Head constable arrested on graft charge
Vijayakumar, head constable attached to the Ambur Town Police Station, was arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance and...
View ArticleWoman VAO held while taking bribe in Trichy
TRICHY: A woman village administrative officer (VAO) was caught red-handed by sleuths of the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) in Trichy on Friday for allegedly demanding a bribe for...
View ArticleDiscussion on smart city proposal held in Coimbatore
COIMBATORE: The first discussion for identifying the schemes and plans for the smart city project was held at the district collectorate here on Wednesday. Suggestions ranging from better transport...
View ArticleTown planning inspector gets 2-yr jail for corruption
TRICHY: A town planning officer was sentenced to two years imprisonment by an anti-corruption court here on Monday for accepting bribe from an engineer, who was assigned to construct a house in...
View ArticleThree dengue cases reported in Coimbatore
The city has seen three dengue cases in the last week but they were isolated cases, according to sources in the Coimbatore Corporation’s health wing. The sources said that the dengue cases were...
View ArticleTahsildar caught accepting 5,000 bribe to release two seized tractors
TRICHY: Sleuths of the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC), Pudukottai, on Friday arrested a 55-year-old tahsildar of Alangudi taluk for accepting bribe to release two seized tractors...
View ArticleTax officer held for taking bribes
Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) arrested an Assistant Commissioner of the Commercial Tax Department on charges of taking...
View ArticleWoman SI arrested for accepting bribe
TRICHY: Directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC), Trichy on Tuesday evening arrested a 35-year-old sub-inspector (SI) of police attached to Mannachanallur police station on charges of...
View ArticleAfter anti-corruption pledge, officer held on graft charge
Barely a few minutes after taking Anti-Corruption Pledge, a top officer was caught red-handed by personnel of the Department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) at the Cuddalore District...
View ArticleTangedco official held for taking bribe
R. Manivel (49), an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) in the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco), was caught red-handed by sleuths attached the Directorate of Vigilance and...
View ArticleSub registrar arrested for accepting bribe of Rs 10,000
COIMBATORE: A sub-registrar of Peelamedu sub-registrar office was arrested while accepting bribe of 10,000 from a person for giving his registered property documents on Tuesday evening. The arrested...
View ArticleOne held for taking bribe at Deputy Collector’s office
Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption wing sleuths arrested a 48-year-old man, A. Kaleelur Raghman, while allegedly demanding and accepting Rs. 40,000 as bribe from a person to release a sale...
View ArticleCollector's PA arrested for demanding bribe
TRICHY: Sleuths of directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC), Thanjavur arrested a female personal assistant to the Thanjavur collector for accepting bribe from two noon-meal organisers for...
View ArticleVigilance sleuths arrest Salem special tahsildar for accepting bribe
SALEM: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths on Thursday arrested a special tahsildar (stamp duty) in Salem while he was receiving bribe from a man....
View ArticleDeputy collector arrested for accepting bribe from midday meal worker in...
NAMAKKAL: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths arrested a deputy collector rank officer at the Namakkal collectorate for accepting Rs 10, 000 as bribe from a midday meal worker...
View ArticleCorpn official held for accepting bribe
TRICHY: Directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) officers on Thursday arrested a junior assistant in city corporation for demanding bribe from a woman to process her application for marriage...
View ArticleTNSTC staff caught red-handed accepting bribe
COIMBATORE: A 58-year-old man, who was the superintendent of the legal wing at Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) office situated on Mettupalayam road in the city, was caught red handed...
View ArticleTangedco junior engineer held for taking bribe
TRICHY: A junior engineer serving in the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) was caught red-handed by officials of the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC)...
View ArticleSurveyor arrested on graft charge
K. Thangavelu (57), Head Surveyor of Madukkarai Taluk, was arrested by sleuths from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) on...
View ArticleKovai corporation bill collector held on bribery charges
COIMBATORE: A 53-year-old woman bill collector from the city corporation (west zone office) was arrested on Tuesday for accepting bribe from a gold jewellery maker. B Muthukumaravel, 34, from...
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