“Special Measures”
Summary [We] have to become good at using… the rule of law to fight corruption, [and] to strengthen national anti-corruption legislation. –Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing a major Central...
View ArticleJunior engineer held for taking bribe from TN farmer
TIRUVANNAMALAI: Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Tuesday arrested a junior engineer with the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (Tangedco)...
View ArticleDSP held in TN for taking bribe in land grab case
VELLORE: Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of the Anti-Land Grabbing Special Cell, Vellore, has been arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a man to speed up a case filed against his...
View Article“Bound by Brotherhood”
Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from...
View Article“This Crooked System”
Summary I have no hope of getting justice in this crooked system. —Umar Daraz, Karachi, January 2016 How do you expect us to recover stolen items from hardened criminals? Do you think they will agree...
View ArticleDVAC sleuths arrest sub-registrar staff
Sleuths from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) arrested Raja Mahendravarman (55), a junior assistant in the...
View ArticleOfficial held for taking bribe
A.V.M. Rajan (48), Commercial Inspector, Tangedco, Tuticorin Rural (North), was caught red-handed by sleuths...
View ArticleFIR filed against Udumalpet municipal officials for graft
COIMBATORE: The directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) sleuths from Tirupur district have registered an FIR against the Udumalpet municipality commissioner Saravanakumar and the...
View ArticleRevenue Inspector, supervisor held on graft charges
Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Friday arrested the Revenue Inspector and market supervisor of the...
View ArticleJail term for accepting bribe
Special court judge for corruption cases P. Mohan awarded two years imprisonment to a cooperative society...
View ArticleVigilance Bureau arrests pharmacist on graft charges
A Pharmacist posted at the civil hospital in Ludhiana was arrested today by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau sleuths for allegedly accepting a...
View ArticleTwo arrested while taking bribe
MADURAI: Two men including the president of Tamil Nadu Transport Corporation Employees thrift and credit society were arrested by the DVAC sleuths here on Wednesday for demanding a bribe to release...
View ArticleWoman clerk arrested on graft charge
Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Tuesday arrested T. Suguna (54), a clerk working at the noon-meal...
View ArticleInspector arrested on graft charges
Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption arrested a Commercial...
View ArticleDSP absconds after demanding bribe from advocate
Deputy superintendent of police Philip Franklin Kennedy, who allegedly demanded 50,000 from an advocate to comply with a Madras high court order, absconded after he came to know that it was a trap laid...
View ArticleSurvey sub-inspector arrested on graft charge
A sub-inspector of survey was arrested here by the officials of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) on graft charge here on Friday. The accused G. Varadharajan (53) was...
View ArticleVeterinary doctor held for taking bribe from TN farmer
TIRUVANNAMALAI: A 47-year-old veterinarian has been arrested for demanding and taking a bribe of Rs 2,000 from a farmer in Tamil Nadu who approached him for a postmortem certificate of a cow. A police...
View ArticleCoimbatore Corporation warns residents misusing drinking water
COIMBATORE: Coimbatore City Corporation finally draws swords against water theft. The corporation has received complaints about misuse of drinking water in wards 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100 in areas such as...
View ArticleFormer Anna University VC gets five years jail term
COIMBATORE: Former Anna University vice chancellor R Radhakrishnan was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by a special court in Coimbatore for accepting bribe of Rs 40000 from a contractor...
View ArticleHeld while accepting bribe
Arrested while accepting bribe An assistant engineer at Tangedco office in Jalakandapuram rural was arrested by sleuths of Directorate...
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