-TheWire.in While the dam breach in Madhya Pradesh's Karam river is a recent example of poor construction quality, the politician-contractor-engineer nexus in these projects has long been known. In his eighth Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2022, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the need to fight against corruption and nepotism. Highlighting the steps his government has taken to check corruption, Modi said: “In the...
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Over 11,000 crop residue management machines go missing in Punjab; vigilance probe ordered
-PTI/ The Hindu Punjab’s Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said according to initial investigation by the agriculture department, it appears that a sum of ₹125-150 crore has been misused The Punjab government has said it has initiated a vigilance probe into a ₹150-crore scam in the distribution of crop residue management machines among farmers during the previous dispensation led by the Congress. State Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, in a statement on Wednesday,...
More »Near-Catastrophe At Madhya Pradesh's Karam Dam Brings Tender scam In Focus Again -Anurag Dwary
-NDTV.com Karam Dam one of many being probed, BJP has said; wider scam pegged at ₹ 3,000 crore; minister says won't spare guilty "even if from our party" Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh's Karam Dam, at the centre of a near-catastrophe after cracks earlier this week, has been in the headlines for leaks earlier too — of public money, that is. Its part-collapse after heavy rain brings back into focus the e-tendering scam that...
More »More cash, gold recovered from home of arrested Bengal Minister’s aide -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu The cash was recovered from one of the apartments of Arpita Mukherjee at Belghoria in northern fringes of Kolkata More cash and gold were recovered on Wednesday evening from one of the properties of Arpita Mukherjee, an aide of arrested West Bengal Industries and Commerce Minister Partha Chatterjee. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) held raids at several properties of the Minister’s aide and the cash was recovered from one of the apartments...
More »Explainer: How Teacher Recruitment scam in West Bengal Unfolded -Sandip Chakraborty
-Newsclick.in Many candidates alleged they gave ‘cut money’ (commission) which was channelised to then state education minister Partha Chatterjee (who is now under arrest) and were recruited. Kolkata: The School Selection Commission (SSC) scam in West Bengal came to national limelight after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) unearthed Rs 21 crore 90 lakh in hard cash from Arpita Mukherjee’s residence. Arpita Mukherjee is believed to be a close confidante of Partha Chatterjee,a trusted...
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