[Continued from Oct. 4] Just a year back I had been to Sri Lanka with a group of journalists and had stayed overnight at a Resort which was hidden underneath a mountain. You would know there was a huge Resort only when you enter a cave-like opening. On return when I mentioned it to a…
[Continued from Sept. 27] When Kempaiah came here as a Police Commissioner there were about six honourable predecessors in office, who quietly occupied an obscure corner of the Mounted Police building on Lalitha Mahal Palace Road and forgot about the fact that it was only a temporary arrangement. Each Commissioner thought, it was for the…
While writing about L. Revannasiddaiah IPS, who was SP in Mysore District, I had said that I would be writing about another IPS Officer in this series whom I know, Kempaiah. Here I am recalling his days in Mysore and the invaluable service he rendered to the Police Department. It was he and he alone…
Bengaluru: Former IPS officer Kempaiah, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s close associate and political advisor to the Home Minister, has been asked to leave office by Election Commission for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct. The Chief Election Officer of Karnataka Sanjeev Kumar wrote to the Election Commission of India stating that CM Siddharamaiah’s close associate…
Mysuru: Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has urged the Election Commission (EC) to extern retired IPS officer Kempaiah, who is functioning as the Home Minister’s Advisor and Chief Minister’s Secretary Ramaiah from the State in order to hold free and fair Assembly polls. Speaking to media persons here yesterday, GTD alleged that both Kempaiah…
Bengaluru: The State Government has come under the radar of the Election Commission for allowing a few departments to run on the ‘advice’ of experts. Amid a debate over whether a bunch of political advisers, appointed by the government, can continue to function under the Model Code of Conduct, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of…
Bengaluru: The recent transfers affected in the Police Department has not gone down well with a section of IPS officers in the State and they are now blaming “Super Home Minister” Kempaiah (in pic) for the mess. Kempaiah, a retired Police officer, is the advisor to the Home Minister and Chief Minister Siddharamaiah holds the…
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