Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s son Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah, who is hogging headlines for acting on behalf his father in Varuna constituency, is in trouble again. A complaint against him has been filed in Income Tax Department for allegedly holding benami properties worth crores of rupees. Complainant Varthur Kanakadasa has filed case against Dr. Yathindra claiming…
Our Chief Minister’s brand-new-look helicopter, after all, is not new !
May 9, 2017Mysuru: Did the helicopter company which charters helicopters to VIPs and VVIPs in the State, charter a brand new helicopter for Chief Minster Siddharamaiah to fly him yesterday to Mysuru? The rumours doing the rounds are, since an eagle had hit the helicopter in which the CM was flying recently and he had escaped from…
‘Let BJP see their own back’: CM reacts to BJP’s corruption charges against Congress
May 9, 2017Mysuru: Lashing out at BJP leaders for making corruption charges against the Congress, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has asked the BJP leaders to see their own back on corruption and graft charges. Speaking to press persons on his arrival at Lalith Mahal helipad to take part in a private function here yesterday, Siddharamaiah maintained that the…
Chief Minister dismisses allegations against son
May 9, 2017Mysuru: Dismissing charges of money-laundering and benami property transactions against his son Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has said that the complaint filed with the IT Department seeking a probe against his son was politically motivated. Speaking to press persons at his Ramakrishnanagar residence here this morning, the CM said that he had never…
BJP workers taken into custody ahead of CM’s visit to Mandya
May 8, 2017Mandya: With Chief Minister Siddharamaiah scheduled to arrive in Mandya this afternoon, the Mandya Police have taken over 10 BJP workers into preventive custody for allegedly planning to hold black flag demonstration against the CM during his visit. Siddharamaiah is scheduled to launch a slew of developmental works at Basaralu. It may be recalled, the…
Tainted official posted as MCC Zonal Assistant Commissioner
May 8, 2017Mysuru: A complaint has been lodged with Lokayukta against Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and two IAS Officers for transferring an official on deputation to a higher post when he is tainted, facing four criminal cases and three corruption charges. K.R. Ravindra, a social activist from Mandya, has lodged the complaint with documents against Siddharamaiah, V. Ponnuraj,…
Police transfers: CM, 27 Ministers in the dock
May 5, 2017Bengaluru: Akhila Karnataka Police Mahasabha President and social activist V. Shashidhar has filed a complaint yesterday with the Lokayukta seeking a probe into the alleged interference of elected representatives including Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, 27 Ministers, MLAs/MLCs and MPs in the transfer of Police officers. He alleged that the CM, his Cabinet members were gaining directly…
Indira Canteen in every Ward of Bengaluru from Aug. 15
April 28, 2017Bengaluru: Indira Canteen will start functioning in all the 198 Wards of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) from Aug. 15 which is aimed to provide food at affordable price. This was disclosed by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to press persons on Tuesday after holding a meeting with Officers of Departments of Finance and Urban Development on…
Musings on Siddharamaiah’s rebuke to an IPS Officer in public
April 27, 2017On April 20, 2017 Chief Minister Siddharamaiah was in Malavalli, Mandya District, to fulfil a public engagement. As his motorcade was whizzing past the town-roads on his way to Shanthi College Grounds to launch various development programmes, hundreds of BJP workers displayed black flags, demanding waiver of farm loans. They even tried to stop the…
CM thanks voters, says money cannot win elections
April 27, 2017Nanjangud: Dismissing BJP’s allegations that the Congress won the Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-polls by money and muscle power, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that elections cannot be won by spending money and if it was so, big industrialists such as Tata, Birla and Ambani too would have attained power. Addressing the Congress thanksgiving meet at the…
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