Belagavi: Belagavi Police are expected to produce BJP MLC C.T. Ravi before the Special Court for Elected Representatives in Bengaluru today. Ravi was arrested yesterday following allegations of making a derogatory comment about Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar during a heated Legislative Council session. A senior Police officer stated that authorities are also considering producing Ravi before…
87th Kannada Literary Meet begins in Mandya
December 20, 2024CM inaugurates three-day event in the presence of Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana President Dr. Go. Ru. Channabasappa Mandya: The three-day 87th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, organised by Kannada Sahitya Parishat, was inaugurated amid much fanfare at the main dais specially decked up for the occasion, behind Sanjo Hospital in Mandya on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway…
Post of Estate Officer at MUDA remains a mirage
December 20, 2024Reforms initiated by MUDA Board deliberately not implemented by Officers, elected representatives Mysuru: The proposal to appoint a separate Estate Officer for the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to safeguard its assets has been put on hold. Numerous cases of creating fake documents to transfer and allot MUDA sites, encroachments, fake seals and signatures have…
Was ex-MUDA Chief suspended or not?
December 19, 2024Suspension not revoked: Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh informs MLA Srivatsa Mysuru: Was former Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) G.T. Dinesh Kumar, a KAS Officer, accused of indiscriminately distributing prime MUDA sites, flouting all rules and regulations, suspended? Although an official order was issued on Aug. 31, 2024, signed by Umadevi, Under Secretary…
CM to open All India Kannada Literary Conference at Mandya tomorrow
December 19, 2024Mandya: Mandya, popular as ‘Sugar Bowl’ of Karnataka is all set to host the three-day 87th All India Kannada Literary Conference from Dec. 20 to 22 at a huge dais set up on the vacant ground behind Sanjo Hospital on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the conference at 10.30 am tomorrow in the…
Though debarred, Justice P.N. Desai still heads MUDA scam investigation
December 19, 2024Mysuru: Even as the One-Man Judicial Inquiry Commission led by Justice P.N. Desai is investigating the site allotment scam in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), it has come to light now that the State Government continued with his appointment even though the Central Government had debarred him for three years. RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna…
Bribery twist to CM’s MUDA case
December 18, 2024Mysuru: Even as the bribery allegation made by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah — accusing State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra of offering Rs. 150 crore to former State Minority Commission Chairperson Anwar Manippady to suppress his report on Waqf land encroachments — continues to make headlines, Snehamayi Krishna, the complainant in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA)…
MUDA 50:50 sites scam: Lokayukta Police may seek time to submit probe report
December 18, 2024Special Court for People’s Representatives has directed Lokayukta to submit report by Dec. 24 Mysuru: Seven days are left for the Lokayukta Police to submit their investigation report into the case of 50:50 sites scam at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), in which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is the prime accused, to the Special Court for…
Jayanagar Park structure razed amid public outcry
December 18, 2024Rs. 21 lakh spent on construction; concerns raised over blatant misuse of public funds Mysuru: Responding to public outcry against an illegal structure within a park, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has begun demolishing a ‘senior citizens’ relaxation structure’ — a cottage-style building — constructed in violation of regulations inside a small park on 2nd…
‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill tabled in Lok Sabha
December 17, 2024New Delhi: Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced a Constitutional Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha this morning to implement ‘One Nation, One Election‘ (ONOE), a proposal for simultaneous Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections. Arjun Ram Meghwal moved for the introduction of the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, popularly known as the ONOE Bill,…
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