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The Karnataka High Court has temporarily stayed the Siddaramaiah-led state government’s 30 August 2023, order authorising the Karnataka State Waqf Board (WB) to issue marriage certificates to Muslim applicants. The court, led by Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind, questioned the legality of the move and noted that such certificates may […]
The CM is facing allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). The Lokayukta police have summoned Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for questioning in the MUDA site allotment case on November 6, official sources said on Monday. They had on October 25 questioned his […]
Reemphasising the need for fair tax distribution, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah noted that the state receives only about Rs 55,000-60,000 crore from the Centre after contributing over Rs 4 lakh crore in taxes. “We are only getting 14 paise to 15 paise of every one rupee of our contribution. No one should milk a milch […]
BENGALURU: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s family-run trust Sunday withdrew an approved request for a five-acre site within Bengaluru’s Aerospace Park for a proposed “multi-skill development centre“, less than a fortnight after Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah‘s wife surrendered 14 plots amid an investigation into her land-swap deal with Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda).“We withdraw our proposal and […]