South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog has accused the Gupta brothers of using their friendship with Zuma to influence policy and amass wealth. Zuma and the Gupta brothers deny any wrongdoing.
In the latest ranking New Zealand and Denmark were placed the highest, with scores of 89 and 88, respectively. On the other hand Syria, South Sudan and Somalia were ranked lowest with scores of 14, 12 and 9, respectively.
Khaleda's son Tarique Rahman and four others have been sentenced to 10 years in jail in the same case.
Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks on President’s address in the Rajya Sabha, he said the slogan of ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’ was not coined by him but by Mahatma Gandhi.
PM said that people used to believe that the rich and powerful are never touched in anti-corruption measures and asserted that it is no longer so as three former chief ministers are now “rotting” in jail.
At least 2.26 lakh companies have already been deregistered and around 3.09 lakh directors associated with these entities have been disqualified.
Anti-corruption crusader and social activist Anna Hazare on Monday stated that he would ensure another political leader like Arvind Kejriwal does not rise out of his movement.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Javed Iqbal yesterday approved registration of the corruption case during an executive board meeting.
Former professor of economics at the JNU Arun Kumar said there have been movements to root out corruption in the past, but they could not prove sustainable.
Even as the official statement suggests that China suspended funding pending 'new guidelines', a Pakistani official told local media that the step was possibly taken in light of increasing news reports being published in Pakistan regarding corruption
The decision by the Chinese government is likely hit over Rs 1 trillion-worth road projects of the Pakistan's National Highway Authority (NHA), and initially, may delay at least three such ventures.
Blaming the Modi government for failing to take steps to prevent corruption, Hazare said that after the 2011 movement, then Congress-led UPA government was compelled to pass the Lokpal law but it was ‘somewhat weakened’.
With Sunday's rally, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has kicked off his PML-N drive to reach out to the masses.
P Chidambaram said the Modi government could recover fake currency only to the tune of Rs 41 crore, which accounted for only 0.0027 per cent of the total currency that came back into the system following notes ban.
An accountability court on November 8 rejected an application filed by Sharif to have the three cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against him and his family merged into one.
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