Embezzling Government Funds

The Chinese government has sacked an official for negligence, video game addiction and several other offences, following the miscarriage of a patient after she was barred entry into hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions. The official, Li Qiang, has been removed from his post as director of the medical emergency centre in Xi'an, kicked out of the r...

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday accused previous Samajwadi Party government of misappropriating funds for various welfare schemes, claiming that the same money is now reaching beneficiaries' accounts directly under the Yogi Adityanath regime.

Two people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in embezzlement of government funds to the tune of Rs 13.80 crore at a hospital on account of purchase of linen items which were not delivered, police said on Thursday.

The Delhi Police has arrested a 59-year-old woman for allegedly embezzling government funds worth Rs 13.85 crore, officials said on Saturday.

It appeared to be the coup de grace of a Canadian dirty money probe into real estate: a sprawling island manor off the coast of Vancouver that the government said was linked directly to an alleged criminal conspiracy at a state-run Indian bank.

The government will not tolerate embezzlement of public funds and will continue to come down strongly on instances of financial irregularities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, his first comments on the Rs 11,400 crores Punjab National Bank fraud that erupted last week.

Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav, who was convicted in a second case of fodder scam -- involving the embezzlement of more than Rs. 89 lakh in government funds -- was given three-and-a-half-year's jail term and a fine of Rs 10 lakh by a special court in Ranchi today. It is unclear whether the 69-year-old will be able to walk out of jail in the ...

Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav and 15 others was convicted on Saturday in the "fodder scam", a corruption case over the embezzlement of over Rs 85 lakh in government funds in the 90s. Mr Yadav, who was earlier convicted by a trial court and sentenced to five years in jail over a similar case in 2013, will be taken to jail.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad today demanded a CBI probe into an alleged embezzlement of over Rs 600 crore of government funds by a Bhagalpur-based NGO.

Activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband splurged on wine and whiskey and ate at fancy Mumbai restaurants with funds embezzled from their NGO, the Gujarat government claimed in the Supreme Court today.

The government has asked the CBI to investigate the organization of activist Teesta Setalvad, who has been accused of embezzling funds meant for Gujarat riot victims.

The Supreme Court today asked the Gujarat government why it wants to arrest activist Teesta Setalvad to question her on allegations that she embezzled funds meant for a museum for 2002 riot victims.

A former city official testified Saturday that he helped disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai embezzle 5 million yuan ($800,000) of government funds, the latest allegation in a politically charged trial that's laid bare tales of greed, machinations and betrayal in one of China's elite families.

Law Minister Salman Khurshid has said he will not resign over allegations that his NGO embezzled funds granted by the Central government meant to help differently-abled people. He said he will brief the Prime Minister on the controversy that centres on whether his NGO used the money it was given to buy and distribute equipment like crutches and hea...

Law Minister Salman Khurshid has refuted allegations that his NGO in Uttar Pradesh embezzled funds meant to help the differently-abled. The charges against Mr Khurshid, first alleged by a Hindi news channel Aaj Tak, and then by activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, have plunged the government into its latest battle against corruption charges.

The Chinese government has sacked an official for negligence, video game addiction and several other offences, following the miscarriage of a patient after she was barred entry into hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions. The official, Li Qiang, has been removed from his post as director of the medical emergency centre in Xi'an, kicked out of the r...

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday accused previous Samajwadi Party government of misappropriating funds for various welfare schemes, claiming that the same money is now reaching beneficiaries' accounts directly under the Yogi Adityanath regime.

Two people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in embezzlement of government funds to the tune of Rs 13.80 crore at a hospital on account of purchase of linen items which were not delivered, police said on Thursday.

The Delhi Police has arrested a 59-year-old woman for allegedly embezzling government funds worth Rs 13.85 crore, officials said on Saturday.

It appeared to be the coup de grace of a Canadian dirty money probe into real estate: a sprawling island manor off the coast of Vancouver that the government said was linked directly to an alleged criminal conspiracy at a state-run Indian bank.

The government will not tolerate embezzlement of public funds and will continue to come down strongly on instances of financial irregularities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, his first comments on the Rs 11,400 crores Punjab National Bank fraud that erupted last week.

Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav, who was convicted in a second case of fodder scam -- involving the embezzlement of more than Rs. 89 lakh in government funds -- was given three-and-a-half-year's jail term and a fine of Rs 10 lakh by a special court in Ranchi today. It is unclear whether the 69-year-old will be able to walk out of jail in the ...

Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav and 15 others was convicted on Saturday in the "fodder scam", a corruption case over the embezzlement of over Rs 85 lakh in government funds in the 90s. Mr Yadav, who was earlier convicted by a trial court and sentenced to five years in jail over a similar case in 2013, will be taken to jail.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad today demanded a CBI probe into an alleged embezzlement of over Rs 600 crore of government funds by a Bhagalpur-based NGO.

Activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband splurged on wine and whiskey and ate at fancy Mumbai restaurants with funds embezzled from their NGO, the Gujarat government claimed in the Supreme Court today.

The government has asked the CBI to investigate the organization of activist Teesta Setalvad, who has been accused of embezzling funds meant for Gujarat riot victims.

The Supreme Court today asked the Gujarat government why it wants to arrest activist Teesta Setalvad to question her on allegations that she embezzled funds meant for a museum for 2002 riot victims.

A former city official testified Saturday that he helped disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai embezzle 5 million yuan ($800,000) of government funds, the latest allegation in a politically charged trial that's laid bare tales of greed, machinations and betrayal in one of China's elite families.

Law Minister Salman Khurshid has said he will not resign over allegations that his NGO embezzled funds granted by the Central government meant to help differently-abled people. He said he will brief the Prime Minister on the controversy that centres on whether his NGO used the money it was given to buy and distribute equipment like crutches and hea...

Law Minister Salman Khurshid has refuted allegations that his NGO in Uttar Pradesh embezzled funds meant to help the differently-abled. The charges against Mr Khurshid, first alleged by a Hindi news channel Aaj Tak, and then by activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, have plunged the government into its latest battle against corruption charges.