KATHMANDU, April 17: Although the government had decided to blacklist the Omni Business Corporate International Private Limited, officials have been dilly-dallying to implement the decision amid alleged pressure from “people” at the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM).

KATHMANDU, April 12: The Transparency International Nepal has urged the government and Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority to investigate alleged irregularities in the medical equipment procurement.

KATHMANDU, April 1: Leader of Bibeksheel Nepali Dal and Bagmati Province Assembly member Ramesh Paudyal has filed a case against the Minister for Health and Population Bhanubhakta Dhakal at the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: An annual report of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has been presented in the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said action was forwarded on the Lalita Niwas scam based on the report of the probe committee.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an order to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) demanding reasons in writing for not filing a charge-sheet against former Prime Ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Dr Baburam Bhattarai in the Lalita Niwas land procurement scam.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested assistant forest officer Krishna Bahadur Devkota and peon Pramod Kumar Teli of Division Forest Office in Nawalparasi while taking a bribe of Rs 200,000 from the service seekers.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: After obstructing three consecutive meetings of the House of Representatives, the main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to end the obstruction of parliament from Tuesday.

CHITWAN, Feb 9: Nepali Congress leader Ramchandra Poudel has accused the government of deviating from the principle of equality.

In what could be called a major operation in more than a decade, Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a charge-sheet against 175 individuals at the Special Court on Wednesday in connection with their involvement in illegally registering Lalita Niwas land in the names of various individuals.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The main opposition Nepali Congress on Thursday accused the Commission for Investigation and Abuse of Authority (CIAA) of coming under the undue influence of both the ruling Nepal Communist Party and entire state machinery.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Lawmakers at the National Assembly, the Upper House of Federal Parliament, have thanked the government stating that the Prime Minister's commitment not to indulge in corruption and not to tolerate corruption was translated into action after latest move of the CIAA.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: After months-long investigations, the Commission for Investigations and Abuse of Authority on Wednesday registered charge sheets at the Special Court against 175 persons including three former ministers and six senior government officials.

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Monday filed five separate charge sheets against Khagendra Prasad Rijal, the then chief district officer of Dolakha.

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: A discussion in principle was held on the proposal seeking consideration on the 3rd amendment bill on Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) which was presented by Minister for Health and Population, Bhanubhakta Dhakal, on behalf of the Prime Minister at National Assembly meeting today.

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Thursday filed a charge-sheet at the Special Court against Rajendra Basnet, a suspended office assistant at the Land Revenue Office at Chabahil, for amassing assets worth Rs 89.85 million illegally.

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Tuesday filed a corruption case against the chief administrator of Guthi Corporation Narayan Chaudhary and deputy administrator Jaya Prasad Regmi on the charge of corruption.

SURKHET, Jan 24: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Friday caught the chairperson of Junichande rural municipality in Jajarkot district Krishna Bahadur KC red-handed with Rs 800,000 bribe money.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has sued 814 individuals for misappropriations totaling over Rs 4 billion during the last fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a charge sheet against undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance Rajendra Dhungana and his wife Madhu Koirala Dhungana on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the then chief district officer (CDO) of Dolakha Khagendra Rijal who was suspended from the post for being involved in bribery last week.

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: The Commission for Investigation and Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a graft case against Ram Babu Mandal, the officiating chief of Land Revenue Office in Siraha, demanding a fine of Rs 500, 000 and jail term for seeking the bribe from the service seekers.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against relatives of a government official after the anti-graft body found out the official allegedly deposited illegally amassed properties in their names in a bid to avoid possible action from anti-corruption agencies.

KATHMANDU, Dec 11: Chief of the Division Road Office in Pyuthan, Dhruba Kumar Shrestha and engineer Niroj Maharjan caught red-handed with bribe money of Rs 2 million from a restaurant in the capital on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has urged the Ministry of Home Affairs to suspend then chief district officer of Dolakha, Khagendra Prasad Rijal.

KATHMANDU, Nov 24: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Sunday filed cases against 38 government employees including three under secretaries for their alleged irregularities in issuing driving licenses to 1284 persons in 2012.

BUTWAL, Oct 26: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested two government employees from Butwal, Rupandehi on the charge of taking bribes from service-seekers.

KATHMANDU, Oct 22: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against 13 government officials at the Special Court on Tuesday on the charge of abuse of authority.

KATHMANDU, Sept 5: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has summoned more than four dozen individuals for interrogation in connection with the high profile Lalita Niwas land scam.

KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Monday has held four police constables Devendra Balayar, Aakash Khanal, Niraj Bhandari and Hitler Saud for allegedly receiving bribes from service-seekers.

KAVREPALANCHOK, August 17: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota has said corruption rate was not rising but it was the activism of anti-corruption body CIAA that has debunked corruption cases.

When the country’s anti-graft agency, which is largely seen as failing to investigate the high-profile cases and take the accused to the court, is accused of pushing the low-ranking officials to the point of committing suicides for its alleged role in framing them, what will happen to the credibility of the anti-graft body?

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: As one after another junior government official commits suicide following implication by the CIAA, a debate has started whether such small fry is being made the scapegoats in various corruption scandals.

KASKI, August 9: Hari Kumar Pokharel, chief of Division Road Office Pokhara and division engineer, was arrested on Thursday evening while taking bribe.

BANEPA, Aug 3: A team of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) arrested five policemen from police stations at Hinguwapati and Banepa in Kavrepalanchowk district as they were caught red-handed while taking bribes from tipper truck drivers on Thursday evening.

KATHMANDU, July 30: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a charge sheet against six employees, including Chief Administration Officer at Janakpur Sub-Metropolis, Arjun Prasad Subedi, at the Special Court.

KATHMANDU, July 22: The anti-graft team deployed from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority(CIAA) on Sunday arrested an assistant Sub-Inspector with Rs 3,500 bribe in Rupandehi district.

DOLAKHA, July 20: The anti-graft team deployed from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Friday evening arrested the chief of Irrigation Development Division(IDD) in Dolakha district and an engineer working in the same office with huge bribes.

KATHMANDU, July 20: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) received a record number of complaints against corruption in fiscal year 2075-76 which ended on July 16.

KATHMANDU, July 20: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Friday said that investigations into the notorious Lalita Niwas land scam have reached the final stage.

KATHMANDU, July 19: The civil society in Bhimsen Thapa rural municipality in Gorkha district has lodged a complaint at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Thursday seeking a thorough probe into alleged corruption in the rural municipality.

BHOJPUR, July 16: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has caught chief of Irrigation Development Division Office (IDDO), Bhojpur while he was accepting Rs 180,000 in bribe from a consumer committee on Monday.

KATHMANDU, July 16: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Monday filed a case against six officials of the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) including its former vice-chancellor Bal Bhadra Prasad Das and two suppliers at the Special Court on charges of corruption.

DHARAN, July 12: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Thursday arrested Vice Chancellor of the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Professor Raj Kumar Rauniyar on the charge of taking bribe.

KATHMANDU, July 9: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against three persons including a “master’s degree gold medalist of economics” Surendra Prasad Koirala and Tribhuvan University officials on the charge of mark sheet forgery.

KATHMANDU, July 4: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Wednesday filed a corruption case against 10 officials at the Tribhuvan University (TU) Service Commission including its head for tampering with the answer sheets to alter the results of their relatives and acquaintances who had applied for different permanent positions at the university.

KATHMANDU, July 1: Special Court has acquitted four former IGPs of Armed Police Force on the corruption charge.

BARA, July 1: On June 27, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Hetauda, arrested Aaspuran Kushwaha red handed while accepting bribe. Later, it was learnt that he was deployed by the section officer of the Planning Department of Prasauni Rural Municipality, Binod Yadav, to collect bribe from the consumer committee.

RUKUM, July 1: The Commission for the Investigation of Authority (CIAA) has received more than 100 complaints from West-Rukum and Salyan districts in the past two years.

KATHMANDU, June 27: It has emerged that the land mafia created fake tenants to illegally grab Lalita Niwas land, as the three-generation identities of nearly five dozen individuals involved could not be established.