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CBI arrest Kendriya Vidyalaya official over Rs 60,000 bribe

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New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Senior Secretariat Assistant, Kendriya Vidyalaya, BNP, Dewas, while accepting a bribe of Rs. 60,000, according to a press statement from the central agency. The CBI registered the case on Wednesday on a written complaint alleging that the accused, a Senior Secretariat Assistant, demanded a bribe of Rs. 60,000 to clear bills related to security and manpower services.The CBI laid a trap on Thursday and caught the accused red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 60,000 via a banking channel. Later, the accused was arrested and

Centre redresses over 800 long-pending grievances at Pension Adalat

New Delhi, Dec 24 (PTI): More than 800 long-pending grievances were redressed during a recently held Pension Adalat, officials said on Friday. The 15th Pension Adalat, a single platform for the redressal of long-pending pension-related grievances of Central government pensioners, was conducted on Wednesday at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) to redress the grievances of super senior and family pensioners. As many as 1,087 grievances, pertaining to 30 departments/ministries, including defence, home, finance, posts, housing and urban affairs, civil aviation, etc., were taken up in the Adalat, of which 815 were resolved on the spot, underscoring the efficiency

Rahul meets Unnao rape survivor, says ‘we’re turning into dead society’ on her ill-treatment

New Delhi, Dec 24 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met the Unnao rape survivor here on Wednesday after she allegedly faced ill-treatment and said India is not just becoming a dead economy but also a dead society. Rahul Gandhi met the rape survivor at his mother Sonia Gandhi’s 10, Janpath residence after the woman staged a protested in Delhi against the bail granted by the high court to the accused in the case, expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha separately said the rape survivor should be treated with respect and that justice

Sensex falls for 2nd session; RIL, ICICI Bank slip on profit-booking

Mumbai, Dec 24 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty stayed on the back foot for the second straight session on Wednesday as investors offloaded energy and IT stocks amid a mixed trend in global markets. A depreciating rupee and unabated foreign fund outflows added to the pressure, traders said. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped by 116.14 points, or 0.14 per cent, to settle at 85,408.70. During the day, it hit a high of 85,738.18 and a low of 85,342.19. A total of 2,346 stocks declined while 1,841 advanced and 145 remained unchanged on the BSE. The 50-share NSE Nifty

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