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3 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | Aaratrika Bhaumik |B Rishikesh Bahadurdesai |Nalme Nachiyar |Syed Mohammed
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill will be taken up for discussion and passage in the Lok Sabha on April 2, 2025. Opposition parties have been vocal in their criticism of the Bill that seeks to significantly reform the 1995 Waqf Act by enhancing the Centre’s regulatory authority over waqf properties. The Bill was introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha on August 8, 2024.
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2 months ago | 
thehindu.com | Nalme Nachiyar
Bengaluru has set a new record! As of today, the city has been without an elected council for four years and four months, during which time the city has witnessed a drinking water crisis, flooding during rains, rise in illegal constructions and encroachment, mounting challenge of urban waste, crumbling public infrastructure among a litany of other problems. Would an elected body of representatives at the ground level have helped the city tackle these issues better?
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Nalme Nachiyar
NMKRV College for Women, once synonymous with college theatre in South Bengaluru, was a force to reckon with at competitions. The recent years, however, had seen a slump. So, when the dry spell was broken after over a decade and the college won first place at an inter-collegiate competition, “it was surreal and exhilarating,” says Sumana A.S., a Kannada lecturer and convenor of Natya, the college theatre club.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Nalme Nachiyar
After a dry September, Bengaluru was expected to receive light to moderate rainfall in early October. But the onset of north-east monsoon brought chaos and misery to the city. In October alone, Bengaluru city received unexpected, incessant rainfall of 275 mm. Soon, social media platforms were inundated with videos of helpless citizens narrating their nightmarish experiences.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Nalme Nachiyar
The Socio-economic and Education Survey was commissioned by Siddaramaiah during his first tenure as CM in 2014, and was undertaken at a cost of ₹169 crore. It was finally submitted to the state government on February 29, 2024. After close to 10 years of inordinate delay, the findings are yet to see the light of day.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Nalme Nachiyar
Last week, following orders from a Special Court for People’s Representatives in Bengaluru, the Lokayukta Police registered an FIR in Mysuru against Siddaramaiah, his wife and two others in the MUDA case. This has set the ball rolling for what is sure to be a protracted battle. Even as its confrontation with the Raj Bhavan continues, the Congress also has to worry about the united onslaught of BJP and JD(S), whose demand for Siddaramaiah’s resignation has been growing in chorus.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Nalme Nachiyar
1. Munirathna: An MLA dogged by many controversiesFormer Minister and BJP MLA from R.R. Nagar in Bengaluru Munirathna Naidu, 60, has been a film producer, civil contractor and a former rowdy-sheeter. Though no stranger to controversies, he seems to be facing the toughest one ever right now with a Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe his alleged crimes, including bribery, criminal intimidation, caste abuse, rape, honey trap and blackmail.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Nalme Nachiyar
Come October, the Congress-ruled Karnataka govt will host a conclave to form an “economic alliance” with “growth-oriented” States. This includes Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal, Delhi, and Punjab. Among the issues to be discussed will be the unfair devolution of taxes to States by the Centre. Under the 15th Finance Commission Karnataka’s share in horizontal devolution slumped to 3.64% from 4.71% in the 14th FC, leaving the State feeling marginalised.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | G T Sathish |Nalme Nachiyar
Karnataka’s highly ambitious, much-awaited Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Supply Project was inaugurated on September 6 by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. The project was launched in 2014 when the Congress government was in power. It proposes to ease the drinking water woes of nearly 75 lakh people in drought-prone Kolar, Chickballapur, Ramanagara, Tumakuru, Bengaluru Rural, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan districts.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Nagesh Prabhu |Nalme Nachiyar
On August 17, Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot granted sanction for prosecution, paving the way for an investigation against CM Siddaramaiah related to alleged irregularities in allotment of MUDA sites. Siddaramaiah shot back with a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court, questioning the legality of the sanction permitting investigation against him under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and prosecution under Section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
