Tag: corruption
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Netanyahu faces corruption charges
Jerusalem : Israel’s attorney general intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges. Netanyahu faces possible charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three cases, the BBC reported on Thursday. The Prime Minister is alleged to have accepted gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensed favours to try…
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Corruption trial of former Malaysian PM Najib postponed
Kuala Lumpur : A Malaysian court on Monday postponed the first trial of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is facing multiples charges of corruption involving state development fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Najib has been charged with a total of 42 counts of corruption and he, along with his associates, are accused of diverting…
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Modi accuses Mamata of protecting scamsters, she calls him ‘master of corruption’
Jalpaiguri/Kolkata : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee exchanged a flurry of verbal punches on Friday, as he accused her of trying to save those involved in ponzi scheme scams, alleging that opposition parties were coming together to protect fraudsters, touts and criminals. Banerjee hit back by calling him the…
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CBI arrests PNB manager for corruption
Dehradun : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior manager of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) here for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a cement trader, CBI sources said on Sunday. Rajkumar, posted at the Tagore Villa branch on Chakrata Road, was arrested on Saturday evening following a complaint…
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Saudi anti-corruption crackdown recovers $106 billion in assets
Riyadh : Saudi investigators have recovered assets worth more than $106 billion (SR400 billion) in an anti-corruption crackdown ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the royal court said on Wednesday. The funds are in the form of property, companies, cash and other assets surrendered by senior princes, ministers and top businessmen who were under…
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President calls note ban important step against black money, corruption
New Delhi : President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said that the 2016 demonetization was “an important step” in tackling black money and corruption in the country. Addressing a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at the start of the Budget Session, Kovind said: “Demonetization was an important step in the campaign…
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Rajya Sabha Vice Chairman launches ‘A Crusade Against Corruption’ book
New Delhi : Vice-Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh Narayan Singh launched Manohar Manoj`s book “A Crusade against corruption” on Saturday at the Press Club of India here. Manoj said he has written this book after massive research and deep observations on the subject during the last 15 years and claimed that this is a kind…
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Centre rejects allegation of corruption in Rafale
New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday rejected allegation of corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal while asserting that a lie repeated again and again cannot become truth. “The Congress should understand that a lie spoken many a times a cannot turn into truth. We have been ready for a discussion…
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Sharif gets 7-year jail term in graft case
Islamabad : An accountability court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference, while acquitted him in the the Flagship Investments reference. The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader was taken into custody after the verdict and will be transported to Adiala Jail. He was…
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Modi is corruption, hope BJP learnt lessons from Karnataka: Rahul
New Delhi : In a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa ahead of the trust vote, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday termed him “corruption” and that Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and the RSS considered no institution “worthy of respect”. Addressing the media here…