Page 5 - Bribery
CBI arrests IAS officer K Rajesh in bribery case related to arms licence
The CBI on Wednesday arrested Gujarat cadre IAS officer K Rajesh for alleged bribery in sanctioning weapon licenses to ineligible people, officials said. Rajesh, a 2011 batch IAS officer, was called to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in Ahmedabad for questioning, but he did not co-operate and was taken into custody, they said. It is alleged that when Rajesh was the collector of Surendranagar district, he took bribe in land deals and in sanctioning weapon licenses to ineligible people, they added.
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Punjab: Arrested IAS officer's son found dead, family alleges foul play
Punjab Vigilance Bureau earlier this week arrested IAS officer Sanjay Popli in a graft case for allegedly demanding bribe in exchange of clearing tenders for laying a sewerage pipeline in Nawanshahr.
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Biocon slips 4% despite arm denying bribery charges
At 10:26 AM, the stock of Biocon was down 3 per cent at Rs 316.10, as compared to 1 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex
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Joint drugs controller nabbed taking bribe to clear Biocon unit's injection
The CBI registered a case of criminal conspiracy and corruption against Reddy, posted at CDSCO headquarters, and Dinesh Dua, Director at Synergy Network India Private Limited, among others.
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CBI apprehends some persons over Rs 3 lakh bribery case at DCGI office
The CBI team, after getting inputs about exchange of bribery, allegedly carried out trap operation in which some persons were apprehended, officials said.
CBI files charge sheet against Anil Deshmukh in Rs 100 cr bribery case
The CBI on Thursday filed a charge sheet against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh and others in connection with its probe into the Rs 100 crore bribery allegations
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CBI arrests K Chidambaram's close associate in Rs 50 lakh bribery case
The CBI arrested S Bhaskararaman, a close associate of Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram, in connection with a Rs 50 lakh alleged bribery case for clearing visas of 263 Chinese nationals
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Microsoft paying hundreds of millions in bribes, claims whistleblower
A whistleblower has alleged widespread bribery via Microsoft's foreign contract business, saying that more than $200 million each year is spent on bribes and kickbacks linked to the tech giant
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Senior GAIL exec arrested, accused of taking bribes in petrochemicals sale
CBI has arrested a senior executive of state-owned GAIL for allegedly taking bribes to offer discounts in the sale of petrochemicals
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CBI books GAIL's marketing head E S Ranganathan in bribery case
CBI also said that searches were continuing at the premises of Ranganathan
Ex-Netflix executive gets 2.5 years in prison for accepting tech bribes
A former Netflix executive was sentenced Tuesday to 2 and 1/2 years in federal prison for taking bribes and kickbacks from tech companies to approve lucrative contracts with the streaming giant.
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CBI arrests two officials of Ratnakar Bank in bribery case
The arrested officials were identified as Nimesh Manger and Saurabh Bhasin
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India stands at 82 in global bribery risk rankings, dips by five spots
TRACE, an anti-bribery standard setting organisation, measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions
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Supreme Court judge must probe Amazon 'bribery' report: Digvijaya Singh
Singh was reacting to a recent report that Amazon spent about Rs 8,546 crore or USD 1.2 billion in legal and professional expenses in the country between 2018 and 2020
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Cognizant inks $95 mn deal with US shareholders over India bribery charges
In February 2019, Cognizant agreed to pay $25 million to settle a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil probe
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ED to summon more people in money laundering case against Anil Deshmukh
ED has widened its probe into the alleged money laundering and kickbacks case registered against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh and others, officials said
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Indore Lokayukta books 2 civic body officials for accepting Rs 25,000 bribe
A team of Indore's Lokayukta caught two civic body officials red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000
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ED hell-bent on creating adverse impression, prejudices against me:Deshmukh
Anil Deshmukh wrote to ED and alleged that the probe is not transparent and the department is "hell-bent" on creating "adverse impression and prejudices" against him.
ED summons Anil Deshmukh for questioning on July 5 in alleged bribery case
The Enforcement Directorate has once again summoned Anil Deshmukh for questioning on July 5 in connection with the alleged bribery charges. This is the third summon to Deshmukh in a week.
Anil Deshmukh skips ED's summon, requests recording of statement on AV mode
The investigation agency had summoned the former Maharashtra Home Minister to its office on Saturday. However, he skipped the ED summon and sought a fresh date for appearance
