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Reddy, who was once one of the richest lawmakers with disclosed assets worth Rs 416 crore, was named in a number of corruption cases after the death of his father. (Photo: PTI/File)

Was an honourable man till my father's death: YSR Cong chief Jagan Reddy

YSR Congress chief's statement came in response to a question on corruption cases filed against him over the past decade.

13 Mar 2018 10:33 AM

Corruption across the globe, as crime and literature

Governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra, big names in industry, all got embroiled in a project riven with scandals.

02 Mar 2018 4:35 AM

Shah also targeted Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge for the poor governance in his own constituency. (Photo: ANI)

Corruption and Siddaramaiah govt are synonymous: Amit Shah

The BJP president alleged the Siddaramaiah govt for showing insensitive attitude toward families of the farmers who committed suicide.

26 Feb 2018 1:52 PM

Gandhi is on a two-day campaign trail in the north-eastern state till Wednesday with road-shows in Tura and Shillong and a rally in the Jaintia Hills scheduled on the last day of his visit. (Photo: AP)

BJP actively participating in corruption by allowing Mallya, Nirav Modi to escape: Rahul

'BJP instead of giving hope, security, economic growth, dealt us only with hopelessness, unemployment, fear, hatred, violence,' Rahul said.

20 Feb 2018 7:50 PM

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi abused an official in front of everyone in a packed room and humiliated him. (Photo: Screengrab | ANI)

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi abuses officer in Bareilly

In the video, an angered Maneka Gandhi was heard rebuking the official, 'You are getting fat like a 'ha****zaada''.

17 Feb 2018 10:34 AM

The ED had charged 83-year-old Singh, a former Union minister, with projecting around Rs 7-crore 'proceeds of crime' as agricultural income. (Photo: PTI)

ED arrests bizman in money-laundering probe against HP CM

Early this month, a special court in Delhi summoned Virbhadra Singh, his wife and 3 others as accused in the money laundering case.

16 Feb 2018 4:47 PM

Police Zuma and the Guptas - a family of wealthy Indian-born businessmen - deny any wrongdoing. (Photo: AP)

S African Prez Zuma’s ‘wealthy Indian friend’ Atul Gupta’s home raided

A lawyer for the Gupta family said he could not comment on the raid because he had yet to see the search warrant.

14 Feb 2018 2:38 PM

Asking the people to support Congress in the coming elections, Gandhi urged them to thereby contribute towards the progress of Karnataka at a much 'faster pace'. (Photo: PTI)

Siddaramaiah govt scam-free, BJP breaking ‘world records’ in graft: Rahul

Rahul Gandhi continuing with first leg of his poll campaign said when BJP was in power in the state, there were 'scams one after the other'.

11 Feb 2018 4:59 PM

The government had on November 8, 2016 banned the use of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes and allowed the holders of these currency bills to deposit them with banks or use them at certain notified utilities. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Demonetised notes still being ‘processed for accuracy, genuineness’: RBI

As on date, 59 sophisticated Currency Verification and Processing (CVPS) machines are in operation in RBI for the purpose.

11 Feb 2018 1:09 PM

AAP guns for NMCD mayor, seeks her resignation

The party also demanded that BJP president Manoj Tiwari should issue an apology to the public.

09 Feb 2018 7:06 AM

ACB court closes corruption case against Daya Naik

The ACB court in 2010 had refused to accept the closure report filed by ACB and had asked the agency to probe the case again.

08 Feb 2018 6:57 AM

Rajnath Singh was speaking at the launch of the book "On the Trail of the Black", edited by Bibek Debroy and Kishore Arun Desai. (Photo: PTI)

Need to root out corruption to reach targeted level of growth: Rajnath

To stop corruption at various levels, the government had started with the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme.

27 Jan 2018 7:55 PM

Mumbai traffic police told to list steps taken against corruption

On Wednesday, advocate Dutta Mane appeared on behalf of Mr Toke and informed the division bench of justice S.C. Dharmadhikari.

25 Jan 2018 4:48 AM

The system also confirms that the probabilities increase when the same party stays in government more number of years. (Photo: Pixabay)

New AI system can predict corruption

The collection and analysis of all this information have been done with neural networks, which show most predictive factors of corruption.

23 Jan 2018 5:56 PM

Some in Dilli feel that this is another reason to expedite the implementation of the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, which aims to investigate and prosecute corrupt babus at the upper echelons of the executive. (Representational Image)

Dilli Ka Babu: No action on corrupt officers

Sources say that the DopT has designed an online module for the purpose of filing of the IPR.

07 Jan 2018 12:39 AM

Saudi Arabia in 2017 rounded up dozens of royal family members, current and former senior officials in a crackdown on corruption that has also strengthened the power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo: File)

11 Saudi princes protesting austerity measures detained: report

They were also demanding compensation for a death sentence issued against a relative at the royal gathering.

06 Jan 2018 7:05 PM

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman had set up the anti-corruption committee to check all the members from elite class. (Photo: File)

Most detained in Saudi purge agree to cash settlements for freedom

Dozens of high-profile figures including princes, ministers and tycoons are being held in Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel.

06 Dec 2017 1:54 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Prepared to pay political price for steps taken for better India by Centre: Modi

Modi said his government is committed to developing a development-centric ecosystem which is free of corruption.

30 Nov 2017 1:21 PM

Touching upon the issue of corruption, Chidambaram said the main reasons for major graft 'are greed as against the need for funding elections'. (Photo: File/PTI)

BJP Govt also to suffer same fate as UPA 2, Chidambaram warns

The former finance minister also claimed that demonetisation was a 'dismal' failure as far as curbing fake currency was concerned.

19 Nov 2017 1:10 PM

Can’t end corruption overnight: Bibek Debroy

The government last year on November 8 announced demonetisations of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes to crack down on black money.

10 Nov 2017 2:20 AM

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