Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has uncovered significant irregularities in the transfer of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to B.M. Parvathi, wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The ED is investigating money laundering allegations involving Siddaramaiah, Parvathi, CM’s brother-in-law B.M. Mallikarjuna Swamy and J. Devaraju, who sold 3.16 acres of land in…
Vijayendra lauds ED probe; doubts Lokayukta’s integrity
December 4, 2024Kalaburagi: State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra this morning said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into the MUDA case has validated his party’s stance that the scam extends beyond the irregularities involving 14 sites allocated to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s family. He pointed out that the preliminary ED probe has uncovered over Rs. 700 crore worth…
Dattagalli site fraud: CM saved Rs.700 crore by cancelling 48 sites, claims Chamaraja MLA
December 4, 2024Mysuru: Days after the State Government cancelled the allotments of 48 sites in Dattagalli Layout near Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Circle, Chamaraja Congress MLA K. Harishgowda claimed that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah saved the Government Rs. 600 to Rs. 700 crore by cancelling the allotments. Addressing a press conference at Congress Bhavan near the City Railway Station…
MUDA initiates process to reclaim 48 sites at Dattagalli Layout
December 4, 2024Commissioner writes to MCC, District Registrar to halt any related processes, transactions for these sites Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has initiated the process of reclaiming 48 sites in Dattagalli near Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Circle, following the State Government’s decision to revoke their illegal approvals. MUDA Commissioner A.N. Raghunandan has formally written to…
ED sleuths grill Urban Development Secretary
December 4, 2024Bengaluru: Deepa Cholan, Secretary of Urban Development Department, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) yesterday at its Office in Shanthinagar, Bengaluru, in connection with the MUDA 50:50 site scam. The ED had issued a notice to Cholan at her office in Vidhana Soudha earlier this week, prompting her to arrive at the ED Office at…
Book FIR against those cheating MUDA: Snehamayi Krishna
December 4, 2024Former MLC D. Madegowda seeks stringent system to curb frauds in MUDA land allocation Mysuru: RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna has urged the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner to file a Police complaint against individuals who allegedly created fake documents to deceive MUDA. He also called for immediate fencing and the installation of MUDA signboards…
Launch of Dr. Vikram Sampath’s magnum opus ‘Tipu Sultan’
December 4, 2024Mysuru: ‘Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760-1799),’ a scholarly book authored by Bengaluru-based eminent historian Dr. Vikram Sampath, will be released by Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of Erstwhile Mysore Royal Family at Jaganmohan Palace on Dec. 5 at 6 pm. The book release event is being held under the aegis of Mysore Literary Forum…
Space Lab opens at Nypunya School
December 4, 2024Former ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar shares info about the country’s key plan to build Space Station by 2035 Mysuru: A first-of-its-kind Space Lab was inaugurated at Nypunya School of Excellence, Kanakadasanagar (Dattagalli) in city yesterday. The Space Lab has the models of Rocket Ron, Planetary Rover, High Tech Telescope, Binoculars, among several others related…
Tiger menace: Combing operation begins in H.D. Kote
December 4, 2024Mysuru: Following sighting of tigers in H.D. Kote taluk, which has created a sense of fear among the villagers, the Forest Depart is undertaking combing operations to capture the tigers. On Tuesday morning, after receiving information about a tiger being sighted near Shanthipura and Bochikatte villages in the taluk, the Forest Department officials and staff…
Ustad Sreenivasannanavara Garadi Mane cries for help
December 4, 2024Mysuru: The recent rains in city have damaged one of the oldest Garadi Mane (Traditional Wrestling House) located at Benki Nawab Road in Lashkar Mohalla. The wall of 188-year-old Ustad Sreenivasannanavara Garadi Mane collapsed yesterday while the wrestlers were practicing. Earlier representatives of the wrestling school had sought financial aid from people representatives for the…
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