DVAC seizes ₹14.5 lakh during raid at Gerugambakkam panchayat office

Based on tip-off about illegal gratification for securing layout approval Chennai: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) seized ₹14.5 lakh in unaccounted cash during a surprise raid at the Gerugambakkam Panchayat office near Porur on Tuesday following information that a bribe was to be paid for layout approval.Panchayat president Jagadeeswari Sundaresan was questioned in…

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‘Alcohol ban only benefiting liquor mafia, corrupt officials’, says Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor aims to improve Bankipur constituency within four years (File Phtoto) Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor, who recently stormed BJP’s long-held fortress in Bankipur, said that if he succeeds in his endeavour over the next four years, the constituency “will look better than today”. In an exclusive interview with TOI’s Adwitiya Deb, Kishor outlined…

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Pay Rs 25 lakh to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s ward officer who was manhandled at demolition drive and suffered miscarriage, Bombay high court orders state government

The HC rapped the police who remained “mute spectators” at the July 30 demolition drive at Airoli and failed to protect the ward officials Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the state government to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s assistant commissioner of G ward, Airoli, who suffered a…

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Cabinet OKs conversion of 300 private BEd colleges into degree institutions

Patna: The state cabinet, at a meeting chaired by chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Wednesday, approved the conversion of 300 private BEd institutions into multidisciplinary degree colleges, allowing them to offer degree courses in various subjects alongside BEd education and training.The cabinet in total cleared 10 proposals at the meeting.The decision was taken in line…

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