Chhattisgarh inspector owns assets worth Rs.5 croreOctober 9th, 2009 RAIPUR - Simultaneous raids in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) at the homes of a state government food and drug inspector have revealed the official owns assets worth Rs.5 crore. Chhattisgarh's EOW sleuths raided the house here of suspended food and drug inspector Neelambar Seth Thursday night.
Rs.1 lakh for kin of Jharkhand labourers killed at BalcoSeptember 27th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Sunday announced compensation of Rs.1 lakh for the kin of each of those labourers from the state who were killed in a Balco power plant in Chhattisgarh last week.
'Jharkhand legislator, brother own Rs.100 mn in undeclared assets'September 19th, 2009 RANCHI - A Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislator and his brother own undeclared assets worth more than Rs.10 crore (Rs.100 million), an official of the Income Tax (IT) department said Saturday. According to the official, JMM legislator from Giridih district Munna Lal owns undeclared assets worth Rs.10.20 crore in his name and in the names of his relatives.
Crackdown on graft due to president's rule: Jharkhand officialsAugust 31st, 2009 RANCHI - With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducting raids on the houses of one more Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official in Jharkhand Monday for alleged graft, senior bureaucrats say the crackdown on corruption is thanks to president's rule in the state. Officials say the politician-bureaucrat nexus is so deep that no elected government has the will to take on the corrupt.
Former Jharkhand governor's aide faces graft chargesAugust 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday filed graft cases against senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official who had served as an aide to former Jharkhand governor Syed Sibte Razi. Two cases of disproportionate assets were lodged against Avinash Kumar, officer on special duty (OSD) of Razi, said a CBI official.
Houses of former Jharkhand governor's aides raidedAugust 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials Monday raided the houses of senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officials who had served as aides to former Jharkhand governor Syed Sibte Razi. According to CBI sources, the raids were conducted simultaneously at houses of Avinash Kumar, who was officer on special duty (OSD) to Razi after president's rule was imposed in the state January 2009; and Rajesh Thakur, who was Razi's personal secretary since he took over as governor in 2004.
Women strip to prevent raids at illicit liquor densJuly 30th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE
LUCKNOW - Officials conducting raids to recover spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh had to leave the exercise midway when some women involved in the illegal business reportedly stripped off in front of them, officials said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off that several illicit liquor manufacturing units were running in Devidas village of Muzaffarnagar district, a 25 member team of the excise department went there to conduct raids Wednesday evening.
Seven more Jharkhand districts declared drought hitJuly 29th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Wednesday declared seven more districts as drought hit after scanty rainfall affected paddy crop in the state. Earlier, four of Jharkhand's 24 districts were declared drought hit.
CBI raids Tripura University, officials unawareJuly 29th, 2009 AGARTALA - A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted raids at the Tripura University, a central institute, here following complaints of financial irregularities, an official said Wednesday. "A CBI team led by deputy superintendent of police Biswajit Das conducted raids and interrogated university officials Tuesday and Wednesday following complaints of financial irregularities," a university official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
Houses of Koda, 3 Jharkhand ex-ministers raided over corruptionJuly 24th, 2009 RANCHI - Vigilance sleuths Friday raided the houses of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and three ex-ministers in a corruption case, officials said. The ex-ministers whose houses were searched by the vigilance sleuths are Kamlesh Singh (Nationalist Congress Party), Bandhu Tirkey (Independent) and Bhanu Pratap Sahi (Independent).
Jharkhand declares four districts as drought hitJuly 7th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Tuesday declared four of its 24 districts as drought hit, an official said. The four districts which have been declared as drought hit are Palamau, Chatra, Latehar and Garhwa.
Jharkhand traders protest rising crime rateMarch 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Traders here Monday closed their shops till noon to protest the killing of three businessmen in Jharkhand in one month. Black flags were put atop shops as hundreds of businessmen and traders took out a protest march to the governor's house.
90 child workers rescued in JharkhandFebruary 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Authorities in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand Tuesday rescued around 90 child workers from hotels, eateries, business houses and other places of the district, an official said. 'We have rescued around 90 children from hotels and different places in the district with help of an NGO.
Homes of two former Jharkhand ministers raidedFebruary 12th, 2009 RANCHI - The vigilance department Friday raided the residences of two former ministers of Jharkhand. Both have been accused of amassing wealth while being in power, officials sources said here.
Shibu Soren loses key by-electionJanuary 7th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Thursday lost a key assembly by-election he needed to win to remain in his post, officials said. Soren lost from Tamar constituency by about 9,000 votes to Raja Peter of the Jharkhand Party, a member of the ruling alliance led by the JMM, Election Commission officials said.
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