Bribe

Cat detained for delivering cellphones to prisoners at Russian jail

Associated Press | Tuesday June 4, 2013

Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones. But using cats as couriers?

Cat detained on illegal mission at Russian prison

Associated Press | Monday June 3, 2013

Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones, but this may be the first time they have used a cat as an accomplice.

China trying to manage exposure of corruption online

Reuters | Monday May 20, 2013

China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses.

Panel closes Walmart lobby case due to lack of evidence: report

Saturday May 18, 2013

India's investigation into whether Walmart may have bribed Indian officials to gain wider access to the country's vast market has been "closed" due to lack of evidence, a report said on Saturday.

CBI officer arrested for accepting Rs. 7 lakh bribe

Reported by Sunetra Choudhury; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Friday May 17, 2013

In a major blow to the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI, a senior official of the agency has been arrested by its own vigilance unit for soliciting a bribe.

Official returns bribe after consumers lodged complaints on Facebook

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 14, 2013

An employee of the electricity department in Madurai was forced to return the bribe he had taken from consumers after complaints were lodged on the Facebook page of the district collector.

Ranbir Kapoor 'bribed' director to let him kiss Madhuri on the cheek

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 14, 2013

Ranbir Kapoor says he is so besotted with actress Madhuri Dixit that he cajoled his director Ayan Mukerji to let him kiss her on cheeks.

Railway bribery scam: How the CBI chased and caught the man accused of bribing Pawan Bansal's nephew

Reported by Sunetra Choudhury; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Friday May 10, 2013

On the evening of May 3, sketchy details reached news desks about a nephew of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal being accused of taking a bribe. There was some mention of a senior official called Mahesh Kumar, but no more details.

Prosecutors file corruption charges against former Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 9, 2013

Italian prosecutors on Thursday filed charges against former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly bribing a left-wing senator 3.0 million euros ($3.9 million) to join his party.

VVIP Chopper scam: India to get details of conversations taped by Italy, say sources

Edited by Shamik Ghosh (with inputs from PTI) | Thursday May 9, 2013

An Italian investigation had disclosed that Anglo-Italian firm AugustaWestland (AW) and Finmeccanica had paid bribes worth nearly Rs 350 crores through a complex web of companies and middlemen to swing a 12-helicopter contract with India.

Railways bribery scam: CBI to question Pawan Bansal this week, say sources

Reported by Sunetra Choudhury; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Wednesday May 8, 2013

In what will be another major embarrassment for the Congress-led UPA government, Railways Minister Pawan Bansal is expected to be questioned soon by the Central Bureau of Investigation, which has arrested his nephew for allegedly accepting bribe to o...

Bribery case: CBI seizes documents from Railway Ministry

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Wednesday May 8, 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today seized files and documents from the Railways Ministry related to the additional charge of General Manager, Western Railways, recently given to official Mahesh Kumar. The Railway official in already in c...

Railway bribery scam: Will the CBI question minister Pawan Bansal?

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday May 8, 2013

The government has so far resolutely said its Railway Minister Pawan Bansal, smeared by a corruption scandal, will not resign. But there is fresh trouble for Mr Bansal as more details emerge about the CBI's two-month investigation that led to the arr...

BJP protests in Chandigarh against Pawan Bansal, demands resignation

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 7, 2013

BJP activists today held a protest in Chandigarh demanding resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal after the arrest of his nephew Vijay Singla for allegedly taking bribe to get a plum posting for an official.

Bribery scam: Congress core group meets; Pawan Kumar Bansal's fate uncertain

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Sunday May 5, 2013

Will Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal be asked to quit in the wake of his nephew's arrest for allegedly taking a bribe to fix a plum position in the Railway Board? It's not yet certain what decision, if any, the Congress core group, which is curr...