Blacklist US companies giving bribes, says CPI-MOctober 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday said that US firms accused of bribing Indian officials should be blacklisted and those who took money punished. "The CPI-M demands that all US firms involved in giving bribes should be blacklisted forthwith and the persons who received the bribes should be identified and be given stringent punishment," it said in a statement.
39 people in DC taxi industry charged with paying bribes for cab licensesOctober 2nd, 2009 39 indicted in bribery probe of DC taxi industryWASHINGTON — Thirty-nine people connected with the Washington, D.C., taxicab industry have been indicted on bribery charges. An indictment unsealed Friday charges three men with paying bribes totaling $220,0000 to the chairman of the D.C.
Coca-Cola says Chinese ex-employee detained by police in what reports call bribery probeSeptember 13th, 2009 Coca-Cola says Chinese ex-employee in police probeBEIJING — A former employee of a Coca-Cola Co. bottling plant in China has been detained by police, a company official said Sunday, amid news reports that the person was being investigated for allegedly accepting bribes of almost $1.5 million.
Mamata opposes CBI plea to close Tagore Nobel medal theft caseAugust 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday opposed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea to close the probe into poet Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize medallion theft and said she would take up the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "We have come to know that the CBI is trying to close the probe into the Nobel theft case.
100 professors in Germany suspected of taking bribes to speed up awarding of doctoratesAugust 22nd, 2009 100 professors in bribery probe in GermanyBERLIN — Cologne prosecutors say they are investigating 100 professors across Germany on suspicion they took bribes to illegally help students with their doctorates. Prosecutors' spokesman Guenther Feld confirmed a report in Focus magazine Saturday that the professors are believed to have been paid through an intermediary firm.
US Army captain accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes during time in IraqAugust 17th, 2009 Army captain accused of accepting bribes in IraqNEW YORK — A U.S. Army captain has been charged with accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes while he was stationed in Iraq to steer more than $500,000 in contracts.
Banerjee okay to railways land for IITsJuly 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her ministry would look at providing infrastructure and land for setting up Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). "We might even look at building IITs in the future," Banerjee told the Lok Sabha in a discussion on the railway budget.
Iceland's special investigator says 2 investment firm offices are searched in criminal probeJuly 7th, 2009 Searches at offices of 2 Iceland investment firms
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland's special prosecutor says that the offices of two investment firms are being searched in a criminal investigation related to the collapse of the nation's banking system. The special prosecutor's office said investigators were searching the offices of the investment firms Milestone and Sjova.
Witness at ex-La. Rep. Jefferson's trial: 'consutling fees' disguised bribe paymentsJune 17th, 2009 Witness says he bribed ex-La. congressmanALEXANDRIA, Va.
Prosecutors: More than 100 under investigation, 2 arrested, in MAN bribery probeMay 11th, 2009 More than 100 investigated in MAN bribery probeBERLIN — More than 100 people are under investigation in a probe of alleged bribery at German truck maker MAN AG, and two were arrested last week, prosecutors said Monday. Munich prosecutors, who launched the investigation and searched the company's offices last week, said they suspect that a "system to boost sales of trucks and buses" was in place in Germany.
Politically connected placement agents get subpoenas in NY pay-to-play pension probeMay 8th, 2009 Political agents get subpoenas in NY pension probeNEW YORK — Investigators probing influence peddling at the state pension fund have subpoenaed a number of politically connected New Yorkers who picked up big paychecks lobbying former officials at the retirement fund. State officials on Wednesday released a list of dozens of agents who acted as middlemen between investment firms and pension fund officials during the tenure of former comptroller Alan Hevesi.
Onus to rejoin NDA on Mamata Banerjee: AdvaniApril 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate, L K Advani, on Wednesday laid the onus on Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to choose between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Talking to reporters at the airport after arriving in the city to campaign for the elections, Advani said, "Mamata has to decide whether she wants to join the NDA or stay with the Congress."
Advani clarified that the decision to leave the NDA and join hands with the Congress was solely taken by Banerjee.
Sonia, Mamata to share dais in West BengalApril 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will share the campaign platform with Congress president Sonia Gandhi April 27 at a rally in West Bengal's Jangipur, from where External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is seeking re-election to the Lok Sabha. This was decided at a late Saturday meeting between Mukherjee and Mamata at the former's south Kolkata residence.
Here, there, Mamata Banerjee everywhereApril 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It was an unusual sight. Residents of South Kolkata were startled to find hundreds of Mamata Banerjees walking in a procession, canvassing for votes for the Trinamool Congress chief.
BJP pits women's wing chief against Mamata in Kolkata SouthMarch 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday fielded a woman candidate against Mamata Banerjee for the Lok Sabha's Kolkata South seat after Trinamool Congress snapped ties with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to team up with the Congress in West Bengal. BJP sources here said the party's state Mahila Morcha (women's wing) president Jyotsna Banerjee has been nominated for the prestigious constituency.
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