NEW DELHI: Karnataka Lokayukta Police on Friday lodged an FIR and named chief minister Siddaramaiah as first accused in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam.The development comes 48 hours after the special court for elected representatives in Bengaluru directed Mysuru Lokayukta SP to file FIR, probe and submit report against Karnataka CM and…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday accused the National Congress, Congress, and Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party of fostering family feuds, corruption, and terrorism for their political interests.Addressing a rally in Jammu, the UP CM said that the Congress-NC and PDP gave a slap “tamacha” instead of the tablet in…
NEW DELHI: YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday lashed out at the TDP government in Andhra Pradesh, stating that “demons are now in power in the state” as he had “never seen political parties creating hurdles even to make a visit to a temple”.The former CM launched the attack after he cancelled his trip…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Thursday pronounced its ruling and struck down the Centre’s fact check unit (FCU) rule. HC declared the amendment to IT Rules, 2021, “unconstitutional” and struck down the rule to establish FCUs to identify “fake, false and misleading” information about the Centre’s business posted on social media and digital platforms.Following third…
NEW DELHI: With just days left for Haryana polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sought to enthuse the BJP cadre saying that the party would get a third term in the state as people realise that its two previous ones marked a break from the corruption which had become the hallmark of the Congresss…
EAM Jaishankar meets Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov (ANI photo) As India steps up engagement with both Russia and Ukraine, discussing ongoing efforts to end the war, foreign minister S Jaishankar met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the margins of the UNGA session. While Jaishankar said they discussed bilateral cooperation and regional issues, Russian foreign…
NEW DELHI: A record number of Indians are set to travel to the US this year. While calendar year 2023’s figure of 17.6 lakh desi visitors in America had already overtaken pre-Covid 2019 high of 14.7 lakh, over 15.5 lakh Indians have been there in just eight months from Jan to Aug this year. By…
Two-time Oscar nominee David Bradbury (R) had arrived on Sept 11 with his daughter Nakeita, 21, and son Omar, 14, for a trip across India. While he was ‘deported’, the siblings continued with their trip CHENNAI: Australian filmmaker and two-time Oscar nominee David Bradbury, known for his documentary on anti-nuclear protests in southern Tamil Nadu’s…
Justice V Srishananda (Photo credit: Karnataka judiciary website) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court‘s top five judges, part of the collegium for transfer of HC judges and comprised the bench that had taken suo motu cognisance of Justice V Srishananda‘s unwarranted gratuitous remarks, had mulled transferring him outside Karnataka HC.Between September 20, when the bench of CJI…
BENGALURU: Congress government in Karnataka withdrew Thursday “general consent” to CBI for any new probe against public servants in the state on the ground that the agency was biased. The step coincides with BJP‘s clamour for a CBI probe into Mysore Urban Development Authority land-allotment case involving CM Siddaramaiah‘s wife. “It’s clear central government isn’t…
