Ramnagar: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde has refuted the charges made by some that the name of union minister SM Krishna was deliberately omitted from the Lokayukta report on mining. At the same time, Justice Hegde challenged Krishna who is now tainted, to first shun his position and then speak on the issue. Hegde […]

Bangalore: CM DVS Gowda, who met Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj, on Tuesday had reiterated his cabinet choice of Justice S.R. Bannurmath, and Governor had once more rejected the candidate. Sadananda Gowda was wrong in pursuing the matter, but learnt his lesson, and Governor had the last laugh over the selection. When Gowda agreed to a […]

Bangalore: Continuing his attacks on former Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, Excise Minister MP Renukacharya on Wednesday questioned his ‘silence’ over corruption by officials of the anti-corruption watchdog. “Why did Hegde not take action against those corrupt officials”, Renukacharya a staunch supporter of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa asked at a press meet here while pointing out […]

Bangalore: After Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde left in August 2011, Completing his term of office, appointee Justice Shivaraj V. Patil resigned within a month on land-grab history, and now, Justice S.R. Bannurmath only a day after his appointment on Wednesday, faces a similar charge of grabbing land meant for a public property, ignoring by laws, […]

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 : The report on illegal mining in Karnataka is voluminous indeed! It runs into 25,228 pages and blames Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa and his predecessor H.D. Kumaraswamy among others, said Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde soon after submitting the report to the state government. The Lokayukta officials sifted through 400,000 files and five million entries in […]

Bangalore: Due to prier commitments of writing reports, state Lokayukta Justice Nitte Santosh Hegde has excused himself from attending Lokpal bill drafting committee meetings  and discussions anymore. He did not withdraw from the panel, but only from meetings, he told reporters on Saturday. He informed that the GoI had rejected a suggestion to include Pm […]

Belgaum: In a slap given to the face of Congress leaders in Karnataka Sunday, the Lokayukta has demanded prosecution proceedings against former CM and present MP from a border area in Karnataka, N. Dharam Singh for his illegal sale of iron ore in 2005 worth Rs.23 crores, thereby incurring a loss of revenue worth 100% […]

Mangalore: The Karnataka Lokayukta (people’s vigilance commissioner). Justice N. Santosh Hegde, on a private visit to Mangalore on Monday told reporters here that he had no objection, if one more deputy was appointed to assist him but that appointee should not bother about illegal mining / transport of iron ore episodes. Hegde himself was doing […]

Bangalore : Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde has withdrawn his resignation after BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa met him on Saturday. Hegde had resigned last month citing corruption in Yeddyurappa government. Senior BJP leader L K Advani had also asked Hegde to withdraw resignation. Addressing the mediapersons after meeting Gadkari, Hegde said, […]