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66 pc businesses surveyed paid a bribe in the last 12 months

New Delhi, Dec 8 (PTI) Around 66 per cent of business firms surveyed across 159 districts admitted that they paid bribes in the last 12 months, a report by online platform LocalCricles said on Sunday. The survey, which received 18,000 responses, found that 54 per cent were forced to pay bribes while 46 per cent paid voluntarily to expedite the process. “As many businesses would vouch anonymously, bribes remain a way of life when wanting to get government departments to speed up the permit or compliance process, even getting duplicate copy of the authority license or anything to do with

US denies BJP’s allegations of backing anti-India agenda

New Delhi, Dec 7 (PTI) The US on Saturday rejected the BJP’s allegations that organisations funded by the US State Department and elements in the American “deep state” were behind attempts to destabilise India through targeted attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and business tycoon Gautam Adani. A spokesperson at the US embassy described the allegations as “disappointing” and asserted that the US government has been a champion of media freedom around the world. The BJP alleged on Saturday that the US deep state colluded with the media portal OCCRP (Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) and Congress leader Rahul

No enthusiasm seen among people after Mahayuti’s massive victory: Sharad Pawar

Kolhapur, Dec 7 (PTI) NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday claimed that no enthusiasm or overt joy was visible among the people of Maharashtra after the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition’s landslide victory in the November 20 assembly elections. Speaking at a press conference at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, Pawar said the Opposition need not worry, but it should go back to the people after the setback. The Opposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance will work to ensure that the government kept all its pre-poll promises including increasing the financial assistance for women under the Ladki Bahin scheme to Rs 2,100 from

Eight-fold rise in per capita income needed to realise ‘Vikshit Bharat’ goal: Dhankhar

Motihari (Bihar), Dec 7 (PTI) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday asserted that an eight-fold rise in per capita income needs to be achieved to realise the goal of “Viksit Bharat” (developed India) by the year 2047. Addressing the second convocation ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi Central University in Bihar’s Motihari, he also expressed hope that the country, which was currently the “fifth largest economy” in the world, would “soon leave Germany and Japan behind”. Lavishing praise on the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, without taking any names, Dhankhar said, “The last 10 years have been marked by eradication of

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