Bellary : The fall of the once powerful and mighty Reddy brothers is evident in the infamously called ‘Republic of Bellary’ but the influence of mining lords has not diminished going by their presence in the fray for the May five Assembly polls. Flashback 2008. The BJP made a clean sweep of Bellary district, winning […]

Bangalore: CBI on Saturday grilled former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and two of his associates in connection with an alleged iron ore export scam. Reddy as well as Mehfuz Ali Khan and Karapudi Mahesh were questioned separately for a few hours, said sources in CBI whose action came a day after […]

Bangalore: A CBI court on Saturday extended to February 16 the judicial custody of mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy and four others arrested in the illegal mining case of Associated Mining Corporation owned by him. CBI court judge Shreeshananda extended the judicial custody of the accused. Reddy and his close aide Mehfuz […]

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 […]

Bellary : The CBI, probing illegal mining and irregularities in allotment of mining leases to Obulapuram Mining Company, has found that the arrested mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his associates had allegedly booked 200 lockers in a private bank here. Out of the 350 lockers available at the private bank, which was searched recently, […]

Bellary : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday raided the homes of two close associates of former Karnataka Minister G Janardhana Reddy in Bellary. The CBI sleuths from Hyderabad seized several documents, reports said. The two aides are Gurulinge Gowda, Chairman of the Bellary Urban Development Authority (BUDA) , and Gonal Rajasekhara Gowda, […]

New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday seized Rs.3 crore in cash and more than 30 kg of gold from the residence of former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy at Bellary in Karnataka. The CBI, which arrested Janardhana Reddy in an illegal mining case, also found several incriminating documents […]

Bangalore : In the wake of the Central Bureau of Investigation arresting mining baron G Janardhana Reddy, Karnataka Lokayukta Shivaraj V Patil on Monday said his office would hand over the report on illegal mining if the central probe agency asked for it.  “Whatever public documents we have, we will give to CBI,” he told […]