Three local officials in Shanghai have been sacked over a slack response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest city, where residents are complaining of harsh lockdown conditions leading to shortages of food and basic necessities.A guard receives goods from a delivery worker in a compound during a COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai on Friday. (Hector…Continue Reading
Nine officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and five companies are among 22 accused booked by the CBI for alleged corruption in execution and operation of three highway projects. The CBI alleged that the NHAI officials, including three general manager-level officers, took monthly bribe to the tune of Rs 1-2 lakh from…Continue Reading
The CBI has booked 22 individuals, including NHAI officials, and a consortium of private construction companies for alleged corruption in three highway segments from 2008 to 2010, officials said on Saturday. The action came after the conclusion of a preliminary enquiry registered in 2018. The enquiry report alleged corruption in the Surat-Hazira section of National…Continue Reading
New Delhi: More than 50,000 officials have been deployed for the counting of votes on Thursday in the five states where assembly polls were held recently. The counting will begin at 8 am in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab, following COVID-19 guidelines. The assembly polls in these five states were held in seven…Continue Reading
HYDERABAD: As many as 694 Indian students including Telugus, who moved out of the sensitive city of Sumy on Tuesday proceeded to Western Ukraine from Poltava to reach the border of Ukraine. The Indian Embassy officials will reportedly conclude ‘Operation Ganga’, shifting of Indian students from Ukraine to India, by Thursday. The students, who proceeded…Continue Reading
Government officials on Thursday went into a huddle to access the impact of Russian aggression in Ukraine on the Indian economy and began preparing contingency plans to combat a possible spike in inflation due to a rise in oil prices and the country’s external trade being impacted. While there are no immediate fears of a…Continue Reading
Ministry of Finance DGGI Ghaziabad officials bust bogus network of 275 firms involving fake invoices of more than Rs 3,100 crore Posted On: 27 JAN 2022 10:13PM by PIB Delhi The Directorate of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence, Ghaziabad Regional Unit has busted a syndicate involved in creating and controlling fake firms and issuing of…Continue Reading
Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs, Bishweswar Tudu, seems to have once again courted controversy. This time, the Minister has been accused of beating up two officials of the District Planning Board in Odisha’s Baripada (district headquarters of Mayurbhanj district).Tudu allegedly thrashed the District Planning Board Deputy Director Ashwini Mallik and…Continue Reading
Intensifying its action against corrupt officials, Vigilance sleuths on Thursday raided houses of several government officials and unearthed properties worth crores disproportionate to their know sources of income.During house search on Thursday, the sleuths unearthed assets worth over Rs 2.51 crore belonging to Nayagarh Ranapur RD division assistant executive engineer.Similarly, the anti-corruption wing traced properties…Continue Reading
Prime Minister’s Office PM interacts with PMO officials on Diwali Milan Posted On: 12 NOV 2021 8:32PM by PIB Delhi Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with PMO officials on the occasion of ‘Diwali Milan’, organised at PM’s residence at Lok Kalyan Marg today. He extended warm Diwali greetings to everyone on the occasion. Prime…Continue Reading