‘Govt. not opposed to probe against co-op. bank’
The Hindu
The State government is not against setting up of an expert committee to probe the financial irregularities in Sri Guru Raghavendra Cooperative Bank, which has affected over 40,000 depositors, Coopera
The State government is not against setting up of an expert committee to probe the financial irregularities in Sri Guru Raghavendra Cooperative Bank, which has affected over 40,000 depositors, Cooperation Minister S.T. Somashekhar said on Tuesday.
Responding on the issue in the Legislative Council, he said the government had to discuss with the RBI on setting up of the committee. He said multiple inquiries were currently on and ₹192 crore had been recovered while ₹871 crore was estimated to be the losses.
“Cases have been filed against employees and directors of the bank. The Registrar of Cooperative Society is coordinating with the RBI,” the Minister said.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”