Mangalur : Having suffered in dark and the desire to see light, I accepted to become the head of the implementing committee to go solar, said Yamuna S.Rai of Perabe Gram Panchayat in Puttur Taluk . With a light on her face, she was proud to say, that she had installed roof top solar energy […]

Bangalore : Declaring its commitment to provide a “clean, efficient and transparent” administration, the Congress government in Karnataka today said it was taking action to “adopt” the Centre’s Lokpal Act that provides for formation of an anti-graft ombudsman. “My government welcomes the Lokpal bill of the government of India and action is being taken to […]

Mysore : Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj, who has frosty ties with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Wednesday praised Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda for doing good work.  “Chief minister and some of his ministers are doing good work. But you know he is under pressure from vested interests,” Bhardwaj, a veteran Congressman and former […]

New Delhi: The government Thursday tabled the anti-graft Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha, which had to be adjourned briefly as the opposition insisted on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being present in the house. The prime minister, the leader of the house, was in place when the Rajya Sabha met after the brief 10-minute adjournment. […]

 Bangalore : Former Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Katta Subramanya Naidu and his son Katta Jagadish were Monday sent to judicial custody in a corruption case after their bail pleas were rejected by a court here. Additional City Civil and Sessions Court Judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao refused to give them bail and ordered they […]

Bangalore: Karnataka’s chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa finally resigned on a gloomy and cloudy Sunday amid high drama after keeping everybody guessing as he delayed his appointment with state governor H.R. Bhardwaj by over an hour. The 68-year-old Yeddyurappa submitted his one-line resignation letter to Bhardwaj at Raj Bhavan, three days after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s […]

Bangalore : Karnataka Revenue Minister G. Karunakara Reddy Friday denied any role in illegal mining in the state and sought an apology from the Lokayukta (ombudsman) for defaming him in his report on illegal mining in the state. ‘It is regrettable that ombudsman Justice N. Santosh Hegde recommended to the government to drop me from […]

Bangalore : Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Friday said he would go by the recommendations of Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde on illegal mining and emphasised that he was the only constitutional authority to take action against Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. The ombudsman’s report had not yet been given to the state government, Bhardwaj told reporters, adding […]

New Delhi: Raising their pitch on the Lokpal Bill issue, the Anna Hazare team today alleged that the government version of the ombudsman was not aimed at fighting corruption but for targeting those who complain against the menace. The Hazare team felt that the exclusion of a large chunk of the bureaucracy from the ambit […]

Mangalore : Under the state govt Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee (MGEG) scheme in force in DK dt, local social worker Sheena Shetty has been asked to take charge as vigilance officer (Ombudsman) and he took charge on Thursday at the ZPO in Kottara Chowki in the Morning. The govt has created this post to implement […]