Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Monday gave consent to the state Lokayukta Amendment Bill 2015, paving the way for the removal of a ‘tainted’ ombudsman through lawmakers and judicial probe . “The Karnataka Lokayukta amendment bill has been enacted into law with the governor’s consent and the ame...

Sleuths of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) today arrested Ashwin Rao, son of Karnataka Lokayukta Justice V Bhaskar Rao, for allegedly seeking Rs.1-crore bribe from a state executive engineer. “A SIT team led by our Superintendent of Police Laburam nabbed Ashwin Rao at Aurangabad in Marathwada r...