Bengaluru: In a significant development, following the order of Special Court for People’s Representatives to file a First Information Report (FIR) and probe the role of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment scam, the State Cabinet has decided to withdraw the blanket order issued for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
Dasara invitation extended to Hampana, CM, Governor
September 26, 2024Bengaluru: The Mysuru District Administration extended Dasara invitation to veteran littérateur Nadoja Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah (Dr. Hampana) at his residence in Bengaluru this morning. Dr. Hampana will be inaugurating Nada Habba Dasara-2024 atop Chamundi Hill in Mysuru on Oct. 3. The delegation from Mysuru led by Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, who is also Dasara…
BJP ups ante, wants CM Siddaramaiah to resign
September 26, 2024Opposition leaders try to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha; taken to preventive Police custody Bengaluru: BJP leaders led by Opposition Leader in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok and Opposition Leader in Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Vidhana Soudha premises demanding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s resignation, here this…
Order for Lokayukta probe against CM: Complainant reaches Lokayukta
September 26, 2024SP Office but SP on leave Mysuru: The Lokayukta SP Office on Dewan’s Road in the city has transformed into a hub of activity following the Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru approving an investigation against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment scam. The Lokayukta SP Office will now…
Judicial setback for CM as MLA Court orders FIR
September 26, 2024Lokayukta probe into illegal mining led to B.S. Yediyurappa resigning as CM in 2011 Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah encountered a second legal setback in as many days, with the Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru yesterday approving an investigation against him in Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam. The first blow came on Tuesday,…
CM must resign, face the probe: State BJP Chief
September 26, 2024Bengaluru: BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra has demanded that, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah must resign, following the High Court verdict in MUDA site scam and cooperate with the investigation. Quoting the words of Siddaramaiah, who as an Opposition Leader of Legislative Assembly earlier, had demanded the then CM B.S. Yediyurappa that, he should immediately resign and…
Siddu Vs Lokayukta: An ironic twist of fate
September 26, 20242016: Siddaramaiah clips Lokayukta powers to form ACB; 2022: HC dissolves ACB; 2024: Siddaramaiah faces Lokayukta probe Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who significantly undermined the Lokayukta’s authority during his first term in 2016 by establishing the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), now finds himself embroiled in a crisis as the same Lokayukta Police is set to investigate…
In terms of propriety, Siddaramaiah should resign: Justice Santosh Hegde
September 26, 2024Cites Lal Bahadur Shastri’s resignation to say ‘Such a sense of responsibility is lacking today’ Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, has called on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to resign in light of the Karnataka High Court’s decision regarding the MUDA site allotment case. Speaking to reporters in Mangaluru yesterday, Justice Hegde stressed the…
CM’s mounting troubles come from his hometown
September 26, 2024Will political uncertainty leave Dasara festival organisers scrambling for clarity? Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has navigated through numerous allegations of scandals during his four-decade-long political career, now faces mounting trouble from his home district of Mysuru. The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment scam, a case originating in the very region that catapulted…
Petitioners to demand CBI probe after FIR against CM
September 26, 2024Bengaluru: Petitioners Snehamayi Krishna and S.P. Pradeep Kumar, in the MUDA case, announced yesterday that they would demand a CBI probe once an FIR is registered against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Speaking to the media after the Special Court entrusted the investigation to the Mysuru Lokayukta, Snehamayi Krishna stated that after legal procedures are initiated and…
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