ACB arrests land acquisition officer, revenue inspector for taking bribe

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January 4, 2017

Mangaluru, Jan 4: A special land acquisition officer of NHAI and a revenue inspector were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday on charge of accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 and Rs 5,000 for clearing a cheque, at NHAI office.

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The arrested have been identified as Gayathri N Nayak, assistant commissioner, special land acquisition officer and executive director of Dr Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama and Tukrappa, revenue inspector, NHAI

According to Sudhir M Hegde, DSP, ACB, DK they had acted upon complaint of Yogish Kumar from Mulki where he complained that Gayathri N Nayak and Tukrappa had demanded Rs 25,000 for clearing a cheque of Rs 18 lakh.

The cheque was given as compensation to his two cents of land acquired by NHAI for road widening near Mulki.

Based on his complaint, ACB sleuths arrested duo when Yogish went to NHAI office near Mini Vidhana Soudha to give bribe total of Rs 25,000.

Sudhir added that arrested persons have been sent to Judicial Custody till January 18.

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BSY apprises Oppn leaders about steps to contain COVID-19 in Karnataka

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March 30,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 30: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday convened an all-party meeting and apprised the Opposition leaders about the measures taken by the government to contain the coronavirus in the state.

"I have been regularly holding meeting since March 13 regarding the measures taken to contain the transmission of COVID-19," the chief minister said at the meeting at the Vidhana Soudha.

Health Minister B Sriramulu, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar, IT-BT Minister C N Aswath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, former chief minister and Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah, Opposition MLAs H D Revanna, D K Shivakumar and former speaker K R Ramesh Kumar attended the meeting.

The chief minister said a task force comprising ministers and officials has been formed to oversee the implementation of the government orders.

Yediyurappa highlighted the prevailing situation across the globe saying that normal life had been paralysed everywhere.

The chief minister also apprised them about the number of clinics all over the state, availability of medicines and protection gear for the doctors and quarantine rooms in the state.

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Women’s satyagrah, human chain mark Martyrs’ Day in Mangaluru

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January 30,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 30: A day-long ‘satyagrah’ by women followed by formation of human chain marked the Martyrs’ Day, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, in Mangaluru.

The organisers were ‘We, the People of India’, whose sole intention was to safeguard constitution of India and raise voice against those to attack the constitution.

Amidst nationwide agitation by ‘We, the People of India’ against contentious CAA, NRC, the women of Manglauru have decided to hold satyagrah and form a human chain in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner in the heart of the city on January 30.

The Satyagrah commenced at 10 a.m. At 4:30 p.m. a human chain will be formed. At 5.17p.m. when the father of the nation was gunned down 72 years ago during his evening prayer at Birla House by Godse, the demonstrators raised the slogan of unity to defeat the ideology of Godse.