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Lokayukta sleuths on Thursday conducted raids at 56 places across the state and found that 11 government officers and engineers had amassed assets worth Rs 45.14 crore that are disproportionate to their known sources of income.

Lokayukta officers arrested BJP MLA Maadal Virupakshappa's son while taking a bribe of Rs 40 lakh today.

The Lokayukta police on Tuesday caught a Chief Municipal Officer (CMO) and an accountant allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a contractor for clearing a construction work bill in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh.

The Lokayukta police in Madhya Pradesh today caught a staffer of the tehsildar's office while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a farmer in the state's Niwari district, an official said.

The Goa Lokayukta has held Solid Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo to be "unfit to hold his post" while passing an order on a complaint against him, and said it should be conveyed to the Chief Minister.

Unaccounted assets worth over Rs 4 crore were found during searches at the properties of an in-charge chief municipal officer in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, the Lokayukta police said. Following complaints, the properties of the official, Barnagar Kuldeep Nishunk, in Ujjain and Barnagar were raided, Lokayukta Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ved...

A compounder of a government hospital in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh was arrested on Saturday for allegedly accepting a bribe on behalf of a senior block medical officer (BMO), a Lokayukta police official said.

Cash worth Rs 9.27 lakh was seized from the house of an executive engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, after he was caught on Wednesday accepting a bribe of Rs three lakh, a Lokayukta police official said on Thursday.

The office of country's first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, will move out of a five-star luxury hotel in Delhi to its own permanent address.

The Shiv Sena on Friday criticised the Maharashtra cabinet's decision to bring the chief minister's office under the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta.

The Delhi government has refused exemption to the Lokayukta office from installing GPS-enabled tracking system on its official vehicles, saying there was no justification for doing so, sources said on Thursday

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to amend the law to bring the office of Chief Minister under the purview of state ombudsman, Lokayukta.

As part of the Uttar Pradesh Police Week celebrations in Lucknow, senior officers discussed the challenges they face when it comes to solving cybercrime and how even well-protected organisations are vulnerable to hacking.

Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty is recovering in a private hospital after being stabbed in his office on Wednesday. Doctors say he is out of danger and will be in hospital for few more days.

Karnataka Lokayukta P Vishwanatha Shetty was stabbed multiple times by a man who went to meet him in his office today and was admitted to hospital. Justice Shetty is stated to be out of danger. The accused, who appeared before the Lokayukta in connection with a case, has been nabbed, Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy said.

Lokayukta sleuths on Thursday conducted raids at 56 places across the state and found that 11 government officers and engineers had amassed assets worth Rs 45.14 crore that are disproportionate to their known sources of income.

Lokayukta officers arrested BJP MLA Maadal Virupakshappa's son while taking a bribe of Rs 40 lakh today.

The Lokayukta police on Tuesday caught a Chief Municipal Officer (CMO) and an accountant allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a contractor for clearing a construction work bill in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh.

The Lokayukta police in Madhya Pradesh today caught a staffer of the tehsildar's office while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a farmer in the state's Niwari district, an official said.

The Goa Lokayukta has held Solid Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo to be "unfit to hold his post" while passing an order on a complaint against him, and said it should be conveyed to the Chief Minister.

Unaccounted assets worth over Rs 4 crore were found during searches at the properties of an in-charge chief municipal officer in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, the Lokayukta police said. Following complaints, the properties of the official, Barnagar Kuldeep Nishunk, in Ujjain and Barnagar were raided, Lokayukta Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ved...

A compounder of a government hospital in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh was arrested on Saturday for allegedly accepting a bribe on behalf of a senior block medical officer (BMO), a Lokayukta police official said.

Cash worth Rs 9.27 lakh was seized from the house of an executive engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, after he was caught on Wednesday accepting a bribe of Rs three lakh, a Lokayukta police official said on Thursday.

The office of country's first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, will move out of a five-star luxury hotel in Delhi to its own permanent address.

The Shiv Sena on Friday criticised the Maharashtra cabinet's decision to bring the chief minister's office under the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta.

The Delhi government has refused exemption to the Lokayukta office from installing GPS-enabled tracking system on its official vehicles, saying there was no justification for doing so, sources said on Thursday

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to amend the law to bring the office of Chief Minister under the purview of state ombudsman, Lokayukta.

As part of the Uttar Pradesh Police Week celebrations in Lucknow, senior officers discussed the challenges they face when it comes to solving cybercrime and how even well-protected organisations are vulnerable to hacking.

Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty is recovering in a private hospital after being stabbed in his office on Wednesday. Doctors say he is out of danger and will be in hospital for few more days.

Karnataka Lokayukta P Vishwanatha Shetty was stabbed multiple times by a man who went to meet him in his office today and was admitted to hospital. Justice Shetty is stated to be out of danger. The accused, who appeared before the Lokayukta in connection with a case, has been nabbed, Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy said.