BJP leader NR Ramesh has filed a complaint in Bengaluru against CM Siddaramaiah demanding an investigation into the MUDA scam issue. BENGALURU: BJP leader NR Ramesh has filed a complaint with the Lokayukta office in Bengaluru against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others, demanding an investigation into the MUDA scam issue. Earlier today, R Ashoka,…
NEW DELHI: Amid political slugfest over the Rs 90 crore allegedly siphoned off from Karnataka ST welfare funds, ED on Wednesday said part of the swindled funds were used to procure liquor, luxury cars and for ‘other’ uses by B Nagendra, until recently minister for tribal welfare in the Siddaramaiah govt, and his associates during…
The Karnakata government has decided to put the controversial job reservation bill on hold for the time being facing pushback. Chief minister Siddaramaiah said the bill will be revisited and the future course of action will be decided in the coming days. “The bill approved by the cabinet to provide reservation for Kannadigas in private…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah found himself at the receiving end after he in a post on X said that the Cabinet has approved a bill mandating ‘100 per cent’ reservation for Kannadigas in ‘C and D’ grade posts in all private institutions within the state.The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom)…
BENGALURU: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah acknowledged Monday a scam of Rs 89.6 crore in the Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki ST Development Corporation, contradicting opposition’s claim of Rs 187 crore. The admission came during a heated debate initiated by LoP R Ashoka of BJP in the legislative assembly.Siddaramaiah, whose admission came when he intervened in Ashoka’s opening remarks,…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah made a fervent denial of engaging in vindictive politics on Saturday, asserting that neither he nor his government would resort to such practices in the future. He directed accusations towards the BJP, accusing them of fostering such divisive tactics.Siddaramaiah’s remarks came in response to criticism from the BJP and…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Wednesday criticised PM Narendra Modi for making “illegal allegations” against Congress regarding transfer reservation quota from backward classes to Muslims calling it a “blatant lie“. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that the Congress has transferred the reservation quota from backward classes and Dalits to Muslims is a blatant lie,”…
MANGALURU: Just a day after announcing the Congress government’s “decision” to revoke the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka enforced by the previous BJP-led dispensation, CM Siddaramaiah did a volte-face on Saturday. He claimed he had only intended to say that the demand for lifting the ban was still under consideration.The CM…
