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Bengaluru News Live Updates: Congress to stage protest on Aug 19 against Guv’s sanction to prosecute CM Siddaramaiah

Bangalore News Live Updates, Today: The Congress state president D K Shivakumar called upon the party leaders and workers to take out a kilometre-long march to the Taluk and district level offices.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah addresses a press conference after a cabinet meeting over Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's decision to grant sanction for prosecution of the CM in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment 'scam', in Bengaluru, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Bengaluru News Live Updates, August 18, 2024: The Congress in Karnataka will stage state-wide protests against the permission given by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his alleged role in the MUDA alternative site ‘scam’ on Monday, news agency PTI reported. The Congress state president D K Shivakumar called upon the party leaders and workers to take out a kilometre-long march to the Taluk and district level offices and submit memoranda addressed to the President of India Droupadi Murmu against the Governor’s move.

A day earlier, the party and the state Cabinet backed the chief minister and turned down the opposition’s demand for his resignation. The CM, who went on an offensive against the Governor, dismissed calls of his resignation by Opposition parties and NDA allies – the BJP and the JD(S). “Why should I resign?” he said, responding to media queries. The Cabinet has “unanimously expressed solidarity” against the illegal decision of the Governor to prosecute. “The Cabinet totally condemns it as there is no backing (for the prosecution sanction) under law and under the Constitution,” the CM said.

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What is the ‘MUDA’ scam case?: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment ‘scam’ is based on the complaints by three activists, T J Abraham, Pradeep S P and Snehamayi Krishna, against CM Siddaramaiah. They had alleged that Siddaramaiah misused his position to get alternative sites to his wife Parvathi in the posh localities of Mysuru by creating fake documents. The chief minister has refuted the allegation and vouched to fight it out legally.

Live Updates

14:34 (IST) 18 Aug 2024

Bengaluru Metro conducts trial for line between Nagasandra and Madawara

Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited on Saturday conducted a trial run on the R-3C of 3.14 km line between Nagasandra & Madawara (BIEC), which started with a slow speed of 5 km, going upto a maximum speed of 35 km sent fki.

First trial rolling stock test on the R-3C of 3.14 km line between Nagasandra & Madawara (BIEC) held on 17/08/2024, started with a slow speed of 5 km upto a maximum speed of 35 km sent fki. pic.twitter.com/x8Zymc2kkK
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14:08 (IST) 18 Aug 2024

College student sexually assaulted in Bengaluru

A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in the wee hours of Sunday by an unknown biker whom she had hitchhiked, a senior police officer said.

According to the Additional Commissioner of Police (East Zone) Raman Gupta, the woman, who is a final year degree student in a city college, was returning home to Hebbagodi after a get-together in Koramangala.

“A man from whom she had taken a ‘lift’ made a criminal assault and raped her. We have registered a rape case and started an investigation,” Gupta told reporters here.

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13:05 (IST) 18 Aug 2024

'This is a fake case': Cong leader Sandeep Dikshit on allegations against CM Siddaramaiah

Speaking to news agency ANI about Karnataka Governor sanctioning the prosecution of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the alleged MUDA 'scam', Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said, "This is a fake case...CM Siddaramaiah received these flats through compensation. They should prove that there was something wrong with the compensation provided to CM Siddaramaiah. And if there was something wrong, the BJP was in power at that time. Why did they give the compensation?..."

#watch | Delhi: On Karnataka Governor sanctions prosecution of CM Siddaramaiah in alleged MUDA scam, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit says, "This is a fake case...CM Siddaramaiah received these flats through compensation. They should prove that there was something wrong with the… pic.twitter.com/x8fKUCIIje
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11:54 (IST) 18 Aug 2024

Man accused of killing wife over extramarital affair dies by suicide in Bengaluru

A 46-year-old man, who had gone missing after allegedly killing his wife, was found dead in Bengaluru on Saturday. The police believe that the murder accused has died by suicide.

The man, identified as Mahesh Kumar, was discovered hanging from a tree after the murder of his wife, Meena (35). He worked as a crane operator and was native of Maharashtra.

On Friday night, Meena, a housekeeper by profession, was found in a pool of blood at their Hulimavu residence around 7.30 pm. Mahesh was missing from the scene. He’d left behind his mobile phone and the house was found locked from the outside.

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11:20 (IST) 18 Aug 2024

Congress to stage protest on Aug 19 against Guv’s sanction to prosecute CM Siddaramaiah

The Congress in Karnataka will stage state-wide protests against the permission given by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his alleged role in the MUDA alternative site ‘scam’ on Monday, news agency PTI reported.

The Congress state president D K Shivakumar called upon the party leaders and workers to take out a kilometre-long march to the Taluk and district level offices and submit memoranda addressed to the President of India Droupadi Murmu against the Governor’s move.

11:06 (IST) 18 Aug 2024

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