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New Delhi: Leaders of the 24 party I.N.D.I.A. bloc met virtually on Saturday to finalise their strategy for the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which begins on Monday. They agreed to focus on eight priority issues, while reserving the option to raise additional local concerns as they arise. Among the key issues identified are Pahalgam terror attack and the Centre's response, Operation Sindoor and US President Donald Trump's claim that he brokered an India Pakistan cease fire ("five jets were sho ...Read More >
Karwar: Two persons were caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh on Wednesday. According to Lokayukta police, Ganapati Naik, former president and sitting member of Sirsi City Municipal Council (CMC), and RM Vernekar, revenue officer of Sirsi CMC, were arrested.According to Karwar Lokayukta SP Kumarachandra, the duo were caught red-handed while accepting Rs 3 lakh from Ramesh Hegde. The SP said there was a land dispute between the CMC and Ramesh Hegde, and the municipal council issued a ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A special court for Lokayukta cases in the city on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail petition filed by IPS officer Srinath Mahadev Joshi, the former superintendent of police with lokayukta, after his name cropped up in a case, pertaining to blackmail and extortion of govt officials. Joshi was relieved from the lokayukta post on June 12. On June 15, lokayukta police visited his house and affixed a notice on the door, directing Joshi to appear for interrogation in a corruption-relat ...Read More >
Srinagar: Searches are being carried out by Jammu and Kashmir Police's counter-intelligence wing at multiple locations in the Valley in connection with a terror case, officials said. The searches by Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) are underway at 10 locations across four districts of the Kashmir Valley, the officials said. Searches are being conducted to locate terrorist sleeper cells and recruitment modules. The CIK searches are being conducted in six locations in Ganderbal, two in Budgam ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is exploring the possibility of hosting India for a white-ball series in early August, taking advantage of a rare opening in both nations' schedules. Final discussions are expected to take place this week on the sidelines of the ICC meetings in Singapore. This follows after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) mutually agreed to defer the white-ball series, three ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals, ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Taking note of the fact that IPS officer Srinath Mahadev Joshi was sent back home after interrogation by Lokayukta police, who have also not indicated the necessity of his custodial interrogation, at this stage, the Special Court for Lokayukta cases on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail petition filed by Joshi as devoid of merits. Judge KM Radhakrishna passed the order rejecting Joshi's petition after hearing the arguments of both parties. Joshi, former Superintendent of Police, L ...Read More >
The agency has alleged large-scale irregularities in the recruitment process of the Kolar-Chikkaballapura District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd (KOMUL) In a major development in the ongoing probe into the 2023 KOMUL recruitment scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has issued a Provisional Attachment Order attaching immovable and movable assets worth Rs 1.32 crore. The properties belong to Malur Congress MLA KY Nanjegowda and other individuals allegedly invol ...Read More >
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. Also Read | Stocks To Buy or Sell Today, July 18, 2025: Hitachi Energy India, NTPC, HCL Technologies Among Shares That May Remain in Focus on Friday. According to preliminary info ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The ED, Bengaluru Zonal Office, issued a provisional attachment order on July 16, attaching assets worth approximately Rs 1.32 crore of Malur Congress MLA KY Nanjegowda and others, in a money laundering case related to Kolar-Chikkaballapur District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Ltd (KOMUL) recruitment scam in 2023. In a release on Thursday, the ED said it had filed a money laundering case against Nanjegowda and others based on material collected during investigation in relation t ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has put a hold on an order. This order involved H D Kumaraswamy in a contempt case. The case relates to alleged land encroachment in Karnataka. The court has asked an NGO to respond. The NGO had accused Kumaraswamy and his family of encroachment. The High Court will now wait for the Supreme Court's decision. The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed an order making Union Minister and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy a party to the ongoing contempt proceedings over the alleged large-scale ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold an order passed by the Karnataka High Court, impleading Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy in a contempt proceeding. The matter came up before a bench comprising Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B Varale. Kumaraswamy was represented by senior advocate C Aryama Sundaram, along with advocates Balaji Srinivasan, Nishanth A V, and Harsha Tripathi. Advocate Prashant Bhushan appeared on caveat for Samaj Parivartana Samudaya. After hearing submissions, the b ...Read More >
A young woman named Oleti Pushpa (22) was killed by her live-in partner Sheikh Shamma (22) in the Ambedkar Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, reported India Today. She was living with Sheikh for the past 6 months after she separated from her spouse. The incident took place in Siddhartha Nagar, B Savaram village of Rajolu mandal on 16th July. Shamma reportedly accused Pushpa of having affairs with other men. He forced her to engage in prostitution and frequently instigated fights with her when ...Read More >
BENGALURU: In a major reshuffle in the police department, 35 IPS officers were transferred on Monday. As proposed earlier, Bengaluru has got three new divisions (Law & Order) -- Electronics City, South West and North West Divisions. Uttara Kannada SP Narayana M has been appointed as DCP, Electronics City, while Anita Bhimappa Haddannavar and Nagesh DL have been posted as DCPs of South West and North West Divisions, respectively. DCPs of eight other divisions in Bengaluru city have also been cha ...Read More >
The Karnataka government transferred 35 IPS officers, replacing heads of the Bengaluru crime branch and the traffic police department, on July 14. Karthik Reddy replaces M.N. Anucheth as Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Bengaluru. Mr. Anucheth has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Recruitment. Ajay Hilori, Deputy Inspector General of Police, North Eastern Range, Kalaburagi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police and Joint Commissioner of Po ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a major reshuffle, the govt Tuesday transferred 35 IPS officers, including Bengaluru traffic police chief MN Anucheth. IPS officer Karthik Reddy was appointed joint commissioner of police (traffic), Bengaluru city. Anucheth was posted as deputy inspector general of police (DIGP, recruitment). Some of the officers transferred and their new postings are: Chandragupta (IGP, north-eastern range, Kalaburagi); Ajay Hilori (joint commissioner of police, CCB, Bengaluru city); Ida Martin Ma ...Read More >
Barwani (Madhya Pradesh): Another case of bribery was reported in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district where a computer operator was caught red-handed while accepting ₹35,000. According to information, Indore Lokayukta team caught Rahul Kumar Gupta, a contractual computer operator at Thikri community health centre in Barwani district, while he was accepting the bribe. Lokayukta said, he had demanded a bribe from a community health officer Dr Balveer Singh Verma, at Kalapani sub-health centre, to ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a startling revelation from the ongoing investigation into the in-house corruption scam at Karnataka Lokayukta, investigators uncovered that monetary transactions were being disguised using code words to evade detection. Interesting among them was using "kg" as shorthand for lakhs of rupees.According to sources, former Lokayukta SP Srinath Mahadev Joshi and a suspended constable Ningappa G alias Nangappa Savant communicated using coded messages, with phrases like "20 kg received" r ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Lokayukta Justice BS Patil has written to Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh recommending action against IPS officer Srinath Mahadeva Joshi, ex-SP of Lokayukta, in an extortion case. The Lokayukta said, prima facie, the anti-corruption agency's probe showed that the IPS officer colluded with the dismissed head constable Ningappa and violated the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968. It appears that Joshi, allegedly, made criminal conspiracy to collect illegal gratification by thre ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The government lacks any clear provision to probe complaints against the ministers. The personnel department probes complaints against the IAS officers, the home department deals with inquiry against the IPS officers, and the forest department investigates plaints against the IFS officers. But the government is in short of clarity about who will probe the complaints against the ministers. The case has led to a debate after former legislator Kishor Samrite complained ab ...Read More >
Government official caught taking Rs 1.5 lakh bribeLokayukta police laid trap after complaintSurvey supervisor arrested, probe on A senior official of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) was caught red-handed on Friday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh, officials confirmed. The accused, Narendra Kumar (51), who serves as a survey supervisor at KIADB Bengaluru, was arrested following a trap laid by Lokayukta police. The investigation was initiated after a comp ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a corruption case against AB Vijaya Kumar, joint director of municipal administration, who has been booked in a rare case of 'reverse trap' by the Lokayukta police. Kumar was allegedly caught while returning Rs 3 lakh he had received as a bribe from a complainant, a priest, under the pretext of making a 'donation to the temple'. The incident occurred while Kumar was serving as the special land acquisition officer (SLAO) in the Karnataka I ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The high court has refused to quash proceedings in a rare "reverse trap" bribery case, where a govt officer was caught allegedly returning a bribe to the complainant.Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition filed by AB Vijaya Kumar, former special land acquisition officer-II of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) and currently a joint director in the department of municipal administration.The case pertains to a complaint filed by one Bhagath Singh Arun, who a ...Read More >
Bhopal, Feb 4 (VOICE) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday moved an application before a Bhopal district court, hearing the disproportionate assets case against ex-RTO Saurabh Sharma and his two associates, seeking permission to interrogate them.In its application, the ED sought the court's permission to interrogate Saurabh Sharma and his two associates - Chetan Gaur and Sharad Jaiswal, who were sent to judicial custody on Tuesday. The ED has not mentioned any specific date for questioni ...Read More >
Bengaluru, January 17: In a setback to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bangalore Zonal Office has provisionally attached 142 immovable properties having an approximate market value of Rs 300 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is accused number one in the case and the investigation is also conducted against ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a setback to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bangalore Zonal Office has provisionally attached 142 immovable properties having an approximate market value of Rs 300 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is accused number one in the case and the investigation is also conducted against others who g ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A social activist and petitioner against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Snehamayi Krishna on Wednesday complained to the Superintendent of Police Lokayukta Mysuru alleging that he was offered huge money through his son Vivek by persons claiming to be close to B.M. Parvathi, wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, to retreat from his complaint against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family members over plot distribution irregularities by Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in Mysu ...Read More >
Karnataka MUDA scam: An RTI activist on whose complaint a case was registered in the MUDA site allotment scam said that a person claiming to be the personal assistant of Parvathi BM, wife of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, attempted to lure and pressurise him and his son. Snehamayi Krishna said today (December 15) that he was asked not to push for a CBI probe in the case. Siddaramaiah is facing allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife Parvathi by the Mysuru Ur ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Dec 12 (UNI) In a fresh twist to the ongoing controversy surrounding the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), complainant Snehamayi Krishna has filed a petition with the Karnataka Lokayukta, calling for the registration of a new First Information Report (FIR) against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others involved. Belagavi, Dec 12 (UNI) Tensions flared in Karnataka as BJP MLAs protested at the Dr BR Ambedkar statue on Suvarna Soudha premises on Thursday, condemning the police ...Read More >
Evidence of several irregularities have been detected in the transfer of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to B M Parvathi, the wife of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, according to the Enforcement Directorate. IMAGE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a public meeting in Haveri. Photograph: ANI Photo The federal agency, in a recent communication sent to the Karnataka Lokayukta department, also claimed that its probe has also found that MUDA had 'illegal ...Read More >
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