“Namma Bhoomi-Namma Hakku” campaign to cover districts from Bidar to Chamarajanagar Bengaluru: Despite ongoing dissidence within the State BJP, which continues even after intervention from party leadership, the party has launched a massive campaign with the slogan “Namma Bhoomi-Namma Hakku” across the State, in response to Waqf Board notices to farmers claiming ownership of farmlands,…
Rs. 1.96 lakh siphoned off as soon as blocked WhatsApp was unblocked
November 16, 2024Mysuru: A resident of Kuvempunagar has lodged a complaint with the Police that about Rs. 2 lakh was siphoned off in phases from his Bank account as soon as he unblocked his blocked WhatsApp. In his complaint, the Kuvempunagar resident has stated that his WhatsApp was blocked and when he tried to unblock the WhatsApp…
Using slurs not our culture, says HDK
November 15, 2024Union Minister in city; visits Chamundi Hill Mysuru: Two days after the high-stakes Channapatna by-polls, where his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy is contesting as the NDA candidate, Union Minister and Karnataka JD(S) President H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) visited Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill this morning to seek the blessings of the deity. HDK is in city to…
MUDA scam: Dark stain on Mysuru’s reputation
November 15, 2024Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has in the past appropriated land for residential layouts without adhering to the legally mandated land acquisition procedures. In response to this, sites in prestigious layouts valued at crores of rupees — estimated to be around 5,000 to 6,000 sites — were allocated to beneficiaries as compensatory land…
Time for Judicial Reform in a Big Way
November 15, 2024Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. — A Nursery Rhyme Writing about JRD Tata, the iconic Constitutional Jurist late Nani A. Palkhivala said that JRD Tata knew that the planes of Utopia and Reality never…
Survey numbers missing in MUDA-approved layout plans
November 14, 2024Justice P.N. Desai Commission reprimands officials on their style of functioning, tarnishing MUDA image Mysuru: The One-Man Justice P.N. Desai Commission, investigating the irregularities in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) 50:50 ratio site allotment scam, has sternly reprimanded officials after it was revealed that the layout plans approved by MUDA for residential purposes lacked…
MUDA site scam: Ex-MUDA Chairman Marigowda appears before ED
November 14, 2024Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has intensified its probe into the MUDA 50:50 alternative site allotment scam, questioning former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman K. Marigowda this morning. This follows yesterday’s grilling of former Mysuru Deputy Commissioner and current Raichur MP G. Kumar Naik, as well as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s personal assistant, Dinesh Kumar…
BJP offered Rs. 50 crore to 50 MLAs to remove me: Siddaramaiah
November 14, 2024T. Narasipur: CM Siddaramaiah yesterday alleged that the Opposition BJP attempted to topple the Congress-led Government in Karnataka by offering Rs. 50 crore each to 50 Congress MLAs. The CM made these allegations while addressing the gathering after inaugurating projects worth Rs. 470 crore in T. Narasipur. According to Siddaramaiah, the BJP resorted to false…
DISGRACE TO ADMINISTRATION: Kingpin draws double salary in MUDA, MCC for 20 years!!
November 13, 2024Mysuru: Shocking details have emerged from the corridors of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) about a person believed to be the kingpin of the massive corruption involving the allocation of thousands of MUDA sites to unauthorised individuals. Remarkably, this individual was working in both MCC and MUDA, drawing double…
Will quit politics if PM proves graft charges against me: CM
November 13, 2024Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has declared that he would step down from politics if Prime Minister Narendra Modi can substantiate the corruption allegations — specifically the purported Rs. 700 crore Excise Department scam — that have been levelled against the Congress Government. The CM also posed a counter-challenge, questioning if PM Modi would resign should…















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