Ranchi: Another Scam involving around Rs.2.5cr in Jharkhand Renewable Energy Department (JREDA) has been unearthed. The alleged Scam amount has been siphoned off to various suppliers without obtaining any goods. The State’s Accountant General has submitted a report to the government to this disclosure. The government has immediately ordered a Vigilance enquiry into the Scam. JREDA had appointed seven suppliers for supplying solar lamps, Domestic lights and street lights which is...

In an attempt to crackdown on speculators and hoarders within the country, suspected to be in league with international operators in driving up the prices of pulses and other food items, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken up the investigation of the Rs 250-crore pulses Scam with the agency questioning Naresh Jain, an alleged associate of international don Dawood Ibrahim. Jain was last month arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau...

The ministry of personnel has shown a surprising lack of alacrity in prosecuting errant babus In August last year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was keynote speaker at the annual meeting of India’s premier anti-corruption agency, the CBI. There, addressing officers of the agency and state vigilance bureaus, he made a telling remark, “Our anti-corruption agencies must make the cost of corruption unacceptably high for those indulging in this evil practice.” The prime...

Bombay High Court today noted the rise in murderous attacks on social activists and asked the state police chief to report within a week what the government was doing to protect them. Yesterday, Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty, 38, was stabbed to death by two attackers close to his home at Talegaon Dabhade near Pune, where he had exposed a series of land Scams. Last week, two gunmen had fired...

Notwithstanding controversies, it passed several important judgments The year 2009 was eventful and memorable for the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan. The Court faced several controversies, the notable being the collegium’s decision to elevate Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran as one of its judges. This controversy was preceded by a clean chit to Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Nirmal Yadav in the Rs....