Congress MLA and former minister B. Nagendra was arrested in connection with an alleged multi-crore scam at the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN A special court in Bengaluru remanded former minister Bt. Nagendra to judicial custody for 14 days on July 22. The Congress MLA from Ballari Rural … Read more
Satish Jarkiholi is the Public Works Minister and KPCC working president | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO “If a Minister and legislators are involved in the Valmiki corporation scam, then it will be a stain on us,” Minister Satish Jarkiholi said in Belagavi on Friday. “The case is currently under investigation and if Ministers and MLAs … Read more
Ballari Rural MLA B. Nagendra, who resigned as Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports, and Tribal Welfare in Karnataka following allegations of irregularities in the State-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, has been arrested by the ED. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) detained former minister B. Nagendra, the Congress MLA … Read more
A file photo of BJP leader and former minister B. Sriramulu | Photo Credit: SRIDHAR KAVALI Former minister B. Sriramulu demanded the immediate arrest of B. Nagendra, who quit as ST welfare minister in connection with alleged financial irregularities in Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki ST Development Corporation. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on July … Read more
Narendra Modi also sported the black woollen blanket, a trademark of Kurubas, the community Kanakadasa belonged to Narendra Modi also sported the black woollen blanket, a trademark of Kurubas, the community Kanakadasa belonged to Not only was the Prime Minister’s programme in Bengaluru a signalling to the Vokkaliga community which the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party … Read more
Violent clashes involving stone-pelting broke out between members of the Valmiki community and the police in Agra and Firozabad on Saturday over the alleged gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras by four upper caste men. The Hathras victim, who died on Tuesday at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, was from the Valmiki community. … Read more