Land Row

At least 55 people in Telangana's Vikarabad district were detained on Tuesday for allegedly attacking government officials during a protest against the acquisition of land for a pharmaceutical project.

A team of 12 Enforcement Directorate officials searched the city office of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority Friday in connection with the money laundering case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Mysuru urban development body chief Mari Gowda resigned Wednesday - citing health concerns - amid an ongoing investigation into land scam allegations against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife, and other members of his family.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son Rahul Kharge on Sunday wrote to the CEO of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), seeking cancellation of the ownership of the five-acre plot allotted to the Siddhartha Vihar Trust.

The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has agreed to take back 14 plots of land, which have been at the centre of a massive row and an alleged scam, from the wife of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Karnataka Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah - battling calls to quit over the alleged Mysuru land scam - counterattacked Friday, flagging Janata Dal Secular boss HD Kumaraswamy and asking why the Bharatiya Janata Party had not demanded his resignation too.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah - facing demands from the opposition to resign after a trial court ordered filing of a police case in connection with the alleged MUDA land scam - must now deal with similar demands from within his party.

"I am not afraid..." Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah declared Wednesday, shortly after a trial court said a police case must be filed against him in connection with the alleged MUDA land scam case.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah - facing prosecution in connection with the alleged Mysuru land scam case - underlined his confidence in the judicial system Tuesday afternoon, and said, "I believe in the law.. The truth will finally win."

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi's remark that secularism is a "European concept" has landed him in a controversy, with opposition leaders questioning how such a person has been appointed in such a constitutional post.

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's petition challenging Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot's decision to sanction his prosecution in the alleged MUDA land scam case.

Another controversy involving land allotment has hit the Karnataka Congress after the alleged MUDA scam case. After Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the earlier row, this time a trust run by Mallikarjun Kharge's family finds itself in the line of fire.

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the trial court to take no action against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah following Governor Thawaar Chand Gehlot sanctioning the Congress leader's prosecution in the alleged MUDA land scam case.

Karnataka Governor Thawaar Chand Gehlot's decision to sanction the prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was "in violation of the principles of natural justice" and is "not sustainable under law", the Congress leader told the High Court.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah faces a big challenge as the Governor has sanctioned his prosecution over alleged irregularities in the site allotment by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

At least 55 people in Telangana's Vikarabad district were detained on Tuesday for allegedly attacking government officials during a protest against the acquisition of land for a pharmaceutical project.

A team of 12 Enforcement Directorate officials searched the city office of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority Friday in connection with the money laundering case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Mysuru urban development body chief Mari Gowda resigned Wednesday - citing health concerns - amid an ongoing investigation into land scam allegations against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife, and other members of his family.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son Rahul Kharge on Sunday wrote to the CEO of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), seeking cancellation of the ownership of the five-acre plot allotted to the Siddhartha Vihar Trust.

The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has agreed to take back 14 plots of land, which have been at the centre of a massive row and an alleged scam, from the wife of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Karnataka Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah - battling calls to quit over the alleged Mysuru land scam - counterattacked Friday, flagging Janata Dal Secular boss HD Kumaraswamy and asking why the Bharatiya Janata Party had not demanded his resignation too.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah - facing demands from the opposition to resign after a trial court ordered filing of a police case in connection with the alleged MUDA land scam - must now deal with similar demands from within his party.

"I am not afraid..." Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah declared Wednesday, shortly after a trial court said a police case must be filed against him in connection with the alleged MUDA land scam case.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah - facing prosecution in connection with the alleged Mysuru land scam case - underlined his confidence in the judicial system Tuesday afternoon, and said, "I believe in the law.. The truth will finally win."

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi's remark that secularism is a "European concept" has landed him in a controversy, with opposition leaders questioning how such a person has been appointed in such a constitutional post.

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's petition challenging Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot's decision to sanction his prosecution in the alleged MUDA land scam case.

Another controversy involving land allotment has hit the Karnataka Congress after the alleged MUDA scam case. After Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the earlier row, this time a trust run by Mallikarjun Kharge's family finds itself in the line of fire.

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the trial court to take no action against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah following Governor Thawaar Chand Gehlot sanctioning the Congress leader's prosecution in the alleged MUDA land scam case.

Karnataka Governor Thawaar Chand Gehlot's decision to sanction the prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was "in violation of the principles of natural justice" and is "not sustainable under law", the Congress leader told the High Court.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah faces a big challenge as the Governor has sanctioned his prosecution over alleged irregularities in the site allotment by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).