KATHMANDU, April 24: A technical employee, who was recommended for action by the investigation committee’s report formed by the Department of Transport Management (DoTM) for being implicated in the distribution of a fake license, has been transferred to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), the constitutional anti-corruption watchdog.

KATHMANDU, April 21:  The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has decided to file a corruption case against Sunil Paudel, the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, on the charge of illegal wealth acquisition.

KATHMANDU, April 21: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is going to file a corruption case against the suspended executive director of Security Printing Center, Bikal Paudel.

POKHARA, April 17: One more engineer has been arrested in connection with a bribery case while issuing a certificate of completion of building construction from Pokhara Metropolitan City.

KATHMANDU, April 16: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed cases against five individuals, including the former chief of the Social Development Office in Dolpa.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has sent a formal letter to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to probe medical sector irregularities outlined in the Medical Education Investigation Commission-2074 BS report.

KATHMANDU, April 14: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has summoned Nepali Congress lawmaker and industrialist Binod Chaudhary for questioning regarding the illegal registration of land previously owned by Bansbari Leather and Shoe Factory. The land was transferred to the name of a private entity, the Chaudhary Group, highlighting a legal investigation.

KATHMANDU, April 10: Bharat Kumar Thapa, the mayor of Bagmati Municipality in Sarlahi, is facing corruption allegations after a case was lodged against him.

KATHMANDU, April 9: About 201 civil servants across the country have been suspended for various reasons. As per the existing legal provisions, the accused civil servants are automatically suspended after a case is filed at the Special Court by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) against them.

KATHMANDU, April 4: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Thursday filed a case at the Special Court against the persons involved in purchasing two wide-body aircraft in the past.

KATHMANDU, April 4: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has taken a statement from Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)’s Director General Pradeep Adhikari on the allegation of irregularities in the contract of Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA).

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Special Court has allowed the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to detain the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended executive director of the Security Printing Center, Bikal Paudel, arrested on charges of illegal acquisition of wealth to be detained for 21 days for further investigation.

KATHMANDU, March 28: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against 20 people over irregularities in the purchase of the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS).

KATHMANDU, March 21: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against a section officer who registered government land in the name of an individual.

KATHMANDU, March 20: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has initiated an inquiry and has asked for payment details on the suspicion of financial irregularities amounting to billions of rupees in connection with the embossed number plate contract.

KATHMANDU, March 17: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court (SC) asserting that the then executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), Gopal Khadka, had received insufficient punishment.

KATHMANDU, March 5: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case in the Special Court on Monday against several individuals including the former head of the District Technical Office, Mugu, on charges of corruption related to irrigation projects.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has directed the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to expedite investigations into major corruption cases.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against 19 individuals, including eight forest officers from Kapilvastu, accusing them of corruption by exceeding the permitted amount of tree cutting.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against 18 individuals, including three former secretaries, in relation to the Melamchi Water Supply Project.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The Special Court has remanded the suspended Managing Director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and suspended Executive Director of Security Printing Centre, Bikal Poudel, for 10 more days for further investigation.

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: The government’s commitment to maintain good governance in public administration looks good just on paper, while the Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has painted a bleak picture of reality – pointing out a large number of flaws in the working mechanism at various government levels.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: President Ram Chandra Paudel has called for political resolution to curb corruption.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Health Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet, who is involved in the procurement of Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS) of Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), has given his statement to the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The Special Court has granted permission to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to detain the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended executive director of the Security Printing Center, Bikal Paudel, for seven more days. This is the third time that the court has extended their detention.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Former minister and member of the House of Representatives, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, involved in the case of the Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS) purchased by the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), has received the letter sent by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), according to high sources.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: The Special Court has allowed the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended executive director of Security Printing Center (SPC), Bikal Paudel, to be detained for a second time for seven days.

KATHMANDU, Jan 29: Monica Bhattarai Adhikari, Vice Chairperson of the Social Welfare Council (SWC), has resigned from the post. She is the daughter-in-law of former Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens (MoWCSC) Uma Regmi.

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: On Sunday, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a corruption case at the Special Court in Kathmandu against individuals involved in both taking and inciting bribes.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: It has been disclosed that Bikal Paudel, the suspended executive director of the Security Printing Center (SPC), and Sunil Paudel, the suspended Managing Director of Nepal Telecom, who are currently in the custody of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), have deposited money in Singapore.

JANAKPURDHAM, Jan 26: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against five people including the chief administrative officer (CAO) of Rupani Rural Municipality, Saptari.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: The special court has granted permission to detain the suspended Managing Director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended Executive Director of Security Printing Center Bikal Paudel for seven more days.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Sunil Paudel, the former managing director of Nepal Telecom, and Bikal Paudel, the former executive director of Security Printing Center (SPC), have been arrested.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Three people including surveyor Rambir Yadav at Survey Office, Lalitpur, have been arrested. A team of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) arrested them on Tuesday with a bribe of Rs 250,000.

KATHMANDU, Jan 22: The Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DoMLI) has started a probe saying that a sum of Rs 25 million was discovered in the bank account of Under Secretary Keshav Aryal and that it could be linked to the distribution of driving licenses (smart licenses) to individuals who had not passed the trial and written examinations.

KAVRE, Jan 18: Nripesh Bade, the ward chairman of Banepa municipality- 9 of Kavre, has been arrested on the charge of taking bribes. He was arrested by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) team on Wednesday night from Ghatthaghar in Bhaktapur.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has launched an investigation into the issue of driver's license being granted without conducting trial tests.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has sued Nepal Airlines' pilot Samrat Bahadur Shah, alleging fake educational credentials he produced for the purpose of promotion.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is set to probe the case involving the seizure of 14 kg of gold at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

SURKHET, Jan 4: Six individuals, including Nagendra Saud, the head of examination management, have been suspended on charges of leaking question papers from Mid-West University (MU). The question papers were leaked before the scheduled examination for the design of structure subject in the sixth semester of the graduate school of engineering.

KATHMANDU, Dec 27: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has appealed to the  Supreme Court in the case against the then suspended Director General of Internal Revenue Department (IRD) Chudamani Sharma and others.

KATHMANDU, Dec 27: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives has directed the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to investigate the procurement process of the Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS). The committee has mandated the CIAA to provide progress updates within 30 days.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has summoned the directors of three foreign companies involved in the acquisition of two widebody aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) for statements.

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: A police sub-inspector working in Bardiya has been detained by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse Of Authority (CIAA) for investigation.

KATHMANDU, November 27: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has moved the Special Court against nine individuals including the then deputy mayor and the chief administrative officer of the Ramdhuni Municipality in Sunsari district.

The Public Accounts Committee of parliament has shown interest in taking statements from the people involved in the TERAMOCS purchase by the NTA for nearly Rs 3.25 billion.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority  (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against the officials of Chitwan National Park (CNP), Khairahani Municipality and various community forest user groups on the charge of allowing the construction of a hotel inside the CNP.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Central member of Janata Samajwadi Party and former member of House of Representatives, Hari Narayan Rauniyar, has joined the CPN-UML.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has proposed holding consumer committees and tole sudhar samitis accountable for local-level development projects.

KATHMANDU, Nov 13: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has concluded that the trend of registering government land in the name of individuals has led to corruption.