Mysore/Mysuru: Sub-Registrar (East) Girish, who is an accused in the disproportionate assets case, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment and has also been fined Rs. 2 lakh by the Lokayukta Special Judge yesterday. In 2014, one Guru Manteswamy had lodged a complaint against M. Girish, who was serving as the Sub-Registrar at the Mysuru…
Rs. 1 lakh bribe for works worth Rs. 1.60 lakh
March 10, 2023Lokayukta traps Kodagu DFO for demanding bribe from her subordinate Madikeri: At a time when allegations of 40 percent commission for Government work are flying thick and fast, here is an incident where a high-ranking Forest Department Officer demanded 60 percent commission for official work. She has now been trapped by the Lokayukta based on…
Two CESC Engineers trapped while accepting bribe
January 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Two CESC Engineers of the city were caught by Lokayukta sleuths while accepting Rs. 50,000 bribe for issuing R.R. Nos for a newly constructed building on Wednesday. The engineers who were caught have been identified as AEE Raju and AE Lokesh, attached to CESC N.R. Sub-Divisional Office. The two engineers are said to have…
Lokayukta gets Punarjanma: What next?
August 14, 2022Ayn Rand did warn us in 1957!: “When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favours – When you see that men get richer by graft and by…
HC abolishes ACB, shifts cases to Lokayukta
August 12, 2022Bengaluru: A Division Bench of Karnataka High Court abolished the State Government-controlled Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Police and revived the anti-corruption Police unit attached to Karnataka Lokayukta, which works independently without any State control. In 2016, the Congress Government led by Siddharamaiah formed the ACB, curtailing the powers of the Lokayukta. The Court said, “The Government…
Former Karnataka HC Judge B.S. Patil takes charge as new Lokayukta
June 15, 2022Bengaluru: Former Karnataka High Court (HC) Judge, Justice Bhimanagouda Sanganagouda Patil (B.S. Patil) took charge as the new Lokayukta of the State this morning at Raj Bhavan here. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Leader of the Opposition Siddharamaiah and others. Serving Upa Lokayukta, Patil…
Mysore Palace gold-leafing case: Cabinet junks Lokayukta probe report
September 5, 2021Bengaluru/Mysuru: The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to close the Lokayukta investigations into the gold-leafing work of Durbar Hall and other inner areas of Mysore Palace, alleged misappropriation of funds on the works undertaken to lay concrete floor for elephant sheds inside the Palace and also the charges of allowing a pre-wedding photoshoot inside the …
Photography without flash allowed inside Mysore Palace
September 5, 2021Bengaluru/Mysuru: The Cabinet has decided to close the Lokayukta investigation against Mysuru Palace Board Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya on charges that he allowed a VIP pre-wedding photoshoot inside the Palace premises though photo-shooting is banned there. In 2016, the son of a retired IAS officer Nandakumar B.N. Aditya, his fiancé Navyatha and Venkatesh, the photographer…
Woman attempts suicide in front of Govt. officials
August 30, 2021They had gone to demolish her house Nagamangala: A woman reportedly consumed pesticides in a bid to end her life in front of Government officials who had come to demolish her house as per the orders from Lokayukta. The incident took place at Hullenahalli village, Devalapura hobli in Nagamangala taluk recently and the woman, who…
Lokayukta officials to receive complaints
February 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Lokayukta officials will receive petitions from the public at various places in the district from Feb.10 to 29 from 11 am to 1 pm. The locations and dates are as follows: PWD Guest House, Periyapatna on Feb. 10; PWD Guest House, Hunsur on Feb. 11; SP Office, Dewan’s Road in city on Feb.12…
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