CM instructs DCs to take up survey, conservation of potential tourist locations Bengaluru: New regulations will be announced after Deputy Commissioners come out with master plans for tourism development in their respective districts, said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, here yesterday. Presiding over the meeting with Deputy Commissioners, ZP CEOs, and In-charge Secretaries on second consecutive day…
MUDA 50:50 alternative site scam: Social activist lodges Police complaint against CM, wife
July 10, 2024Complaint forwarded to Urban Development Department Commissioner as probe is already underway Mysore/Mysuru: A Police complaint has been filed against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife B.M. Parvathi, and others in connection with the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) alternative site allotment scam. Social activist Snehamayi Krishna filed the complaint on July 3 at the…
Dy. CM D.K. Shivakumar demands renaming of Ramanagara as Bengaluru South
July 10, 2024Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy opposes proposal Bengaluru: The renaming of Ramanagara district as ‘Bengaluru South’ gained momentum with Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) accompanied by elected representatives of the Congress party from the district submitting a memorandum to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in this regard, here yesterday. Despite opposition from Union Minister for Steel and…
Task Force to tackle dengue: CM
July 10, 2024Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed officials to form a district-wise task force to tackle the increasing number of dengue cases in the State. The Chief Minister has said that the district hospitals must have special wards to treat dengue patients and the respective Deputy Commissioners (DCs), ZP CEOs and District Health and Family Welfare…
DCs should not consider themselves Maharajas: CM
July 8, 2024Siddaramaiah demands action from DCs, ZP CEOs amid rising dengue cases, deaths Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reprimanded Deputy Commissioners (DCs) and Zilla Panchayat (ZP) CEOs, questioning them on actions they have taken to prevent spread of dengue. Chairing a meeting of DCs, ZP CEOs and District In-charge Secretaries at the Vidhana Soudha Conference Hall this…
Row over site allotment to CM’s wife: District Minister defends MUDA deal, CM’s family
July 7, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Rubbishing Opposition allegations of a scam regarding 3.16 acres of land under Kesare Survey No.464 registered in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvati’s name, District In-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa asserted that the land is legally owned with all requisite documents. Addressing a press conference at Jaladarshini Guest House this morning, Dr. Mahadevappa clarified that…
Surging dengue cases in Karnataka | Declare Medical Emergency, provide free treatment: BJP
July 6, 2024MP Dr. C.N. Manjunath seeks COVID-like emergency due to rising cases in Mysuru, Bengaluru, Hassan Bengaluru: The BJP in Karnataka has demanded that the Congress Government declare a medical emergency over the rising dengue cases in the State. Addressing a joint press conference at the BJP headquarters in Bengaluru this morning, BJP MP Dr. C.N….
HDK hints at D.K. Shivakumar’s role behind exposing MUDA scam
July 5, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In an interesting twist to the hotly debated MUDA scam, Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has hinted about Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s role in exposing the scam for political gains, without naming him. Wondering why the scam was not exposed earlier, Kumaraswamy alleged that, the very person who is eyeing the post of…
CM demands Rs. 60 cr. as relief, offers to return 14 sites
July 5, 2024Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is in the eye of the storm, with main Opposition party BJP training guns over the allocation of 14 sites to his (Siddaramaiah) wife in Mysuru, in lieu of the land in which Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) developed the sites, has offered a solution. Speaking to media persons here…
MLC Vishwanath demands CBI probe into MUDA scam
July 5, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Joining the chorus of opposition parties, organisations and groups demanding a CBI probe into the massive MUDA scam involving thousands of crores of rupees, MLC A.H. Vishwanath urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to handover the probe into the Multi-crore MUDA scam to the CBI and come clean. Addressing a press meet in front of MUDA…
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