Editor-in-Chief recalls… In 1967, I was in Bombay working as a journalist when the corruption of the Congress party was on the rise and anti-Congress sentiments had already set in. George Fernandes stood against Congress strongman S.K. Patil from South Bombay Constituency in the 1967 Parliamentary elections and we worked for George. I, along with…
Mysuru/ Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government’s move to restart probe into the case against Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA and former Chairman of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) G.T. Devegowda (GTD), his son G.D. Harish Gowda and others kicked off a political slugfest yesterday. The FIR comes at a time when GTD is set to lock horns with Chief…
Bengaluru: JD(S) State President H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) yesterday accused CM Siddharamaiah of threatening G.T. Devegowda, by “misusing” the ACB, “fearing defeat” in the Assembly polls. Addressing media persons in Bengaluru, he alleged that Siddharamaiah’s “personal surveys” had pointed at his defeat in Chamundeshwari. With an intention of “demoralising” Devegowda, who is all set to challenge…
Mysuru: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) yesterday arrested five persons including two engineers of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) on charges of grave irregularities while purchasing land for a housing project at Yelwal Hobli in the taluk. The arrested are Assistant Executive Engineer M.B. Somashekar, Assistant Engineer M. Mahesh and three middlemen — Jnaneshwar and Vijaykumar, both…
Mysuru: The State Government has handed over the Lokayukta probe into the alleged scam over acquisition of land for Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) projects in three villages of Yelwal hobli in the taluk, to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Following complaints of massive irregularities by officials and middlemen in the acquisition of 81 acres of land…
Mysuru: Accusing ChamundeshwariMLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) of indulging in rampant irregularities when he was the KHB (Karnataka Housing Board) Chairman earlier, the Mysuru District Congress has demanded a CBI probe into all the scams that took place in the KHB when G.T. Devegowda was its chairman. Addressing a press meet here recently, District Congress President…
Bengaluru: Though several sites and flats formed by Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) have remained unsold resulting in loss of crores of rupees, KHB has announced that it would again form another 20,000 sites and flats in the State questioning the rationale behind such a decision. Disclosing this at a press meet here yesterday, former Minister…
Mysuru – The Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) distributed a total of 1,675 sites to the beneficiaries at a function held at Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) premises this morning. Speaking to Star of Mysore, KHB AEE Somashekar said that the beneficiaries were selected through draw of lots and were handed over the allotment letter. Today, the…
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