Total value of properties attached till now stands at Rs. 400 crore Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 92 immovable properties, estimated to be worth around Rs. 100 crore, in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) 50:50 sites scam. The attachments were made on June 9 under the provisions of the…
MDA: The Omen Musings on ‘Heart Lamp’
June 2, 2025The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 fortuitously raised the crucial question about the maintenance of Muslim personal law, as it has led to a clash between Personal Law and a Uniform Civil Code, enunciated in our Secular Constitution. Time, Narendra Modi’s BJP Government brought in the Uniform Civil Code before its…
MDA site scam: Lokayukta SP seeks additional six months to file final probe report
May 30, 2025Mysuru: Lokayukta Superintendent of Police (SP), Mysuru Division, has sought six months additional time from Special Court for Elected Representatives, Bengaluru, to submit a final investigation report on the 50:50 site scam at Mysuru Development Authority (MDA- previously Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA)), in which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is the prime accused. As the Judge…
K.R. Rakshith takes office as In-charge MDA Commissioner
May 28, 2025‘First priority will be to allot sites to genuine applicants who have been waiting for decades’ Mysuru: KAS Officer K.R. Rakshith took charge as the In-charge Commissioner of Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) from outgoing Commissioner A.N. Raghunandan at the MDA office on JLB Road here yesterday. The Government on Monday had issued an order appointing…
MDA faces litmus test after MUDA’s collapse
May 27, 2025From CITB legacy to MUDA scams: Can the new MDA restore public Trust? By R. Raghu (Kautilya) [Translated from Kannada into English by Star of Mysore News Editor B.C. Thimmaiah] There’s an old saying: “Closing the fortress gates after the town has been looted.” In the case of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), this adage…
Sans outsourced staff, chaos reigns inside MDA
May 24, 202594 outsourced staff sacked; 69 regular staff feel the burden; public services take a hit Mysuru: Days after the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) was renamed as the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA), a major disruption has hit the functioning of the office due to the sudden removal of outsourced staff. A total of 94 outsourced…
MUDA Out, MDA In
May 15, 2025Govt. notifies Mysuru Development Authority formation; Fewer netas, more babus Bengaluru / Mysuru: Nearly five months after the Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) Bill — modelled after the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Act — the State Government on May 14 issued a notification implementing the MDA, formally replacing the Mysuru Urban…
Governor returns Mysuru Development Authority Bill
February 23, 2025Thaawarchand Gehlot cites ongoing probes, pending Court cases in MUDA controversy Bengaluru: The State Government’s plan to revamp and re-brand Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) as the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA), modelled after the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Act, has hit a roadblock as Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot returned the Mysuru Development Authority Bill, 2024. The…
Assembly passes Mysuru Development Authority Bill
December 19, 2024Belagavi: The Legislative Assembly yesterday passed the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) Bill, modelled after the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Act, through a voice vote. The Bill, effective from its notification in the Government Gazette — after the Governor’s assent — is designed to ensure coordinated planning and streamlined implementation of schemes by the Authority and…














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