Snehamayi Krishna alleges Siddaramaiah leveraged his position as CM, Dy.CM to benefit his family Mysuru: With Mysuru Lokayukta SP T.J. Udesh submitting the preliminary status report to Lokayukta IGP A. Subramanyeshwara Rao on the investigation into MUDA’s allocation of 14 sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi, RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna has raised questions…
Mahabhisheka performed to Nandi atop Chamundi Hill
November 17, 2024Mysuru: The Nandi Statue atop Chamundi Hill was soaked in a hue of colours this morning as the annual Mahabhisheka was performed under the aegis of the city’s Bettada Balaga Charitable Trust. This was the 19th year that the Trust had performed the Mahabhisheka. The Mahabhisheka began at 8.30 am in the presence of Suttur…
A Kodava ancestral house in Chennai
November 17, 2024Traditional Kodava Ain Mane built in 1852 by Kodira family restored at DakshinaChitra Museum A traditional Kodava Ain Mane (ancestral house) has been restored and inaugurated at the DakshinaChitra Museum, a living-history project by the Madras Craft Foundation. This initiative aims to preserve and showcase the rich heritage of the Kodava community. The house originally…
MUDA 50:50 site scam: Lokayukta finds no role of CM Siddaramaiah in the scam
November 16, 2024Bengaluru: The Lokayukta investigation into the allocation of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife B.M. Parvathi has reached a decisive phase with the investigators submitting the preliminary status report to the higher officers. The status report has revealed significant lapses by officials of MUDA in the allocation…
Echo of Waqf Board notices across Karnataka: BJP forms three teams for awareness rallies, protests
November 16, 2024“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…















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