Corruption

An Heiress, A Judge, A Job: Ex-French President Goes On Trial For Corruption

World News | Reuters | Monday November 23, 2020

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday accused of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling, one of several criminal investigations that threaten to cast an ignominious pall over his decades-long political career.

"Will Continue Raising Corruption Issues": Tejashwi Yadav On Bihar Minister Row

India News | ANI | Monday November 23, 2020

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said that his party will continue to raise the issues of corruption and make them public.

Bihar Minister Responds To BJP "Pressure" Over Mewalal Choudhary's Exit

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Saturday November 21, 2020

Days after newly sworn-in Bihar education minister Mewalal Choudhary resigned over a three-year-old corruption case, an interesting question has emerged - who, really, was behind the resignation of the two-time MLA from the Tarapur constituency?

Sri Lanka's Nuwan Zoysa Slams ICC Over Corruption Verdict

Agence France-Presse | Friday November 20, 2020

Nuwan Zoysa called International Cricket Council's corruption allegation against him "a fallacious and cheap gimmick" to tarnish his reputation.

Court Seeks CBI Response To Maneka Gandhi's Plea Against Corruption Probe

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 20, 2020

The Delhi High Court Friday sought the CBI response on BJP MP Maneka Gandhi's plea challenging a trial court order rejecting its closure report in a graft case against her and two others and directing further investigation in the matter.

"Cheating People Of Bihar": Congress's Dig At Education Minister Row

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 19, 2020

Soon after the Bihar Education Minister resigned following corruption charges, the Congress on Thursday took a swipe at the NDA alliance asking whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are the "real culprits" for appointing him as a minister three days ago.

Bihar's Building Minister Gets Education As Colleague Under Probe Quits

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday November 20, 2020

Bihar's Building Construction minister Ashok Chaudhary was given additional charge of the education department on Thursday evening when incumbent Mewalal Choudhary stepped down over corruption charges, three days after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his 14 ministers took oath.

ICC Tribunal Finds Sri Lanka's Nuwan Zoysa Guilty Of 3 Offences Under Anti-Corruption Code

Press Trust of India | Thursday November 19, 2020

Former Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa was charged under the ICC anti-corruption code in November 2018 and is already serving suspension on match-fixing charges.

Centre Can't Extend CBI's Jurisdiction Without State's Consent: Top Court

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday November 20, 2020

The CBI cannot step into an investigation without the consent of state governments and the centre cannot extend the agency's jurisdiction to any state without permission either, the Supreme Court has ruled in a petition by officials accused in a corruption case in Uttar Pradesh.

Former Kerala Minister Ebrahim Kunju Arrested In Flyover Corruption Case

India News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Wednesday November 18, 2020

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau have recorded the arrest of VK Ebrahim Kunju, a minister in Kerala's former ruling dispensation, United Democratic Front (UDF) which was led by the Congress.

CBI Probing Own Ex-Directors Violation Of Natural Justice, Says Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 18, 2020

The CBI investigating its own former directors in a corruption case is a "violation of principles of natural justice", a Delhi court said on Tuesday while pulling up the agency for slow pace of probe.

Kerala Says Draft CAG Report On Investment Fund Board "Absurd"

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 15, 2020

Kerala's ruling CPI(M) and the opposition on Sunday continued to trade barbs over the draft CAG report on KIIFB, with Finance Minister Thomas Isaac terming the unpublished document as "absurd" and senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala alleging corruption in some of the board-funded government projects.

Tamil Nadu Government Orders Enquiry Against Anna University Vice-Chancellor

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Sunday November 15, 2020

The government said it has ordered the probe based on complaints of rampant corruption in the university, financial irregualrities and graft charges against Vice-Chancellor M K Surappa, among others.

Congress Wants Judicial Probe In Bengaluru Professor's Death By Suicide

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Friday November 13, 2020

The recent death by suicide of a former professor at the Bangalore University, Prof (retired) NS Ashok Kumar, is taking a political turn with the Congress demanding a judicial probe into the November 8 incident, alleging corruption.

No Evidence Of Lost, Deleted Or Changed Votes: US Election Officials

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday November 13, 2020

Senior US federal and state election officials said Thursday that there was "no evidence" that votes were lost or changed, or voting systems corrupted, in the presidential election.