Mysore/Mysuru: The shop-keepers, who have been rented out shops in Devaraja Market on Sayyaji Rao road in the city, have written to the Law Minister, Chief Secretary of Government and Deputy Commissioner, raining complaints against the style of functioning of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner and demanding replacement for the Officer. They have urged the…
MUDA Protest: The Stench of Hypocrisy
July 13, 2024While calling for a CBI investigation and demanding Siddaramaiah’s resignation on moral grounds, will the BJP and JD(S) first take the moral high ground by suspending their own senior MLAs, who were MUDA members in 2021 under whose watch this scam occurred? Rohini Sindhuri, the former Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru District, had penned a letter…
Pro and anti-protests over scam in MUDA: High drama as BJP, Congress workers agitate in city
July 12, 2024Mysuru/ Bengaluru: High drama unfolded in the city this morning as BJP and Congress party workers staged protests and counter-protests at different venues over the controversy surrounding the scam at the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), turning the spotlight on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, whose wife, Parvathi, was allotted 14 sites by MUDA under the 50:50…
Karnataka must release 1 tmcft Cauvery water daily to TN
July 12, 2024Cauvery Water Regulation Committee rejects State’s request to delay decision until July end New Delhi: The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) on Thursday directed the Karnataka Government to release one thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of water per day to Tamil Nadu at the inter-State point of Biligundulu until the end of July. This decision…
NIE leads microgrid initiative to electrify tribal hamlets in Mysuru
July 12, 2024Renewable energy system at Billenahosalli, Lakshmanapura Haadis lights up 73 houses Microgrids present a comprehensive solution that can be community-owned, empowering communities to diversify livelihood options, improve income-generating opportunities and enhance health, education and mobility. These microgrids, typically powered by clean fuels such as biodiesel, biogas and solar energy, are increasingly recognised as viable alternatives…
MUDA and Valmiki Corporation scams: CM Siddu must quit on moral grounds, says GTD
July 11, 2024‘Ramakrishna Hegde, S. Bangarappa resigned for phone tapping, Classik Computer scam’ Mysore/Mysuru: State JD(S) Core Committee President and Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has called for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s resignation on moral grounds, following allegations linking him to the multi-thousand-crore-scam at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and multi-crore scam at Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes…
Ashada Friday puja atop Chamundi Hill: Entry of private vehicles banned
July 11, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With the first Ashada Friday set for tomorrow, the District Administration has banned entry of all private vehicles to Chamundi Hill on all Ashada Fridays (July 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2 and Chamundeshwari Vardhanti on July 27), Saturdays and Sundays from tomorrow till Aug.4. A notification issued by DIGP (Southern Range) Dr. M.B….
State mulls e-pass system to regulate tourist influx in Kodagu, Chikkamagalur
July 11, 2024Special Committee formed to draft guidelines Mysore/Mysuru: In response to the increasing number of tourists at eco-sensitive places like Kodagu and Chikkamagalur (Malnad), Karnataka is considering implementing a model similar to Tamil Nadu’s e-pass system used in Ooty and Kodaikanal. This initiative aims to manage the influx of visitors to forested and mountainous regions, including…
MUDA scam – Those guilty will be brought to justice: CM Siddaramaiah
July 10, 2024‘Sites allotted to my wife in Vijayanagar are legal; I challenge critics to prove illegality’ Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah affirmed that those involved in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam would face legal consequences. Speaking to media at Mysore Airport today, he said that the special team, led by two senior IAS officers,…
Chamarajanagar Oxygen Tragedy: Kin of deceased persons write to Prez for mercy-death
July 10, 2024Chamarajanagar: The next of kin of 36 persons who died of sudden disruption in oxygen (O2) supply at the District COVID Hospital on May 2, 2021, have written to the President of India, demanding permission for mercy-death, as the Government turned a deaf ear towards their appeal for Government job for at least one of…
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