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BENGALURU: Officers of Directorate of Enforcement continued to question officials linked to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority scam on Wednesday, with MUDA Special Land Acquisition Officer Manjunath being quizzed for three hours. On Tuesday, Urban Development Department Secretary Deepa Cholan appeared for inquiry before the ED, and she was questioned for five hours. Meanwhile, in a key development in the …

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Evidence of several irregularities have been detected in the transfer of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority to BM Parvathi, the wife of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, according to the ED. There was "contravention" of statutory guidelines" in the land transfer to Parvathi and evidence of "tampering", violation of office procedures, usage of "undue" favour and …

The Karnataka Lokayukta police questioned chief minister Siddaramaiah for two hours on Wednesday in connection with alleged irregularities in a land allotment case, compounding the problems for the embattled Congress leader. Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah leaves the office of Lokayukta after being questioned in the MUDA site allotment case in Mysuru on Wednesday. The case involves allegations of irregularities in …

BENGALURU: Thousands of protesters gathered at Freedom Park on Tuesday, rallying against what they termed as undemocratic actions by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot in granting sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the MUDA site allotment case. It was aimed at protecting democracy and condemning attempts by BJP and JDS to destabilise the Congress government by misusing the governor’s office, the …

Accusing the BJP of misusing the office of the Governor in Karnataka on the MUDA issue for their politics, Minister for School Education Madhu Bangarappa said the entire cabinet would stand by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on the issue of the Governor’s notice to the CM. Further, the Minister said the State Government would probe all allegations related to the previous …

Krishna Byregowda alleges BJP misusing Governor’s office to dislodge Congress govt.

Alleging that the BJP was misusing the governor’s office to dislodge the Congress government in the state, Minister for Revenue Krishna Byregowda said that the Congress will fight legally as well as hit the streets to safeguard democracy. Speaking to presspersons at Doddathappale in Sakaleshpur taluk on Wednesday, the Minister said that the BJP had been making all efforts to …

MUDA: Ahinda organisations to lay siege to BJP office in Mysuru on Aug. 3

Ahinda organisations have decided to lay siege to the BJP office in Mysuru on August 3 in protest against the efforts of the saffron party to tarnish the image of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the alleged irregularities in Mysuru Urban Development Authority by taking out a Bengaluru to Mysuru padayatra. The Ahinda organisations met in the city on Wednesday to …

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A large posse of BJP workers, led by State president B. Y. Vijayendra, heading to Mysuru in a convoy of vehicles to lay siege to the Mysore Urban Development Authority office, were stopped at Kaniminike, Kumbalagodu by the Bengaluru police. Mr. Vijayendra and other BJP workers blocked the road at Kaniminike in protest against being prevented by the government of …

The opposition BJP leaders tried to lay siege to the chief minister's office-cum-residence here on Wednesday alleging rampant corruption by the ruling Congress government in Karnataka, but were stopped and taken into preventive custody. READ | The curious case of protein shake inside a Bengaluru auto: Rider's quest to find bottle owner The party has alleged that there was around …

Bengaluru: Several BJP leaders were taken into preventive custody by Karnataka police when they led a protest march to the chief minister's office-cum-residence on Wednesday alleging rampant corruption by the ruling Congress government in Karnataka. The party has alleged that there was around Rs 4,000 crore worth of alternative sites scam in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority in which one …