Posts Tagged ‘Karnataka’
Illegal mining: Lokayukta police registers FIRs against SM Krishna, 2 ex-CMs
The lokayukta police filed an FIR against external affairs minister SM Krishna and two former Karnataka chief ministers N Dharam Singh 0 bureaucrats of causing huge losses to the exchequer999 to 2004 as chief minister, Krishna had not only sanctioned mining lease on old rates but also de-reserved forest land, despite severe opposition from the [...]
Mining case: IAS officer Srilakshmi remanded to CBI custody
Senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, arrested in connection with the alleged illegal mining case involving the Obulapuram Mining Company by 4 pm5-day custodial interrogation of the senior IAS officer, accusing her of clearing the mining lease of 685 hectares at Obulapuram in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh in favour of OMC while overlooking bids [...]
One more complaint filed against BSY
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, another complaint was today filed against him and Housing Minister V Somanna in the Lokayukta court in an alleged land scam/40th of an acre993 Besides Yeddyurappa and Somanna, the complaint filed by one Ravikrishna Reddy was also against Somanna's wife Shailaja Sommanna joined BJP after [...]
Bellary by-poll: Gali Janardhan Reddy aide Sreeramulu files nomination as Independent
Former Karnataka minister B Sreeramulu today filed his nomination papers for Bellary Rural Assembly constituency seeking re-election as an independent, a development that prompted BJP to expel him from the party Sreeramulu, a close associate of arrested mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy, submitted his nomination papers as an [...]
Land scam: BSY discharged from hospital, sent back to jail
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa 5 sent on one-week judicial remand after being arrest in a land scam case What might have also come as a shock to the BJP's poster boy in the south is party veteran LK Advani's comment during his Jan Chetna Yatra in Nagpur on Tuesday that the Yeddyurappa episode was as an embarrassment to the [...]
Bail plea hearing adjourned to Oct 20, Yeddyurappa may be back in jail
The Karnataka High Court today adjourned to October 20 the hearing on the interim bail plea of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in denotifying government lands5 remanded Yeddyurappa in judicial custody till October 225 Jayadeva Hospital Director Dr C N Manjunath told reporters today that [...]
Yeddyurappa moves High Court seeking bail
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who has been remanded to judicial custody till October 22 by a Special Lokayukta Court in alleged land scam cases, moved the High Court today seeking bail40 AM on Sunday, the BJP leader, largely credited with installing the first party government in south India in 2008, complained of discomfort in [...]
Gali Janardhan Reddy’s custody extended till Oct 31
A special court on Monday extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law BV Srinivasa Reddy till October 31 in an illegal mining case93 rejected bail pleas of the accused and remanded them to CBI custody for six days
Arrested Yeddyurappa in ICU after falling ill in jail
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who was sent to judicial custody on Saturday, has been shifted to a hospital from jail in the early hours after he complained of chest pain45 hrs, which prompted the jail authorities to rush him to hospital, sources said, adding his condition is stated to be stable The Special Lokayukta court on [...]
Former Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa arrested, sent to jail till Oct 22
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa after the then Lokayukta ombudsman N Santosh Hegde recommended his trial for graft in illegal land mining scam
BSY arrest: BJP extends support to Yeddy, Cong critisises
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa BSY was jailed Saturday on corruption chanrges, Reacting to the arrest Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that it showed the double standard of the BJP "A bail is denied only when court finds some case against a person This is the CM who was reluctant to leave office and when he [...]
Illegal Mining: SC asks CBI to probe links between mining activities at Bellary and Obulapuram
The Reddy brothers seem to be heading for more trouble with the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee , the CEC had nailed yet another lie of Reddys, that they had no mining interests in Karnataka million tonne iron ore when the leased area did not have so much ore The AMC allegedly abused transport permits from the lease to [...]
Reddy, associates have 200 bank lockers: CBI
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 here4 kg of gold ornaments CBI sleuths are investigating whether Reddy and his associates have hired [...]
Karnataka Lokayukta raids Yeddyurappa’s son-in-law house in Bangalore
The Karnataka Lokayukta Police on Tuesday conducted raids at four locations of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's son-in-law, Sohan Kumar The raids were conducted at Kumar's residence and office along with the offices of Prerna Trust and Dhavalgiri Properties in Sheshadripuram and Vijaynagar localities of the city The Lokayukta Police [...]
Karnataka Lokayukta Shivraj Patil’s resignation accepted
The resignation of Karnataka Lokayukta Shivaraj Patil, who quit following a controversy over allotment of housing sites for him and his wife allegedly violating rules, was today accepted and the government said it will appoint a successor soon994 and his wife a 4,200 sq ft site at Nagavara from the Vyalikaval Housing Cooperative Society4 after the [...]
Disproportionate assets case: Jaya has to appear before Karnataka court
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was today asked by the Supreme Court to personally appear on October 20 before a Karnataka trial court, adjudicating a disproportionate assets case against her3 of the Criminal Procedure Code on grounds of threat to her security33 of the CrPC was a salutary provision intended to provide principle of natural [...]
Bellary bandh to protest Gali Janardhan Reddy’s arrest
Gali Janardhana Reddy supporters have called for Bellary bandh on Tuesday to protest his arrest under the Prevention of Corruption Act BJP MLA Somalingappa, a close aide of Janardhana Reddy, told reporters here that the district will observe a bandh on Tuesday After a CBI team arrested Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy, who is [...]
CBI arrests Mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, sent to 14-day judicial custody
Mining baron and former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy and his cousin Srinivasa Reddy were on Monday remanded to the judicial custody till Sept 19 by a special CBI court in Hyderabad after their arrest in the morning5-member CBI team had arrested them after an early morning swoop at their houses4, 20090 after which the agency started its [...]
Reddy brothers’ loyalist Sriramulu quits assembly
Former Karnataka Minister and close associate of mining magnates Reddy brothers, B Sriramulu on Sunday announced his resignation from the Assembly Mr Sriramulu told reporters here that he has decided to quit and would submit his resignation to Speaker K G Bopaiah in Madikeri later in the day His decision comes against the backdrop of the [...]
