CBI arrests 8 in CRPF recruitment scam case

Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 19:40 [IST]

Patna, May 6: Eight people including IG Pushkar Singh was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday, May 6 in connection with the CRPF recruitment scam. Rs 1 crore cash was recovered from Singh's residence and office.

Out of the 8 arrested, 5 of them are held in Pune, while the other three arrested in Delhi were brought here on transit remand. The CBI unearthed a recruitment scam where several senior officers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were allegedly involved in collecting gratification from candidates interested on joining the CRPF.

All over India, CBI raided nearly a dozen places. During the raids the investigation agency seized a large number of incriminating documents, accounts of payments and records of various candidates.

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Topics: crpf recruitment scam, pushkar singh, patna, pune, cbi

Bihar: ECR records growth in freight earnings

Monday, May 14, 2007,13:06 [IST]

Patna, May 14: The newly created East Central Railway's Danapur division has become one of the most viable railway divisions in the country by recording an impressive growth in both freight and passenger earnings during the last fiscal. ECR sources here today said during the period the division's earnings from carrying of freight had increased by over 8.1 per cent and that from bonafide passengers had gone up by nearly ten per cent surpassing all.....

Economists call for change in criteria of BPL list

Monday, July 23, 2007,13:09 [IST]

Patna, July 23: An urgent revision of the existing criteria for identification of the poor and preparation of a fresh list of people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) has become necessary here. Deriving this, the three-day International Seminar on Poverty concluded here yesterday. The call was aimed at providing succour to millions of the poor through various poverty alleviation schemes sponsored by the Centre and the state government as well......

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Land reforms to eradicate poverty: Prof Vyas

Sunday, July 22, 2007,11:34 [IST]

Patna, July 22: A Pragmatic approach should be adopted in land reforms to achieve the eradication of poverty and bring smiles on the faces of more than 836 million people below poverty line in the country, said Prof V S Vyas, Chairman of the Institute of Development, Jaipur. Presenting his paper on the second day of the three-day international seminar on poverty here, Prof Vyas said under new phase of land reforms, marginal farmers should.....