An ICC anti-corruption investigator on Monday questioned Bollywood starlet Nupur Mehta in connection with the match and spot-fixing allegations made by a British newspaper a few months ago.
The year 2011 saw various events -- the Arab Spring, anti- corruption protests, Europe's sovereign debt crisis -- transform countries and reshape the world order. Gateway House, a leading Mumbai-based think tank on India's foreign policy, takes a look at what these events mean for India, and presents India's top foreign policy cheers and jeers for the year.
Jayalalithaa was the third chief minister in Tamil Nadu to die in office, after her mentor M G Ramachandran (1987) and before that his mentor C N Annadurai (1969). The state government should have evolved protocols for the medical care of the incumbent, and institutional memory should have guided the government and officials in the matter, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Vigilance and anti-corruption officials on Saturday conducted searches at seven premises of Suresh Rajan in Kanyamkumari and Tirunelveli districts on charges of possessing disproportionate assets, the sixth former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam minister to come under the scanner.
Sri Lankan pitch curator Jayananda Warnaweera was on Wednesday suspended by the International Cricket Council for three years after he 'failed' to cooperate in an ongoing anti-corruption investigation against him.
Observing that the Board of Control for Cricket in India cannot level serious allegations and suspend a player only on the basis of 'hearsay', the Bombay High Court has asked the governing body of cricket in the country to look into cricketer Hiken Shah's request for a hearing against such an action.
Hazare has been on a hunger strike since Wednesday in Ralegan Siddhi village in the Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district demanding appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra and resolution of farmers' issue.
A fortnight after the palatial residence of state bureaucrat Shiv Shankar Verma was confiscated following an anti-corruption trial and subsequently converted into a school, now it is the turn of former state police chief Narayan Mishra to see similar action.
The Lokayukta office in Karnataka has been vacant for over two months and there is indication that the government is contemplating scrapping the anti-corruption ombudsman. Vicky Nanjappa reports
The founder of the newly floated Raijor Dal -- arrested in December 2019 over sedition charges - bagged 57,219 votes as an Independent, garnering support from 46.06 per cent of the electorate.
The Mumbai Congress made the announcement on their Twitter page.
Always reported 'untoward things' during IPL to ACU, says Maxwell
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has officially sent a letter to its international counterpart asking them to review the ban on Mohammad Aamir in light of the revision in the anti-corruption code of the world body.
Abhishek Manu Singvi, chairman of 30-member Standing Committee of Parliament, on Wednesday adopted the Lokpal draft for consideration and approval by the union cabinet before it is tabled in both houses in the form of an anti-corruption bill.
Indicating that inclusion of Prime Minister under Lokpal may not remain their priority, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Wednesday said that bringing the Central Bureau of Investigation under the ombudsman will make anti-corruption efforts more effective than any other measure.
Deputy Municipal Commissioner Chandrashekhar Rokade has been suspended by Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar following his arrest on September 9 by the anti-corruption bureau of Mumbai.
Stung by revelations of a player being approached for spot-fixing, IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said on Friday that stringent measures will be put in place to ensure that the mega-event passes off corruption-free.
Confirming the news, PCB lawyer Taffazul Rizvi revealed that the bat grips that a bookmaker had given to Khalid were seized from his bag.
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday reached Delhi for further treatment in a super-speciality hospital as he was suffering from persisting cough and back-pain.
On December 19, the ACB in the affidavit gave a clean chit to Ajit Pawar in the alleged Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation scam.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Thursday said it had no "official link" with Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement and nobody had sought its support for the campaign.
TV footage showed Zardari coming out of his house and embracing his younger daughter Aseefa before getting into a black Landcruiser.
The International Cricket Council is taking allegations in a British newspaper about attempts to organise spot-fixing during the third Ashes Test "extremely seriously" but do not think the match has been compromised, global cricket's governing body said on Thursday.
'We are confused because the UPA government has cheated us. The question before us is, should we request the people to not vote for the UPA or should we not? Shall we not hit the streets again at all? There are many options before us. Each option has many implications for our movement,' Arvind Kejriwal confesses to Sheela Bhatt.
With the Central Bureau of Investigation director opposing bringing anti-corruption unit of the agency under Lokpal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday gave an assurance that the agency will continue to play a very important role in ensuring probity in public life, whatever be the structure of the anti-corruption ombudsman.
