Chelur GP Development Officer arrested while accepting bribe

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January 25, 2019

Bengaluru, Jan 25: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officers have caught a Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) while accepting bribe for issuing ownership certificate for a site allotted under Ashraya scheme to a villager.

According to a ACB release here on Friday, Tumkur District, Chelur Gram Panchayat PDO R Siddeshwar had demanded Rs 60,000 bribe and was caught while accepting Rs 50,000 from the complainant for issuing the ownership right certificate.

Siddeshwar was arrested and the bribe amount was recovered. A case has been registered under Anti-Corruption Act and investigation is in progress.

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Class 10 student of Siddaganga Mutt tests covid positive

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June 20,2020

Tumakuru, Jun 20: An SSLC student of Siddaganga Mutt here was admitted to the isolation ward of the district hospital on Saturday after he showed Covid-19 symptoms.

Health officials said that the student, a native of the Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, had returned to the Mutt via Raichur on June 15 for writing the SSLC examination scheduled to begin on June 25.

After he was admitted to the hospital the Health Department Officials kept three of his roommates under quarantine. Throat swab sample of the student has also been sent for testing.

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Journalist tests covid positive; Press Club sealed

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July 6,2020

Mandya, Jul 6: With a journalist from Srirangapatna testing positive for Covid-19, the Mandya District Journalists Association was sealed as a precautionary measure.

Association President K C Manjunath said on Monday that as the reporter has tested positive for Covid-19, it was voluntarily decided to seal down the premises for another month.

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