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Among those searched is I K Puttaswamy, an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) posted at Harangi Dam sub-division in Kodagu district. In Bidar, searches were conducted against Suresh K L, retired Finance Controller at the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Nandinagar. Officials said Shivanna, Deputy Director in the Fisheries Department in Ballari, was also covered under the operation. In Mysuru, premises linked to Kiran Kumar, Assistant Engineer in the Pub ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Lokayukta police on Tuesday unearthed total disproportionate assets (DA) of Rs 30.28 crore allegedly possessed by eight state government officials. The sleuths conducted searches simultaneously at 35 places, including the residences and offices of the officials and the residences of their relatives in Mysuru, Belagavi, Mangaluru, Chitradurga, Shivamogga, Ballari, Bidar and Kodagu. Susheelamma HG, who has taken voluntary retirement from the post of accounts assistant attached to ...Read More >
Mysore/Mysuru: Lokayukta Police personnel raided the house and office of Public Works Department (PWD) Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) Revanna Kumar this morning. Following the complaint of possessing assets disproportionate to known sources of income, Lokayukta sleuths attached to Mysuru district, simultaneously raided Revanna Kumar's office at Tilak Nagar in the city and his house in Mandya. T.J. Udesh, Superintendent of Police (SP), Lokayukta Mysuru division, who confirmed the raid, howe ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Former Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde, who collapsed on stage while addressing the gathering at a felicitation programme organised by Bharat Scouts and Guides at Kondajji Basappa Auditorium, yesterday, was discharged from a private hospital after recovering from a sudden health scare earlier in the day. The 85-year-old jurist collapsed on stage triggering concerns. Eyewitnesses said Justice Hegde appeared weak and uneasy before sitting down, after which he vomited and lost consci ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Former Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde collapsed on stage during a programme organised by Bharat Scouts and Guides at Basappa Kondajji Community Hall in Bengaluru on Friday. He reportedly vomited during the event, briefly got up, and then collapsed, triggering concern among those present. He was immediately rushed to Manipal Hospital on Millers Road in a vehicle arranged by Assembly Speaker UT Khader, who was also attending the programme. Khader later visited Hegde at the hospital ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court directed the state government to accord approval within four weeks under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act for registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri D and the then Managing Director of Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation for investigation by the Lokayukta police into alleged corruption and consequent loss to the state exchequer in the procurement of eco-friendly cloth bags by her as Deputy Com ...Read More >
Yadgir: In a major anti-corruption crackdown, officials of the Karnataka Lokayukta have trapped multiple government officers across the state while allegedly accepting bribes. In Yadgir district, an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) and a Junior Engineer (JE) attached to the KBJNL Bhimarayanagudi division were caught red-handed while taking illegal gratification from a contractor. The accused officials have been identified as AEE Madhusudan and JE Manjunath. Acting on a complaint, a Lokayukta ...Read More >
During the Lokayukta operation, the officer was caught while accepting the bribe money Bengaluru: In a major anti-corruption crackdown, Karnataka Lokayukta officials trapped and arrested a senior Commercial Tax officer for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6 lakh in connection with a GST case. Bharath Kumar Hegde, serving as Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Tax (GST), was caught during an operation conducted by the Lokayukta. According to officials, the complainant, Vishwajeet Nayak (53), h ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 2 (PTI) The Karnataka Lokayukta police on Thursday laid a trap and arrested two Bengaluru Municipal Corporation officials for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs three lakh in connection with a pending 'Khata' work, officials said. According to the Karnataka Lokayukta, a case has been registered under Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The complainant had approached the Lokayukta alleging that the officials had demanded money to process khata-related work ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State Government to grant approval for registration of an FIR against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri over alleged irregularities in the procurement of eco-friendly bags for distribution in Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and other Local Bodies. Justice M. Nagaprasanna ordered the Government to accord approval within four weeks under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act for the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against ...Read More >
Hubballi: Ina major anti-corruption operation, a Deputy Commissioner (DC) from the Commercial Tax Audit wing has been trapped by the Karnataka Lokayukta for allegedly demanding a bribe in the name of clearing GST dues. The accused officer, Bharat Hegde, was caught following a complaint lodged by a petrol bunk owner, exposing yet another instance of corruption within the tax administration system. According to officials, Bharat Hegde, who was serving as DC in the Commercial Tax Audit division, h ...Read More >
Union Minister of State (MoS) V Somanna said Monday that Karnataka BJP MLA Dr Chandru Lamani could have been arrested as part of a conspiracy. The MLA was trapped by the Lokayukta police Saturday while allegedly accepting a bribe from a contractor. Responding to media queries at a news conference, the minister said that "there could have been a ploy or conspiracy (to trap him)... I have learnt that he was doing good work in his constituency." However, "such behaviour (accepting bribes) is not t ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Lokayukta police on Tuesday unearthed disproportionate assets (DA) of Rs 18.20 crore allegedly possessed by four officials of the state government. It includes immovable assets of Rs 14.63 crore, cash of Rs 13.11 lakh, jewels of Rs 1.37 crore, and vehicles worth Rs 82.1 lakh. The raids were conducted at 21 places belonging to four officials in Mandya, Dharwad, Hospet and Shivamogga. In Mandya, Byresh VS, Office Superintendent of Panchayat Raj Engineer Division, Zilla Panchayat, ...Read More >
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said that a conference of Urban Development Ministers from all South Indian States will be held in Bengaluru on October 30. The meeting will be chaired by Union Minister for Energy, Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar. When asked if Karnataka would seek Central assistance for Bengaluru's development, Mr. Shivakumar said, "We will ask. The Union Urban Affairs Minister will participate in the conference, and we will place our demands bef ...Read More >
The allegations trace back to Rao Narender Singh's tenure in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Cabinet, where he served as minister for health and medical education from 2011 to 2014. Less than a month after Rao Narender Singh was appointed to lead the Haryana Congress, the Haryana Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday filed a chargesheet against him in connection with an alleged 'cash for change of land use (CLU)' case, stemming from an FIR lodged in January 2016. Singh, a former minis ...Read More >
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday questioned the reported move made by the Office of Lokpal to initiate the process of purchasing seven BMW 330 Li (Long Wheel Base) luxury cars for its use. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday questioned the reported move made by the Office of Lokpal to initiate the process of purchasing seven BMW 330 Li (Long Wheel Base) luxury cars for its use. Chidamabaram asserted that even Supreme Court judges are provided modest sedans and fu ...Read More >
Representative Image: The action was taken based on a complaint that Bhadoria had amassed disproportionate assets. Image: Shutterstock The Lokayukta police in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday conducted raids at various premises of a retired excise officer and found assets worth around Rs 10 crore belonging to him and his family, a police official said. Talking to reporters, Lokayukta Police Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Sunil Talan said the raids were conducted at one property in Gwalior and seven lo ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The total assets discovered so far in the case of retired excise officer Dharmendra Bhadoria reached nearly 25 crores on Friday. The Lokayukta, special police establishment, Indore opened one of the four bank lockers of the family. This locker belongs to the accused's son and his wife in which gold worth Rs 79 lakh was stored. The gold was seized. SP Lokayukta Rajesh Kumar Sahay said that as part of the investigation, a bank locker belonging to the accused's son Suryan ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The Lokayukta, special establishment police, unearthed an additional Rs 1.65 crore worth of assets on Thursday during its ongoing investigation into the raids conducted at the properties of retired excise officer Dharmendra Bhadoria. On Wednesday, the Lokayukta team carried out simultaneous raids at multiple locations linked to Bhadoria in Indore, and at one property each in Gwalior and Ujjain, uncovering assets worth approximately Rs 18.59 crore, indicating a dispropor ...Read More >
Indore, Oct 16 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh's Lokayukta police have raided the premises of a retired excise officer in two cities and unearthed movable and immovable assets of Rs 18.59 crore, including Rs 1.13 crore in cash, an official said. Based on a complaint of disproportionate assets, the raids were conducted on Wednesday at a property in Gwalior and seven other locations in Indore belonging to former excise officer Dharmendra Singh Bhadoria, Lokayukta Police Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Sunil Tal ...Read More >
Mysuru/Bengaluru: Hours after IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge Wednesday shared a video of a phone call in which an unidentified man, claiming affiliation with RSS, allegedly abused him in Hindi, home minister G Parameshwara said the govt has ordered an investigation. "We will find out who threatened the minister. We will identify the source," Parameshwara said. "A minister has the right to share his opinions. Threatening him for this is unacceptable. Action will be taken. Though tracking callers i ...Read More >
Indore, Oct 15 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh's Lokayukta police raided the premises of a retired excise officer in two cities on Wednesday and unearthed movable and immovable assets worth Rs 18.59 crore, including Rs 1.13 crore in cash, belonging to him and his family, an official said. Lokayukta Police Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Sunil Talan said based on a complaint of disproportionate assets, raids were conducted at a property in Gwalior and seven other locations in Indore belonging to retired Distri ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a major development in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 34 immovable properties valued at around Rs. 40.08 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. ED's Bengaluru Zonal Office attached these properties on Oct. 4, as part of an ongoing money-laundering probe into large-scale irregularities in site allotments by MUDA officials. MUDA has now been rebranded as the M ...Read More >
The probe agencyconducted searches at multiple locations last year (Representational Image) Bengaluru: In a major development in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 34 immovable properties valued at around Rs 40.08 crore. The action comes as part of an ongoing money-laundering probe into large-scale irregularities in site allotments by MUDA officials. The probe agency initiated its investigation based on an FIR filed ...Read More >
1. Karnataka tops the nation in per capita income due to guarantee schemes: CM Siddaramaiah Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that Karnataka emerged as the number one State in the country in terms of per capita income, attributing the achievement to the guarantee schemes implemented by his government. Addressing a public meeting at Koppal, after inaugurating development projects and laying the foundation stones for new ones worth ₹2,000 crore, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the guarantee schemes boos ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Congress may have found a new face to lead its Haryana unit, but Rao Narender Singh's appointment as HPCC chief comes wrapped in controversy, with the shadow of the cash-for-CLU raising more questions than cheers for the party high command.Rao Narender Singh, former health minister, was booked by Haryana police on January 29, 2016, on the basis of a sting operation in lieu of granting CLU. He, along with four other leaders, were booked following the directions of the Lokayukta Ha ...Read More >
The Karnataka State Contractors Association (KSCA) has accused the ruling Congress government of taking corruption to levels higher from when the Siddaramaiah took the charge. In a letter wrote on Thursday (25th September), the association said that commissions demanded in government departments under Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's leadership have now "doubled." The letter, signed by KSCA president R Manjunath and general secretary G M Ravindra, directly addressed Siddaramaiah. "When you were t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hours after the INDIA bloc announced retired Supreme Court judge Justice B Sudershan Reddy as its vice-presidential candidate, chief minister A Revanth Reddy Tuesday made an impassioned appeal to Telugu parties across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to rise above politics and rally behind the "son of the soil"."It is an election between saving the Constitution, reservations, and democracy, which Justice Reddy represents, versus CP Radhakrishnan, the BJP-led NDA's candidate who stands for ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids on premises linked to Karnataka Congress MLA Satish Krishna Sail and others across Karnataka, Goa, and Mumbai. This action is part of a money laundering investigation related to the alleged illegal export of iron ore, causing a significant loss to the government exchequer. The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided premises linked to Karnataka Congress MLA Satish Krishna Sail and some others as part of a money laundering investigation against the ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana Lokayukta has directed the HMDA commissioner to furnish details of the permission granted to Windsor Western Park to construct a mega commercial-cum-residential project at Puppalguda. Windsor Western Park is promoted by the relatives of Congress leader and former BRS MP Gaddam Ranjith Reddy. Ranjith Reddy's son Gaddam Raj Aryan Reddy is one of the directors. Considering the allegations that the project was proposed on government land, and the then HMDA chief Arvind Kum ...Read More >
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