Delhi/Hyderabad, Sept 5 (Hydnow): The CBI has arrested an Executive Director of GAIL in connection with the alleged Rs. 50 lakh bribery case in which money changed hands to favor some contracts in the gas pipeline projects, officials said Tuesday.
Along with Executive Director (Projects) KB Singh of GAIL, four others have also been arrested, they said. Searches are going on at several locations in Delhi, Noida, and Visakhapatnam in connection with the case, they said. (Hydnow)
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.