New Delhi : In a major blow to former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Supreme Court-appointed central empowered committee (CEC) on Friday recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against him over illegal mining in the state and bribery charges against the veteran BJP leader. The apex court had constituted the panel to […]

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court Thursday granted bail to former chief minister Madhu Koda in an illegal mining case, but he will continue to stay in jail in connection with other cases. A single-judge bench of Justice H.C. Mishra granted bail to Koda in a case related to allegedly taking bribe to allocate iron ore […]

Bangalore : Karnataka Former CM BS Yeddyurappa on Monday intensified his power struggle by claiming support of over half of the party MLAs and apparently demanded that the central leadership convene a legislature party meet within 48 hours. In a show of strength to party high command, Yeddyurappa, who claimed that 55 MLAs are supporting […]

Bangalore: A CBI court here on Monday rejected the bail application of former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and extended his custody till March 16. The Additional Civil and Sessions Court Judge and CBI special court judge in the case B M Angadi extended custody when Reddy was produced in court amid […]

Bangalore:  A Television Cameraman of a Kannada Channel was injured in the head, while several pressmen were beaten, as lawyers jumped on them like  Cheetahas in black coats, when they(Press) were coming out of a court of Judge B.M. Angadi, where Gali Janardhan Reddy was produced in an illegal mining(AMC) case on Friday noon in […]

Bellary/Hyderabad: A Karnataka court has issued ‘Prisoner on Transit’ warrant against mining baron G Janardhan Reddy, an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company mining scam, to produce him before a special CBI court by March 2, in connection with another “illegal” mining case registered against him in that state, officials said Tuesday. Reddy, the former […]

Bangalore: Yes, the state Government has lost Rs4,000 crores in royalty fees by the CMs from Congress(S.M. Krishna and N. Dharam Singh), JD-S (Kumaraswamy) and BJP (B.S. Yeddyurappa) in a decade. In Bellary District, even after the Supreme Court put a ban on illegal mining, the railways have lost crores of rupees and 1.5 lakhs […]

New Delhi  : The Karnataka government of Karnataka detected 12891 cases of illegal mining of minor and major minerals for the period June, 2006 till December, 2009, and for the year 2010-11, it has reported 6476 cases of illegal mining. This information was given by the Minister of State for Mines (Independent Charge) Dinsha Patel […]

Bangalore  : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka Thursday evening demanded External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna’s resignation following the launch of a police probe into his alleged role in illegal mining when he was chief minister in 1999-2004.  “Krishna should resign immediately,” the party said in a statement here, pointing out that its […]

Bangalore: Three former Karnataka chief ministers, including present External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, are now caught in the illegal mining row rocking the state as a court Saturday ordered a probe into their role during their rule. The other two are Krishna’s successor N. Dharam Singh, also of the Congress, and Singh’s successor H.D. Kumaraswamy […]