Bengaluru: Strongly condemning the Valmiki Development Corporation and MUDA site allotment scams, the Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Bheemavada) will take out a Mysuru – Bengaluru Padayatra from Mysuru tomorrow (Aug. 15). Addressing a press meet in Bengaluru yesterday, Samiti President R. Mohanraj alleged that the Congress Government has been cheating the SC/ST communities ever since it…
Two lakh people expected to attend Congress Convention in city
August 8, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Preparations have been made in full swing, for the Congress’ Janandolana Convention organised at Maharaja’s College Grounds in the city tomorrow (Aug. 9) at 11 am. The convention has been organised as a valedictory of Congress Janandolana Yatre, that was launched on Aug. 2, as a counter to ongoing Mysuru Chalo Padayatra by BJP…
Maharshi Valmiki Corporation Scam: Congress holds protest against ED in Vidhana Soudha
July 23, 2024Accuses the Central Agency of pressurising a State Government official to falsely implicate CM, Dy.CM and MLA Nagendra Bengaluru: The Congress Party Legislators, including the Ministers, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue in Vidhana Soudha premises here this morning, accusing the…
Ex-Minister B. Nagendra remanded to judicial custody
July 23, 2024Bengaluru: A Special People’s Representatives Court remanded former Minister and MLA B. Nagendra to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited here yesterday. Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials produced MLA Nagendra before their custody ended on Monday. The Special Court Judge Santosh Gajanana Bhat,…
BJP to take out ‘Bengaluru Chalo’
July 17, 2024Chamarajanagar: Seeking the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the multi-crore Valmiki Development Corporation scam and diversion of funds meant for SC/ST welfare for other purposes, the BJP will be taking out a ‘Bengaluru Chalo’ march tomorrow (July 18). Addressing a party meeting in this regard at the BJP office in Chamarajanagar yesterday, former Kolar…
Maharshi Valmiki Corporation scam: Ex-Minister B. Nagendra’s wife taken into ED custody
July 17, 2024Bengaluru: Days after Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials arrested former Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Tribal Welfare B. Nagendra, a Congress MLA from Ballari Rural Constituency, in connection with a scam involving the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, the ED has taken Nagendra’s wife, Manjula, into custody. Funds amounting to Rs. 88 crore…
Monsoon Session of State Legislature begins
July 15, 2024Bengaluru: The ten-day Monsoon Session of the State Legislature began here this morning, with the Opposition BJP-JD(S) combine all set to put the Government on the mat in respect of various alleged scams including MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) and Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited (KMVSTDCL), which have been hitting the headlines…
Dalit students stage protest against diversion of funds
July 13, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the diversion of funds meant for SC/ST development to guarantee schemes of the Government, the University of Mysore Dalit Vidyarthigala Okkoota staged a demonstration in front of Manasagangothri clock tower here yesterday. Raising slogans against the Government, they alleged that the Congress Government had diverted Rs. 25,000 crore of SCP/TSP funds for…
Valmiki Corporation Scam: MLA Nagendra in ED custody
July 12, 2024Bengaluru: The sleuths of Enforcement Directorate (ED) have detained former Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Tribal Welfare B. Nagendra, a Congress MLA from Ballari Rural Constituency, this morning. The detention is in connection with its probe into the alleged scam in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation where funds up to Rs….
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