New Delhi: The Maldives Anti-Corruption Commission has found that no misdeed was involved in awarding the Male International airport to Indian company GMR, according to media reports.
The $500 million contract with GMR had been terminated by President Waheed in 2012 following the Maldivian coup. The deal had been signed by former President Nasheed in 2010.
The Maldives government had cancelled GMR's airport project claiming that it was financially unviable. The termination of the project was seen as a major setback in the bilateral relations of India and Maldives.
Local media reports today said the Anti-Corruption Commission's (ACC) 61-page investigation report into the alleged corruption in the leasing of the country's only operational international airport to GMR by the previous administration has declared there was no corruption involved in GMR's bid during the evaluation phase of the deal. According to the probe report, GMR had offered the highest concession fee and scored the highest marks in the bid to develop and operate the airport for 25 years....
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09:25 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Shimla: The Himachal Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau is expected to submit its report On Saturday in the phone tapping case during the previous BJP government. "The probe has been completed and final report is being prepared for submitting it to the government," highly placed sources said. Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau was entrusted the probe in March and related documents which included the list of the telephone numbers retrieved by the...
01:36 AM, Jun 15, 2013
In the wake of the recent spot-fixing scandal which tarnished the image of Indian cricket, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will start their education programme for young players in the country. The BCCI's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) will educate the players from various age groups, who will attend sessions with officers from the ACSU during the ongoing National Cricket Academy camps. "The anti-corruption unit of...
12:26 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Lucknow: Social activist Anna Hazare would start a tour of Uttar Pradesh, the fourth phase of his Jantantra Yatra, on June 23. Anna's associate Ramdheeraj on Saturday said that the yatra, started with the objective of uniting youth and farmers to make the country corruption free, would enter Uttar Pradesh on the date after touring Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. The fourth phase of the yatra would cover Bareilly, Farukkhabad,...
03:36 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Mumbai: The BCCI on Friday made it clear that it had not been told by ICC regarding the world body's reported warning to betting accused Gurunath Meiyappan to keep away from bookies at the start of IPL 6 as has been claimed by him during police interrogation. BCCI Cheif Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty told reporters that ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit chief Y P Singh was present during the Board's...
07:47 PM, May 31, 2013
London: More than 20 English county cricketers and two umpires are being questioned by anti-corruption detectives as part of the ICC's match-fixing investigation. The ICC is speaking to players who were involved in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which featured cricketers from around the world. Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Kabir Ali, Phil Mustard and Dimitri Mascarenhas are among the players who have either been or will be interviewed by the...
07:04 PM, May 31, 2013
Nashik: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday recovered cash worth Rs 57,69,000 and over 9 kg of gold from two bank lockers of Swati Chikhlikar, wife of suspended PWD executive engineer (Nashik north) Satish Chikhlikar, besides 5 kg of silver from another locker in her name. The seizure is collectively estimated over Rs 3,27,29,000, according to a senior ACB officer. "ACB seized cash of Rs 57,69,000, 9.558 kg of gold, including...
04:51 PM, May 09, 2013
Mumbai: In the Powai land allotment case, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against top Mumbai builder Niranjan Hiranandani and IAS officer TC Benjamin for misuse of government agreement. A special court on Monday directed the ACB to inquire into a criminal complaint case filed against real estate developer Hiranandani in connection with alleged irregularities in the Powai housing project. The court directed the ACB while hearing...
09:10 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: Protests erupted in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday after the officer heading the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) probe team into the liquor scam in the state was transferred. Sources say that Director General of the ACB D Bhoobati applied for a long leave in protest against the transfer of Additional Director K Srinivas Reddy. Online campaigns too have picked up in favour of Reddy. Support messages flooded social websites like...
11:28 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Rejecting CPI(M) veteran VS Achuthanandan's contention that the vigilance case against him in a land allotment scam was a political conspiracy, the Congress in Kerala on Saturday said the preliminary probe in the matter revealed the true face of Achuthanandan. "His mask is off. He has always claimed himself to be a bold crusader against corruption. Now the preliminary probe by vigilance shows that he has committed serious irregularities...
01:42 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat came out strongly against the proposed FIR against former Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandan saying that the case was politically motivated. "This is a politically motivated case. Achuthanandan has been in the forefront of the campaign against the corruption in the previous UDF regime, which is why this is happening," he said. "We will fight this case legally and politically," he added. The Vigilance...
11:07 AM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu Vigilance Department conducted raids on former DMK minister Durai Murugan properties on Thursday morning. Murugan was the Law minister during the DMK regime. Sources say the vigilance department raided nine of his properties in Chennai, Vellore and Kancheepuram. Murugan is the eight DMK leader to be raided since July. The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption in October, conducted searches at the residence of DMK...
08:01 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Mumbai: Bal Thackeray was locked in a war of words on Friday with Anna Hazare who was warned not to indulge in 'enmity' and pick up a fight after the Gandhian mocked Shiv Sena chief's old age. "You are younger to me. This childishness does not behove you," Thackeray(85) said after the anti-corruption crusader riled the Sena supremo over his remarks at the Sena's annual Dussehra rally in Mumbai on...
06:14 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Mumbai: The CBI on Monday arrested Income Tax Commissioner Daya Shankar for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs two lakh from a private company for passing a favourable order in an appeal matter. "Shankar, Commissioner IT (Appeals), was arrested this morning from his office in Bandra for demanding and accepting bribe for settling and issuing a favourable order in an appeal matter pending before him," CBI Joint Director (Western Region)...
06:21 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: The Lokpal joint drafting committee is meeting for the eighth time on Monday to try and draft an Anti-Corruption Bill that both government and the civil society members agree on. A hint of UPA's tough stand came in Congress president Sonia Gandhi's letter to Anna Hazare. Responding the latest Anna mail, she sent a terse mail saying, she has already replied to all his queries in her previous...
12:04 PM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: Amidst growing demand of the civil society for a strong anti-graft law and confiscation of black money, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) to root out corruption in the country. A bench of justices BS Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar also favoured amendment to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, to tackle spurious drugs. "In this country, if there are two...
06:06 PM, Jun 08, 2011
Jaipur: Rajasthan Flying School could hold the key to the mystery of many dubious pilots who are flying you around. The flying school was closed in 2008 because the only aircraft it had was grounded. Just to reiterate, it does have an aircraft to train pilots. The same government-run flying school gave flying hours to students till six months back - offcourse for a price. Two students of the institute...
08:56 PM, Mar 22, 2011
Hyderabad: A state forensic lab officer in Hyderabad has been caught on CCTV cameras accepting bribe to tweak evidence in a rape case. The anti-corruption bureau found Dr Venkanna accepting a bribe of Rs 12,000 to change the DNA tests of Omar Farooque -- a key suspect in the rape of an American national in Hyderabad on July 7. Venkanna has been arrested and the case files have been seized....
12:17 PM, Sep 17, 2010
