ED finds ‘clear preferential treatment’ in allotment of 14 sites to Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the High Court in its interim investigation report that there was an attempt to launder money in the allotment of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). The report names Chief Minister…
Centre’s order had debarred Justice P.N. Desai from Government appointments for 3 years Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has issued an interim stay on a November 2024 order by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions that barred Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai, who had retired from the Court, from taking up Government appointments for…
Urban Development Department Secretary writes to Mysuru DC to prepare proposal Mysuru: IAS officer and Secretary of the Urban Development Department, Deepa Cholan, has directed Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy to prepare a detailed proposal aligning with the “Comprehensive Urban Transformation Framework for Mysuru: Strategic Vision, Budget and Development Roadmap for Mysuru Urban…
Mysuru: Continuing his campaign against massive scams and irregularities in MUDA, the city’s RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna has lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta Police and the ED (Enforcement Directorate) accusing Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) of illegally getting 19 sites from MUDA in benami names, under the 50:50 ratio alternative sites allotment scheme….
Mysuru: Shourya award winner ex-serviceman B.R. Ningaraju has accused MUDA of failure to allot sites in Devanur 3rd Stage to achievers from different fields, even after collecting money from them. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, he said that the MUDA had invited applications from achievers of different fields in Feb. 2023 for allotment of…
Mysuru: Officials from the Mysuru Lokayukta SP Office conducted a search operation at the MUDA office on Monday as part of their probe into the alleged illegal allotment of 14 sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi. The search began at 9 am in the MUDA Office conference hall, where officials reviewed and transcribed…
Report includes audio-video evidence, Forensic Science Laboratory records, hard disks, CDs and pen drives Bengaluru: The Mysuru Lokayukta Police have submitted their final report on the investigation into alleged corruption in the MUDA 50:50 sites allotment case involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his family and others. The report was submitted to the Karnataka High Court’s Dharwad…
Good governance is possible only with such officers A.K. Shiva Roy of the State Accounts Department and former Accounts Officer of MUDA died last Friday (Jan.24, 2025) at age 86 in Mysuru. He was known for his honesty, efficiency and service to people as a government officer. I had written about him in my column…
Money routed via Co-operative Society to purchase property, luxury vehicles Bengaluru: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has provisionally attached 142 immovable properties having a market value of Rs. 300 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with the case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah…
Five MUDA officers distribute invitations of Byrathi Suresh’s son’s wedding in Mysuru Mysuru: In a striking display of political allegiance, several officers from the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) were observed this morning distributing wedding invitations of Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh’s son to various Government Offices. Suresh, a powerful figure in the Siddaramaiah’s Cabinet,…
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