kerala”-Customs Commissioner Dr K N Raghavan
Kochi, May 17, 2013(Agencies): When news broke out that the ‘bad’ boy of Indian cricket may actually be ‘worse’, the mood was one of shock and disbelief in Kerala.
Dr K N Raghavan, Customs Commissioner has seen his theatrics on the field [...]
“My husband is the most corrupt IAS officer”-IAS officer’s wife
Bhopal, May 17, 2013(Agencies): The Madhya Pradesh government and more particularly its higher bureaucracy is finding itself in an embarrassing situation as the wife of state cadre IAS officer E. Ramesh Kumar, now on inter cadre deputation [...]
Suspended IAS couple fail to get relief from court over seizure of properties
Jabalpur, May 17, 2013(PTI):: Suspended IAS couple, Arvind Joshi and Tinoo Joshi, on Thursday failed to get any relief from the Madhya Pradesh High Court over the seizure of their properties that was ordered by the state government.
A division [...]
Govt forms GoM to decide on CBI autonomy
New Delhi, May 14, 2013(PTI): In the wake of the Supreme Court’s scathing observations on CBI, the government today formed a Group of Ministers (GoM) to draft a law to insulate the investigating agency from external influence.
The GoM, [...]
Cash for posts scam: CBI questions two Railways officers
New Delhi, May 14, 2013(IANS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday questioned two railway officers in the case relating to graft for appointment of a senior railway officer to a lucrative post. “Two officers have been questioned [...]
Customs officials in trouble over Hyderabad airport assault
Hyderabad,May 13,2013(Agencies): Things seem to be going from bad to worse at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, as far as the conduct of customs officials is concerned. Eight customs officials are in the dock after they beat [...]
Over 6,400 railway employees came under scanner in 2012
New Delhi, May 13, 2013(PTI): Over 6,400 railway employees are facing departmental proceedings for being allegedly involved in corruption during 2012. Departmental proceedings were initiated against 6,454 employees, including 195 gazetted officials, [...]
CBI to question Bansal over ‘cash for posts’ scam
New Delhi, May 13, 2013(Agencies): As indications grow stronger that former railway minister Pawan Bansal helped suspended railway board member Mahesh Kumar get his desired post, the CBI is preparing to question Bansal over his role in the cash [...]
Arrested customs superintendent Gurdev Singh had link with Delhi-based drug peddler
Jalandhar, May 12, 2013(HT Media): Police investigation into the case of arrest of Customs & Central Excise superintendent Gurdev Singh, who was caught possessing 17kg contraband, has unearthed his strong association with a Delhi-based [...]
Eight customs officials booked for attacking passenger
Hyderabad, May 12, 2013(PTI): Eight customs officials were booked on the charge of assaulting a passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here, police said today.
“A case was registered against eight customs officials [...]
Date of birth of Mahesh Kumar changed to make him eligible for the post of Chairman, Railway Board
New Delhi, May 12 2013(Agencies): Four months before the CBI arrested Member (Staff), Railway Board, Mahesh Kumar, on bribery charges, his date of birth was amended in official records so that he would be eligible for the post of Chairman, Railway [...]
Senior railway official Mahesh Kumar’s bid to expose graft in railways landed him in CBI net
Mumbai, May 11, 2013(Agencies): The CBI would not have unearthed the bribery racket that led to the sacking of railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday had senior railway official Mahesh Kumar, arrested for giving a bribe to Bansal’s [...]
‘Mamu Express’ derails
New Delhi, May 11, 2013(Agencies):Events moved quickly after United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi read the riot act to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Caught in a deepening bribery scandal, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar [...]
IAS officer Rahul Bhandari, private secretary to Rail Minister Pawan Bansal under CBI scanner
New Delhi, May 9, 2013(DC): It is learnt that the CBI on Wednesday examined the railway minister’s private secretary, Rahul Bhandari, a 1997 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer, in connection with the bribery scandal. Agency officials were tight-lipped [...]
Blacklisted contractor forces engineer to sign Rs 15 lakh cheque in UP
Lucknow, May 9, 2013(Agencies): An executive engineer of the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam was allegedly called to the residence of a ruling Samajwadi Party MLA and forced by a “blacklisted” civil contractor to sign a cheque worth nearly [...]
CBI registers 31 graft cases against IAS, IPS officers: Govt
New Delhi, May 8, 2013(PTI): As many as 31 corruption cases were registered by the CBI against IAS and IPS officers since 2011, the Government said today.
“According to the information provided by the CBI, 31 cases (26 regular cases and [...]
CBI does not need Union min nod to probe IAS, IPS officers-HC
Chennai, May 8, 2013(TNN): Nearly 300 senior all India service officers, who are of joint secretary or above cadre in IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS and other departments and facing corruption cases, have reasons to be worried about a judgment last week [...]
Central excise official held under IT Act
Hyderabad, May 8, 2013(TNN): Central crime station (CCS) sleuths have arrested an intelligence officer of the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence for levelling corruption allegations against his colleagues through an email account [...]
Law minister changed report, CBI to tell Supreme Court
New Delhi, April 6, 2013(TNN): The CBI, in a fresh affidavit on Monday, will tell the Supreme Court that the law minister changed its status report on investigations into alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks, in what could have [...]
Customs superintendent held with heroin worth Rs. 50 cr in Jalandhar
Jalandhar, May 4, 2013(Agencies): District rural police have arrested a superintendent of Central Excise and Customs department posted at Attari Railway Station and seized 10 kg of heroin from his possession.
SSP Rural Yurinder Singh Hayer said [...]
Pawan Kumar Bansal offers to resign for Railway Board bribery controversy
New Delhi, May 4, 2013( CNN-IBN): Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence 7RCR on Saturday, has offered to quit over the Railway Board bribery controversy. Sources, however, said no decision [...]
Rail minister’s nephew is arrested on graft charges
Nwe Delhi, May 4, 2013(Agencies): The CBI on Friday arrested Vijay Singla, nephew of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, for allegedly accepting a portion of a Rs 90 lakh bribe to ensure the appointment of a Railway Board member.
The agency [...]
