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BJP Questions Lokayukta Clean Chit To Siddaramaiah, Congress Hits Back

February 20, 2025 admin

The Lokayukta’s clean chit to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the alleged MUDA land scam has triggered a political slugfest, with the BJP alleging that the state government handpicked the officers investigating the case and the Congress hitting back and saying that the issue was politically motivated. The Lokayukta on Thursday submitted an 11,000-page closure…

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Lokayukta Finds No Evidence Against Siddaramaiah In MUDA Land Scam Case

February 19, 2025 admin

Bengaluru: Karnataka anti-corruption watchdog Lokayukta said Wednesday it had found no evidence incriminating Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, or his wife, in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority land scam case. In a notice to the complainant – Snehamayi Krishna, one three anti-corruption activists who wrote last year to Governor Thawarchand Gehlot, seeking Siddaramaiah’s prosecution – the Lokayukta…

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Karnatakaâs new Ordinance and the state of microfinance sector

February 19, 2025 admin

Karnatakaâs new Ordinance and the state of microfinance sector On February 12, 2025 after days of deliberations, the Karnataka government promulgated an Ordinance to crack the whip on unregistered and unlicensed microfinance institutions (MFI) and moneylending agencies in the State. | Video Credit: The Hindu On February 12, 2025 after days of deliberations, the Karnataka…

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“Mysuru Land Scam Case Is Politically Motivated”: Siddaramaiah

January 28, 2025 admin

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday that he is confident of getting justice by the judiciary in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. Siddaramaiah is the accused number one and his wife BM Parvathi is named as the second accused in the case. The Dharwad bench of Karnataka High Court…

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Next 20 Months Can Change Congress’s Fate In Karnataka

January 22, 2025 admin

As we reach almost the end of the first month of the new year, the Congress government in Karnataka completes 20 months in office—a third of its 60-month (five-year year) term. The next 20 months will decide the fate of the government in the state. One notices that most regimes in Karnataka tend to slip…

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“No Rapes In BJP Tenure?” Siddaramaiah On Alleged Bengaluru Gang Rape

January 21, 2025 admin

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah – under fire from the opposition BJP over the alleged rape of a woman in Bengaluru last week – hit back with an ill-advised attempt at deflection, asking if no sexual assault cases had been reported when the saffron party was in power. He was responding to the BJP demanding…

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Mahatma Gandhi was a true Hindu: Karnataka CM

January 21, 2025 admin

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge with party MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar, and others during the unveiling of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi, Karnataka, on January 21, 2025. “Some BJP members keep alleging that Mahatma Gandhi was anti-Hindu. There is no truth in…

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ED âmisleadingâ people on attachment of immovable properties in MUDA probe: Congress MLC

January 20, 2025 admin

Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah did not rule out the possibility of the ED issuing such a statement to influence the court, which is expected to shortly give a ruling on the petition to hand over the case to the CBI. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah termed the recent tweet by…

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Karnataka Caste Census Report To Be Tabled In Next Cabinet Meet: Siddaramaiah

January 17, 2025 admin

Mangaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Friday said a report on caste census in the state would be tabled in the next meeting of the Cabinet. The Karnataka Socio-Economic and Education Survey report, commonly known as the ‘Karnataka caste census’, was originally scheduled to be presented in the state cabinet meeting on January 16. “We didn’t…

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Assets Worth Rs 300 Crore Seized In Case Linked To Siddaramaiah

January 17, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached more than 140 units of immovable assets worth about Rs 300 crore in a MUDA-linked money laundering case involving Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others. The attachment is part of a money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in land allotment by Mysuru Urban Development…

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