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Cafe Coffee Day Founder’s death: HDK targets DKS
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Cafe Coffee Day Founder’s death: HDK targets DKS

August 11, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK), called out Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar (DKS), asking who is responsible for the death of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) Founder V.G. Siddhartha. “Shivakumar was given a political life by S.M. Krishna at a time when he was living with Kotwal Ramachandra (a notorious rowdy)….

D.K. Shivakumar’s daughter ties knot with S.M. Krishna’s grandson
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D.K. Shivakumar’s daughter ties knot with S.M. Krishna’s grandson

February 14, 2021

Bengaluru: Aisshwarya, the daughter of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar and Usha tied the knot with Amarthya Hegde, son of Cafe Coffee Day founder, late V.G. Siddhartha Hegde and Malavika this morning at The Sheraton Grand, Whitefield, Bengaluru, on the occasion of Valentine’s Day. Amarthya Hegde is the grandson of former CM…

Big fat wedding on cards: D.K. Shivakumar’s daughter to marry son of Cafe Coffee Day Founder late V.G. Siddhartha
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Big fat wedding on cards: D.K. Shivakumar’s daughter to marry son of Cafe Coffee Day Founder late V.G. Siddhartha

June 16, 2020

Bengaluru: Former Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar’s daughter Aishwarya is all set to marry Amartya Hegde, son of Cafe Coffee Day Founder late V.G. Siddhartha later this year. The marriage alliance was proposed before the untimely demise of Siddhartha and was kept on hold until now, according to sources. On…

Probe finds Rs. 20 billion missing after V.G. Siddhartha’s suicide
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Probe finds Rs. 20 billion missing after V.G. Siddhartha’s suicide

March 16, 2020

New Delhi: An investigation into Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd., initiated by its Board after the death of Founder V.G. Siddhartha, is likely to conclude that at least Rs. 20 billion is missing from its accounts, according to people familiar with the matter, a report said.  The months-long probe following the suicide of Siddhartha in July…

Unaware of his son’s death, CCD Founder’s father passes away
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Unaware of his son’s death, CCD Founder’s father passes away

August 26, 2019

Mysuru: Less than a month after the death of serial entrepreneur and Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) Founder  V.G. Siddhartha passed away, his 96-year-old father, Gangaiah Hegde, breathed his last evening. He had been admitted to Gopala Gowda Shanthaveri Memorial Hospital in city about a month ago after suffering from old-age-related health issues. V.G. Siddhartha, who…

Strength is Life, Weakness is Death
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Strength is Life, Weakness is Death

August 3, 2019

The death of V.G. Siddhartha, Founder of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), shocked everyone but the way he died was what made it disturbing, sombre and sad. Now it has been assumed that the “reclusive billionaire,” once ranked the 75th richest man in India by Forbes magazine-2015, gave up on life because of money problems !…

A Sad and Needless Death !
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A Sad and Needless Death !

August 2, 2019

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I feel that in the sad and untimely death of V.G. Siddhartha, we have lost a very dignified and respectable man who was much loved and admired although sometimes also envied in plantation and industry circles. The circumstances leading to his premature death and the obvious and unseen forces…

Cafe Coffee Day mess linked to I-T raids on Congress leader
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Cafe Coffee Day mess linked to I-T raids on Congress leader

August 1, 2019

Bengaluru: The death of Coffee Day Founder V.G. Siddhartha has left many questions unanswered and doubts over him taking to extreme step of ending life. In a letter, supposedly written by Siddhartha, addressed to the Board of Directors of Coffee Day Enterprises and Coffee Day family members dated July 27, 2019, he has mentioned about…

Siddhartha’s death raises many questions
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Siddhartha’s death raises many questions

July 31, 2019

Mysuru: Now that coffee tycoon V.G. Siddhartha’s body has been found, the question of why he took his own life is haunting not only his family but even the public. This has led to many theories and questions.   He kept on apologising V.G. Siddhartha’s driver (Basavaraj Patil) told the Police that while travelling towards Mangaluru,…

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