Police have decided to subject the two arrested middlemen — Sikandar Chaudhary (46), a headmaster from Vijayapura, and Arif Mohammed Mulla (45) of Jamakhandi in Bagalkot district — to further interrogation.
The Vidhana Soudha Police have registered an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Public Service Commission’s recruitment process for 400 veterinary officers
The Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) temporarily put on hold the selection list for veterinary officers and formed an internal sub-committee to probe into allegations of malpractices during the conduct of exam and evaluation
The protesters claim that an alleged sting operation had exposed a cash-for-jobs racket, in which an agent was heard demanding ₹80 lakh for securing a Veterinary Officer post, with ₹40 lakh to be paid in advance.
The Opposition BJP alleges that the government here has failed to fix responsibility for the death of 11 youth in the stampede near Chinnaswamy Stadium and for the lathi-charge on unemployed youth in North Karnataka who were protesting the delay in recruitment for government jobs
The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government to file its response on a petition seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the allegations of illegalities in the Karnataka State Public Service Commission recruitments to posts of Group A and B Gazetted Probationers and allegations against Shivashankar S. Sahukar, suspended chairperson.
The recent scandal to hit the recruitment process in the Karnataka State Public Service Commission, with the Chairperson facing allegations of nepotism, is only the latest in a series over the last few decades. Sharath S. Srivatsa takes an overview of the system
The High Court of Karnataka adjourned till July 15 further hearing on a petition by Shivashankarappa S. Sahukar challenging the legality of the Governor’s order of suspending him as chairperson of the Karnataka Public Service Commission on allegation of misbehaviour
The Governor also recommended to the President that the matter be referred to the Supreme Court under Article 317(1) of the Constitution for an inquiry into the allegations
After KPSC, KEA is the main recruitment authority for various government recruitments in the State
According to the FIR, the accused Suma S. Sahukar allegedly claimed reservation benefits under the 3B category by producing an Income and Asset Certificate that declared her family’s annual income as ₹40,000.