BENGALURU: NIA arrested a key member of Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), Aziz Ahmed alias Jaleel Aziz Ahmed of Tamil Nadu, at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport Friday night, shortly before he was to board a flight. Ahmed was involved in attempts to radicalise youth to establish an Islamic caliphate in India. Officials said he was going abroad to…
BENGALURU: Barely 48 hours after asserting there was no plan to replace Siddaramaiah as Karnataka CM, home minister G Parameshwara reignited speculation of a potential change at the helm when he suggested Friday that he would be “happy if he was promoted”.The remark drew attention amid ongoing allegations against Siddaramaiah in Mysore Urban Development Authority…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: Snehamayi Krishna, one of three petitioners seeking to prosecute Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah in the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) land allotment case, filed on Wednesday a petition at Laxmipuram police station in Mysuru accusing the CM’s wife, BM Parvathi, and the CM’s associate, M Lakshmana, a Congress spokesperson, of “fabricating”…
Bengaluru: Central Prison, Ballari is one of the Karnataka‘s oldest jails. The current structure, housing the prison, was built during the British rule in 1884, after the first war of Indian Independence.The prison was recently in the news after it emerged that Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, accused in Renukaswamy’s murder case, would be shifted to…
Screengrab from Darshan’s purported video call from prison BENGALURU: A purported video clipping of a video call capturing murder accused Kannada actor Darshan, a rowdy-sheeter, and Dharma speaking to a person has gone viral.Taking a serious not of the incident, the prison authorities have suspended seven jail officials, state home minister G Parameshwara said.The 25-second…
BENGALURU: Karnataka cabinet, led by CM Siddaramaiah, advised governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday to act swiftly on the pending prosecution against Union minister for heavy industry and steel HD Kumaraswamy. It also advised the governor to approve prosecution against MLAs Shashikala Jolle, G Janardhan Reddy, and former minister Murugesh Nirani.“The Cabinet decided to advise…
While Rahul Gandhi has neither condemned the CM nor offered support, Siddaramaiah’s supporters are peeved that even Mallikarjun Kharge has not publicly backed him BENGALURU : Though his colleagues insist chief minister Siddaramaiah has the backing of party brass in Delhi, speculation is mounting over the silence of Rahul Gandhi, opposition leader in the Lok…
BENGALURU: Hot on the heels of governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot granting approval for the prosecution of chief minister Siddaramaiah in the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) land allotment scam, Karnataka Lokayukta‘s Special Investigation Team (SIT) has sought permission to file a chargesheet against Union minister for heavy industries and steel, HD Kumaraswamy, over alleged illegal…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court Monday asked a special court hearing private complaints against CM Siddaramaiah in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (Muda) site allotment controversy, to defer its proceedings and not to take any precipitative action till the next date of hearing on August 29.Justice M Nagaprasanna passed this interim order after the…
A BMTC bus lost control and hit two bikers on Hebbal Flyover in Bengaluru. Following the incident, the bus crashed into several other vehicles. One biker is in serious condition and has been hospitalized. NEW DELHI: An ‘uncontrolled’ Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus plouged into other vehicles on a busy city road, media reports…
