Panaji : Former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Sunday said that huge tones of iron ore were illegally exported from Goa ports to Karnataka via train. Speaking at the half day ‘Proposed Goa Lokayukta Bill’ interactive workshop at Dona Paula, Hegde said the Karnataka Lokayukta report revealed that ore was transported from Goa to Karnataka […]

New Delhi: At long last, the Supreme Court today announced that the ban on transportation and exports of iron ore imposed by state in Karnataka, would be revoked from 20th April next. A bench of Justice R.V Ravichandran and Justice A.K Puttanaik passed the interim order from the apex court, when told that rules for […]

Bangalore : Iron ore is available in plenty all over India, but the drum-beating sounds come only from Karnataka, which has its own folklore and songs. The Central govt has woken up from its Kumbhakarna slumber to the danger of closing mines of natural wealth (Mineral in nature) in view of an over exploitation of […]

Mangalore August 13: I will not permit iron ore export and illegal mining until I remain as the chief minister of the state, said BS Yeddyurappa. He was speaking after laying the foundation stone for Karnataka Iron Ore Corporation Limited’s new project Raw Material Storage Silos in Panambur on August 13, Friday. The companies will […]

Bangalore : Justice N. Santosh Hegde has written to govt of Goa, Andhra and Tamilnadu, seeking information on illegal and clandestine exports carried on in Mormugao port, Vishakhapattanam, Krishnapattanam, Kakinada and Chennai ports. A Minister whom Lokayukta sent notice to provide information, is alleged to have threatened the latter with a defamation suit. The second […]

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು : ಅಕ್ರಮ ಗಣಿಗಾರಿಕೆ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಪ್ರತಿಪಕ್ಷ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಾದಯಾತ್ರೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಬೆನ್ನಲ್ಲೇ,  ರಾಜ್ಯಾದ್ಯಂತ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ ಅದಿರು ರಫ್ತಿಗೆ ನಿಷೇಧ ಹೇರಲು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರ ಮುಂದಾಗುವ ಮೂಲಕ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ ಸಹೋದರರಿಗೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹೊಡೆತ ಬಿದ್ದಂತಾಗಿದೆ. ಸುದ್ದಿಗೋಷ್ಠಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಬಿ.ಎಸ್.ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪ ಅದಿರು ಸಾಗಾಟ ರಫ್ತು ಪರ್ಮಿಟ್ ರದ್ದು ಮಾಡಿರುವುದಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದು, ಅಕ್ರಮ ಗಣಿಗಾರಿಕೆ ಕುರಿತಂತೆ ಲೋಕಾಯುಕ್ತ ವರದಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಕೆಯಾಗುವವರೆಗೂ ಈ ತಡೆಯಾಜ್ಞೆ ಮುಂದುವರಿಯಲಿದೆ. ಆ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯಾದ್ಯಂತ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ ಅದಿರು ರಫ್ತಿಗೆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ನಿಷೇಧ ಹೇರಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ […]