Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the decision of the family of Mallikarjun Kharge to return five acres of state-owned land in Bengaluru allotted to it, BJP on Monday went on the offensive against the Congress chief by demanding his resignation, while also alleging that the controversial deal is yet another confirmation of…
NEW DELHI: Is the Congress on the backfoot over another land-related controversy? The decision of Rahul Kharge, son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, to withdraw the request for allotment of five acres of land in Bengaluru, has put the spotlight back on the grand-old-party’s land troubles. The BJP has been quick to take swipes at…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) MYSURU: Karnataka Lokayukta registered an FIR Friday against CM Siddaramaiah, his wife B M Parvathi and brother-in-law B M Mallikarjuna Swamy for alleged corruption, land grab, cheating and forgery linked to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) land allotment case.The FIR was filed on the instructions of a special court…
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has linked crimes against women in the state to a broader strategy aimed at displacing families to seize their land. His remarks followed the Aug 22 gang rape of a class 10 student by three men in Nagaon district, which has sparked outrage and massive public protests, particularly targeting…
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has linked crimes against women in the state to a broader strategy aimed at displacing families to seize their land. His remarks followed the Aug 22 gang rape of a class 10 student by three men in Nagaon district, which has sparked outrage and massive public protests, particularly targeting…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court on Wednesday ordered a court-monitored CBI investigation into multiple complaints about crimes against women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, home of arrested former Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan.Hearing a petition for an inquiry commission led by a retired high court judge, a division bench of Chief Justice T S…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Sandeshkhali accused and now suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan after interrogation in a Prevention of Money Laundary Act case.The central agency interrogated Shahjahan at the Basirhat Sub Correctional Home in North 24 Parganas district. Shahjahan will now be produced before ED special court.Shahjahan was first arrested by…
