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Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday, November 7 questioned the Waqf Board Amendment Bill 2024 Joint Parliamentary Committee chairman Jagdambika Pal’s visit to Karnataka amid the state Waqf Board controversy. On Thursday, Pal visited Karnataka to meet the farmers protesting against notices issued to them for allegedly encroaching on waqf properties. Following the outcry, the notices were withdrawn. Expressing concern over chairman Jagdambika Pal’s visit, Owaisi said, “The Joint Parliamentary Committee does not have investigation powers. Its job is to look into the Waqf Board Amendment Bill alone.” He remarked that the JPC chairman cannot act unilaterally as the committee operates collectively. He said that the JPC had already done a consultation regarding the waqf board issue in Karnataka, adding, its members are bound by Parliamentary procedures and therefore cannot explain the chairman’s questionable move. In a post on

Bengaluru : The ED has issued summons to K. Marigowda, a close aide of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who recently resigned to the post of the Chairman of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case citing health reasons. He has been asked to appear before the ED for investigation immediately, sources said, adding that Siddaramaiah is also likely to get summons from the ED soon in connection with MUDAcase. The notices have also been issued to former MUDA Commissioners D.B. Natesh and G.T. Dinesh Kumar and others. Sources confirmed that once they are investigated, the ED is likely to issue summons to Siddaramaiah who is the prime accused in the case. Also Read Lokayukya probe of Siddaramaiah is nothing but match-fixing, alleges Karnataka BJP The ED had raided the residences of Natesh and Dinesh Kumar and seized documents. “ED had seized four bags of documents from the residence of Natesh. He was later taken to the office of the ED in his own car,” sources said. Na

Hubballi: A delegation of BJP leaders, including former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, and farmers met Jagdambika Pal, the Chairperson of the Joint House Committee on Waqf Act Amendments, in Hubballi on Thursday and submitted a petition regarding the properties claimed by the Waqf in “collusion” with the Congress government. Speaking to reporters, Basavaraj Bommai said, “The Waqf board has issued notices to farmers claiming their lands, houses, lakes, temples, hospitals and even famous Kaginele Peeth was also shown as Waqf property. We have brought everything to his notice.” “We have urged Chairman Jagadambika Pal to include the information in his report and carry out the amendment to the Waqf bill. Our delegation comprises farmers from most districts in Karnataka state such as Vijayapura, Koppal, Dharwad, Gadag, Mandya and other districts of south Karnataka,” Bommai said. He said the state was facing a crisis as the Congress government was “misusing” the Waqf law. “It is a cla

Bangalore : A major tragedy was averted in Bengaluru after a bus driver suffered a heart attack and died instantly while driving a BMTC bus. The conductor quickly intervened to stop the running bus and save the lives of passengers, on Wednesday, November 6. The bus was running from Nelamangala to Dasanapura on Wednesday when tragedy struck the bus driver and put the passengers at risk. The CCTV footage from the bus shows the driver, Kiran Kumar, 40, seemingly normal moments before suffering a heart attack and collapsing from the driving seat, with the bus minutely crashing into another RTC bus after losing control. Being alert to the danger, the bus conductor, Obalesh, quickly took control of the steering dismounted the passed-out driver and applied breaks to the bus, saving the lives of the passengers. Also Read Bengaluru man sits on live firecracker as challenge, dies After getting the bus to a safe halt, conductor Obalesh rushed his colleague to the nearby VP Magnus Hospit

Bengaluru : Karnataka BJP has alleged that the Lokayukta probe against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is nothing but match-fixing. The party has questioned the travel plan released by CM Siddaramaiah in this regard. Leaders of the Opposition in Assembly and Council R. Ashoka and Chalavadi Narayanaswamy have raised questions in this regard and dubbed the investigation as scripted. Leader of the Opposition in Assembly R. Ashoka, addressing a press conference in BJP headquarters in Bengaluru, pointed out, that the travel plan released by CM Siddaramaiah states that between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, he will attend the Lokayukta investigation and he will reach Channapatna constituency by road. How does CM Siddaramaiah know the questioning and investigation will end in two hours? Ashoka questioned. Also Read BJP leaders stage protest seeking Siddaramaiah’s resignation, detained “CM Siddaramaiah is facing the Lokayukta investigation today. We are ashamed of it. CM Siddaramaiah claimed that

Mysuru : The Karnataka BJP staged a protest on Wednesday demanding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s resignation, saying that the dignity of the CM’s office was being diminished as he was facing Lokayukta probe in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case. The protest, led by BJP MLA T. S. Srivatsa, was staged near the Ramaswamy circle in Mysuru as Siddaramaiah appeared before the Lokayukta. As the protestors started raising slogans against Siddaramaiah, the police dragged the BJP workers, including women, to the vehicles and detained them. Also Read MUDA case: Siddaramaiah appears before Lokayukta for questioning MLA Srivatsa said though Siddramaiah was being interrogated at a different location, police officers were not letting the opposition stage the protest. “The police were not even allowing us to talk to the media. What is this system of not allowing the opposition to protest? Does any government behave in such a manner during the by-elections? We

Mysuru : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah appeared before the Mysuru Lokayukta Superintendent T.J. Udesh on Wednesday morning in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case. CM Siddaramaiah is named as the main accused in the case related to the alleged irregularities in the MUDA. He is the first Chief Minister to face a Lokayukta probe while being in power in the history of Karnataka. It is also the first time CM Siddaramaiah, who has a clean record, is facing a probe in his four-decade-old political career. Also Read Siddaramaiah’s resignation timing has been decided, claims BJP CM Siddaramaiah, who arrived in Mysuru from Bengaluru, was welcomed by Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa and Minister for Animal Husbandry K. Venkatesh at the Government Guest House. CM Siddaramaiah had breakfast at the guest house and went straight to the Lokayukta’s office after that. CM Siddaramaiah would be probed about his role in allocation of sites on