Karnataka Land Scam

Some officials of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) were on Saturday booked for swapping prime land acquired by the authority with another parcel of property,causing a Rs 100 crore loss, BDA chairman S R Vishwanath said.

Karnataka Minister M R Seetharam had got a slice of the 541 acres of land, which the state's Congress government allegedly denotified - or cancelled the purchase of -- illegally in 2013, an activist has told the commission investigating the issue.

Police complaints have been filed against two former Karnataka chief ministers, BS Yeddyurappa and HD Kumaraswamy, over an illegal land deal in Bengaluru.

Karnataka Government has set up a high-level committee to look into the encroachment of Wakf properties, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said.The committee would submit its report in four months' time, Mr Gowda said in a statement.

There is fresh trouble for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. A Lokayukta court has summoned Mr Yeddyurappa, Housing Minister V Somanna and two others in a case relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of land.

In Karnataka, nearly half of the 54,000 acres that is in the custody of the Waqf board has been misused. Property worth an estimated Rs 2 lakh crores has been illegally transferred to private institutions and individuals. The report says middlemen, politicians and Waqf board officials colluded to make this happen between 2001 and 2012.

A report on the alleged scam of over Rs 2 lakh crore, involving the Wakf Board land, is likely to be tabled in the Karnataka Assembly today. The state-govt appointed committee submitted the 7,000-page report to Chief Minister D Sadananda Gowda on Monday.

Just weeks after an NDTV sting exposed the involvement of sub-registrars in the land scam in Bangalore, the Karnataka Lokayukta today conducted raids in at least five sub-registrar offices in the city.

Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, his two sons, son-in-law and a former minister were on Saturday told by a court to appear before it March 3 over corruption and illegal lands deals case.

Despite the arrest of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and several ministers in his cabinet after allegations of illegally 'denotifying' land in Bangalore, a sting operation by NDTV reveals the land scam, known to be the biggest in the country, is only getting bigger and murkier. Corrupt government officers are believed to be involved...

The Prime Minister's Office is likely to decide when Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited can get the impending railway clearances from the Ministry of Railways. According to S Mani, Division Railway Manager, South Western Railway, Bangalore, the Prime Minister's Office is sceptical about leasing out Central Government's land to Public Sector U...

Barely a fortnight after he was released from jail in two land scam cases, the Lokayukta Court today ordered a probe into a private complaint against former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Housing Minister V Somanna and two others, alleging irregularities in denotification of land in the state capital.

Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde has hit out at the state government for transferring Lokayukta official Jeevan Kumar V Gaonkar, alleging that it was an attempt to "sabotage" the probe against former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and his family.

Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will go directly from Bangalore's Central Prison to a temple. He will be released this evening 25 days after he was arrested for corruption.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has been granted bail by a court in Bangalore in one of the two cases that has landed him in jail. But he cannot leave prison till he gets bail in both cases. The order on the second case will not be out today as the hearing has been adjourned till tomorrow.

Some officials of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) were on Saturday booked for swapping prime land acquired by the authority with another parcel of property,causing a Rs 100 crore loss, BDA chairman S R Vishwanath said.

Karnataka Minister M R Seetharam had got a slice of the 541 acres of land, which the state's Congress government allegedly denotified - or cancelled the purchase of -- illegally in 2013, an activist has told the commission investigating the issue.

Police complaints have been filed against two former Karnataka chief ministers, BS Yeddyurappa and HD Kumaraswamy, over an illegal land deal in Bengaluru.

Karnataka Government has set up a high-level committee to look into the encroachment of Wakf properties, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said.The committee would submit its report in four months' time, Mr Gowda said in a statement.

There is fresh trouble for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. A Lokayukta court has summoned Mr Yeddyurappa, Housing Minister V Somanna and two others in a case relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of land.

In Karnataka, nearly half of the 54,000 acres that is in the custody of the Waqf board has been misused. Property worth an estimated Rs 2 lakh crores has been illegally transferred to private institutions and individuals. The report says middlemen, politicians and Waqf board officials colluded to make this happen between 2001 and 2012.

A report on the alleged scam of over Rs 2 lakh crore, involving the Wakf Board land, is likely to be tabled in the Karnataka Assembly today. The state-govt appointed committee submitted the 7,000-page report to Chief Minister D Sadananda Gowda on Monday.

Just weeks after an NDTV sting exposed the involvement of sub-registrars in the land scam in Bangalore, the Karnataka Lokayukta today conducted raids in at least five sub-registrar offices in the city.

Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, his two sons, son-in-law and a former minister were on Saturday told by a court to appear before it March 3 over corruption and illegal lands deals case.

Despite the arrest of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and several ministers in his cabinet after allegations of illegally 'denotifying' land in Bangalore, a sting operation by NDTV reveals the land scam, known to be the biggest in the country, is only getting bigger and murkier. Corrupt government officers are believed to be involved...

The Prime Minister's Office is likely to decide when Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited can get the impending railway clearances from the Ministry of Railways. According to S Mani, Division Railway Manager, South Western Railway, Bangalore, the Prime Minister's Office is sceptical about leasing out Central Government's land to Public Sector U...

Barely a fortnight after he was released from jail in two land scam cases, the Lokayukta Court today ordered a probe into a private complaint against former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Housing Minister V Somanna and two others, alleging irregularities in denotification of land in the state capital.

Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde has hit out at the state government for transferring Lokayukta official Jeevan Kumar V Gaonkar, alleging that it was an attempt to "sabotage" the probe against former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and his family.

Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will go directly from Bangalore's Central Prison to a temple. He will be released this evening 25 days after he was arrested for corruption.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has been granted bail by a court in Bangalore in one of the two cases that has landed him in jail. But he cannot leave prison till he gets bail in both cases. The order on the second case will not be out today as the hearing has been adjourned till tomorrow.