Bengaluru: Subsequent to the Karnataka Government withdrawing consent accorded to the CBI to prosecute Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) in the disproportionate assets case, the High Court this morning permitted Shivakumar to withdraw his petition and appeal challenging the consent to prosecute him given to the CBI. The Court allowed Shivakumar to file a…
Karnataka Government to withdraw approval for CBI probe against DKS
November 24, 2023Bengaluru: Coming as a big relief to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS), the State Cabinet yesterday held the approval by the previous BJP Government to CBI to investigate a Dis-proportionate Assets (DA) case against Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar was ‘Unlawful,’ thereby paving way for the Government to withdraw the permission granted by the…
Rs. 300 crore scam at KSOU: CBI files FIR
October 6, 2023New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that is probing into the irregularities worth Rs. 300 crore at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysuru, has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against unknown persons. It has been stated in the FIR that KSOU had opened affiliate institutions across the country and also abroad, in violation…
BJP petitions Governor, demands CBI probe into Jain Monk’s killing
July 12, 2023Bengaluru: The main Opposition party BJP has upped its ante demanding Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of Jain Seer Sri Kamakumar Nandi Maharaj of Nandi Parvat Ashram at Hirekodi in Chikkodi taluk, in Belagavi district recently. A section of BJP Legislators staged a protest under the leadership of former Chief Minister…
CBI teams begin probe into Rs. 250 crore scam in KSOU
July 11, 2023Misappropriation took place between 2009-10 and 2015-2016; Sleuths to come to Mysuru soon By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated a probe into the alleged misappropriation of over Rs. 250 crore in the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) between 2009-10 and 2015-2016. The funds were purportedly collected under the guise…
Ex-Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood takes charge as CBI Director
May 26, 2023New Delhi: Former Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood took charge as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday (May 25). Sood is a 1986 batch IPS Officer, who was appointed the CBI Director on Sunday (May 14), for a period of two years. Sood replaced CBI Director Subodh Jaiswal as his…
New CBI Chief Praveen Sood to take charge on May 25
May 15, 2023‘I had no desire of heading CBI and never expected this; it is Goddess Chamundeshwari’s blessings’ Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Sood will be the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), according to a Government Order issued last evening. Sood has been appointed to the post for a period…
Rs. 5 crore fraud in Mandya Urban Development Authority: Congress leader among five to get 7-year jail term
September 10, 2022Mandya: Special Judge of CBI cases in Bengaluru sentenced Mandya Congress leader K. Anand alias Kebballi Anand and four others to undergo seven years rigorous imprisonment in a case of criminal misconduct of misappropriating 5 cheques of Mandya Urban Development Authority (MUDA) amounting to Rs. 1 crore each. The others sentenced in the case are…
CISF DG Subodh Kumar Jaiswal appointed as CBI Director
May 26, 2021New Delhi: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Director General (DG) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed as the Director of Central Investigation Agency (CBI) for a two-year period. A 1985 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS officer, Jaiswal was also the Director General of Police (DGP) of Maharashtra before he was appointed as the CISF DG. According…
Install CCTV cameras in offices of CBI, ED and NIA: SC orders Centre
December 4, 2020‘Entry and exit points, main gate, lock-ups at all Police Stations must have surveillance cameras’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday has directed the Centre to install CCTV cameras and recording equipment at the offices of investigating agencies, including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and National Investigation Agency (NIA),…
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