Bangalore :Former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde said on Friday that B S Yeddyurappa had resigned as chief minister, not because he was indicted in the mining scam, but because he was arrested in connection with some other case. He was reacting to Yeddyurappa’s statement that resigning as chief minister on the basis of the Lokayukta […]

Mangalore : Speaking on the Mining, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on his visit to Mangalore Airport on August 20, Saturday, said that during my leadership in the state, there will be no hidden decision taken and I will not work to protect any of the representatives who are found guilty and all the result […]

Mangalore : M. Veerappa Moily, the union corporate affairs minister, alleged that the government of Karnataka is using the phone tapping and mining report leakage episode to divert the attention of voters from the mining report and its contents. Visiting Mangalore for the first time with his new portfolio, Mr. Moily told reporters that CM […]

Bangalore: Senior and close ministers of CM Yeddyurappa were at the airport to welcome CM on his return from Mauritius after a week’s rest. Dr. V.S Acharya, Murugesh Nirani, V. Somanna and Renukacharya were in the team. CM ruled out is resignation despite charges framed against him in Lokayukta’s leaked report portions, on illegal mining […]

 Bangalore: Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Sunday said he would send a report to President Pratibha Patil once the Lokayukta’s report on mining scam, that has indicted Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, “comes on record”. Asked by reporters if the mining scam report is a “fit case” for imposition of President’s Rule in Karnataka, he […]