Archive for January 7th, 2009
The Fodder Scam (Hindi: chārā ghotala) was a corruption scandal that involved the alleged embezzlement of about Rs. 950 crore (US$ 191.52 million) from the government treasury of the Indian state of Bihar. The alleged theft spanned many years, was engaged in by many Bihar state government administrative and elected officials across multiple administrations (run [...]
The Bofors scandal was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s; the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India’s 155 mm field howitzer. The scale of the corruption was far worse than any that India had seen [...]
Patna: The State Vigilance Investigation Bureau today (Apr 28, 2005) set in motion the probe into the multi-crore flood relief scam allegedly involving senior officials by constituting a panel headed by an official of DIG rank.
FIRs would be filed only after receiving the preliminary report, which is expected in next two months, Director General of [...]