Major Generals Corruption

Sentencing an 80-year-old retired Major General to three years' rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case that stemmed from a 2001 sting operation by Tehelka news portal, a court here observed that corruption in Indian Army shakes the very confidence of the society and the culprit should be appropriately punished.

Any case of moral turpitude and corruption will be dealt with sternly, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Tuesday, referring to Major Leetul Gogoi, who was found guilty of "fraternising" with a local woman at a Srinagar hotel.

Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Chief, called U.S. leaders "disloyal, cruel, criminal, isolated, angry, corrupt, and on the Zionist regime's payroll", and said Washington did not have the courage for a military confrontation with Tehran.

Handpicked by his mentor VK Sasikala before she left for a Bengaluru jail to serve her four-year sentence for corruption, AIADMK's chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami was sworn-in as Tamil Nadus chief minister on Thursday evening. Mr Palaniswami received the invitation to form the government from Governor C Vidyasagar Rao earlier in the day after...

Ahead of a Supreme Court verdict that will decide her political future, AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala has said she will spend the night at a five-star resort near Chennai where she has kept about 120 legislators sequestered for almost a week. Today the Supreme Court will rule whether Ms Sasikala is guilty of colluding with former Chief Minis...

An inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into corruption charges against two senior army officers has triggered a rethink on the Defence Ministry's promotion policy for officers of the three forces - the Indian Navy, Air Force and Army.

Two senior army officers recently cleared for promotion are being investigated for corruption by the CBI.

The People's Welfare Front (PWF) has emerged as a "strong alternative" to the two major Dravidian parties DMK and AIADMK, which "deserve punishment for corruption," CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has said.

Thai police today said that they will charge 11 activists who tried to stage a protest over suspected corruption in an army-built park with illegal assembly as allegations of irregularities in the park's funding persist.

Sentencing an 80-year-old retired Major General to three years' rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case that stemmed from a 2001 sting operation by Tehelka news portal, a court here observed that corruption in Indian Army shakes the very confidence of the society and the culprit should be appropriately punished.

Any case of moral turpitude and corruption will be dealt with sternly, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Tuesday, referring to Major Leetul Gogoi, who was found guilty of "fraternising" with a local woman at a Srinagar hotel.

Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Chief, called U.S. leaders "disloyal, cruel, criminal, isolated, angry, corrupt, and on the Zionist regime's payroll", and said Washington did not have the courage for a military confrontation with Tehran.

Handpicked by his mentor VK Sasikala before she left for a Bengaluru jail to serve her four-year sentence for corruption, AIADMK's chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami was sworn-in as Tamil Nadus chief minister on Thursday evening. Mr Palaniswami received the invitation to form the government from Governor C Vidyasagar Rao earlier in the day after...

Ahead of a Supreme Court verdict that will decide her political future, AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala has said she will spend the night at a five-star resort near Chennai where she has kept about 120 legislators sequestered for almost a week. Today the Supreme Court will rule whether Ms Sasikala is guilty of colluding with former Chief Minis...

An inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into corruption charges against two senior army officers has triggered a rethink on the Defence Ministry's promotion policy for officers of the three forces - the Indian Navy, Air Force and Army.

Two senior army officers recently cleared for promotion are being investigated for corruption by the CBI.

The People's Welfare Front (PWF) has emerged as a "strong alternative" to the two major Dravidian parties DMK and AIADMK, which "deserve punishment for corruption," CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has said.

Thai police today said that they will charge 11 activists who tried to stage a protest over suspected corruption in an army-built park with illegal assembly as allegations of irregularities in the park's funding persist.