Members of District Kayaka Samajagala Okkuta, led by former MLC K.C. Puttasidda Shetty, staged a protest in front of the office of DDPI in city this morning. The members alleged that the DDPI office staff and officials were engaged in corrupt practices putting the teachers in trouble. They further alleged that wrong records were being…
One year of Demonetisation: Black Day or beginning of an epic war against Corruption?
November 8, 2017By Bhamy V. Shenoy Modi stunned the world a year back on the night of November 8th, by scrapping Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes. The stated goals of DeMo was to fight corruption by unearthing black money, detect counterfeit currencies, reduce terrorism by cutting off their funding. On this Anniversary Day, we need to…
Lalu is natural target in the fight against corruption, but the problem is larger. All parties are guilty
July 25, 2017Mention corruption, and the names of some politicians jump out like registered trademarks. Lalu Prasad Yadav is right when he says that the BJP Government is hunting him for political reasons. The Government has indeed been using the CBI to hunt its opponents on a selective basis. But it is able to play politics of…
Cop Eats cash… literally !
March 14, 2017ASI Ramesh was famous for giving lectures on traffic rules at various colleges across city The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths yesterday trapped an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police while he was accepting a bribe of Rs. 2,000 from an auto driver. The ASI has been identified as M.G. Ramesh of K.R. Traffic Police. But…
BJP up in arms against State Government
February 20, 2017Stages simultaneous protests across Karnataka Hundreds of activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in city as part of their State-wide protest against the ruling Congress Government for corruption and misrule and to condemn the statement of senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge referring to…
Periyapatna MLA K. Venkatesh justifies corruption!
February 19, 2017“Whenever we go to people seeking votes, they ask for money and how can we amass money without indulging in corrupt practices?” This was the question posed by Periyapatna MLA K. Venkatesh who is also the Bengaluru Development Authority Chairman. He was speaking after performing Bhoomi Puja for development works worth Rs. 20 lakh at…
The Judgement
February 15, 2017The judgement of the Supreme Court yesterday in the Disproportionate Assets (DA) case against late J. Jayalalithaa, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, her personal aide-friend and other two, convicting the accused after 21 years is no consolation to the people of India about our justice system except to heave a warm sigh that at…
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