Bengaluru: Adding to the troubles of CM Siddaramaiah, another private complaint has been lodged against him and others in the Special Court for MLAs in Bengaluru, alleging a Rs. 68 crore fraud in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Senior BJP leader N.R. Ramesh filed the complaint yesterday, seeking permission to initiate a criminal case against…
Ex-MUDA Commissioner’s suspension revoked quietly!
September 14, 2024Government fears that Dinesh Kumar’s suspension could be used in Courts as evidence of a scam Mysuru: In a surprising turn of events, the State Government has quietly lifted the suspension of former MUDA Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar, who was suspended on Sept. 2 for his alleged involvement in illegal allotment of 50:50 ratio sites…
High Court provides relief to original MUDA site owner
September 14, 2024Mysuru: In a fresh twist to MUDA scam, a man who legally purchased a MUDA site from the original allottee, who had been compensated by MUDA with one-third of the land on the grounds that the remaining land was not acquired, has secured relief from the High Court. Case details Devaiah and Chikkadevaiah, owners of…
Mass immersion of Ganesha idols from Mysuru at Srirangapatna
September 14, 2024Mysuru: The Ganesha idols, installed by various pro-Hindu organisations in the city, were taken out in a mammoth procession and immersed at Cauvery river in Srirangapatna on Friday. The Sarvajanika Ganesha Visarjana Samiti had organised the procession, that was accompanied by various cultural troupes. The Ganesha idols, installed in various places of Narasimharaja Assembly Constituency…
Tent school for Mahouts’ kids
September 14, 2024Mysuru: The temporary school, popularly known as Tent School, set up by the Department of Public Instruction to ensure that the children of Mahouts and Kavadis of Dasara elephants who camp for nearly 2 months for the grand annual festival, receive uninterrupted education during their stay in the city, has begun on a full scale…
Non-functional traffic signals, women’s security discussed at MGP meeting
September 14, 2024Mysuru: The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) addressed several pressing issues affecting the city at the recent monthly meeting held at its office on Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri. Members brought attention to a report from Star of Mysore that highlighted the dysfunctional traffic signals. ASI Murali from the V.V. Puram Traffic Police Station informed that the…
Sudha Murty allays fears on AI, robots hitting jobs
September 14, 2024UoM Prasaranga’s Kannada Encyclopaedia 10th and 13th volumes released Mysuru: The revised editions of 10th and 13th volumes of Kannada Encyclopaedia, published by Prasaranga, the publication division of University of Mysore (UoM), was released by Rajya Sabha Member Sudha Murty at Senate Hall in Crawford Hall here this morning. The first copy of the revised…
Violence during Ganesha idols procession: Normalcy returns to Nagamangala town
September 14, 2024Prohibitory orders to end at midnight Nagamangala: Normalcy has returned to Nagamangala town which witnessed violence during the Ganesha idols procession on Sept. 11. Commercial establishments, which had remained closed for two days, fully reopened today, along with schools and colleges, under tight Police security. Prohibitory orders, however, will remain in place until midnight on…
Hold MUDA meetings: CREDAI
September 14, 2024Mysuru: As the MUDA scam continues to unravel more irregularities, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI), Mysuru Centre, has issued a stern warning, threatening to move the Court if the temporary ban on MUDA’s general meetings is not lifted. Addressing a press meet yesterday, CREDAI Mysuru President D. Srihari expressed deep…
Govt’s 2020 directive Local Bodies barred from directly acquiring agricultural land
September 14, 2024Mysuru: On Sept. 30, 2020, the State Government issued a circular instructing all Local Bodies including Urban Development Authorities and Planning Authorities not to directly acquire agricultural land from landowners. The circular, issued by then Under Secretary C.S. Shivakumaraswamy of the Urban Development Department, stated that it is not appropriate from a planning perspective for…
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