Illegal Mining Bellary

The Karnataka Lokayukta police reportedly carried out raids at the home and office of former minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy in Bellary this morning.

Mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy was today arrested by Karnataka Lokayukta Special Investigation Team in connection with an illegal mining case allegedly involving his company.

India, in its crusade against illegal mining, has over the past few years choked its iron ore output and exports so hard that many companies had to give up on the sector.

CBI officials today collected material from state forest officials regarding alleged illegal mining by Obulapuram Mining Company owned by mining baron and former state minister G Janardhana Reddy.

Intensifying its probe into illegal iron ore export scam in Karnataka, a 10-member team of CBI officials today began grilling several persons from mining firms and transport companies in connection with the case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Karnataka lawmaker TS Suresh Babu today for his alleged involvement in the illegal export of iron ore from Belekeri port on the state's west coast.

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against two retired IAS officers in Karnataka, the chief executive and managing director of Deccan Mining Syndicate Limited (DMS) and two other officials for their alleged involvement in the multi-crore illegal mining case in the state.

Dozens of Hindu priests conducted marathon rituals in Karnataka's Bellary district for the early release of mining baron and former Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, currently in jail for illegal mining.

The fall from grace of the once mighty Reddy brothers may have been complete but the Assembly poll outcome shows that the clout of other mining lords remains undiminished in the "Republic of Bellary."

JDS Karnataka unit President and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita, contesting the May 5 Assembly elections, have together declared assets worth Rs 123 crore.

The CBI on Saturday conducted searches in the premises of three associates of jailed mining baron G Janardhana Reddy at Hospet in Bellary district as part of its probe into illegal export of iron ore.

Karnataka government would "fully cooperate" with the CBI probe into the illegal extraction of 50.7 lakh metric tonnes of iron ore in 17 months from the state's forests, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today said.

In more trouble for former Karnataka minister and jailed mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is all set to attach his properties, according to sources.

Should the verdict delivered by voters of the Bellary Rural (ST) Assembly Constituency be construed as rejection of the Lokayukta report on illegal mining over which B Sriramulu had resigned from the seat? This was the topic of debate around Vidhana Soudha.

It was his mine in Andhra Pradesh that delivered him to jail. Now, Janardhana Reddy is in new trouble over another mine he owns in Karnataka. The Supreme Court says early investigations suggest that the Associated Mining Company (AMC) in Bellary is guilty of illegal mining including encroachment into forest areas. These allegations will be studied ...

The Karnataka Lokayukta police reportedly carried out raids at the home and office of former minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy in Bellary this morning.

Mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy was today arrested by Karnataka Lokayukta Special Investigation Team in connection with an illegal mining case allegedly involving his company.

India, in its crusade against illegal mining, has over the past few years choked its iron ore output and exports so hard that many companies had to give up on the sector.

CBI officials today collected material from state forest officials regarding alleged illegal mining by Obulapuram Mining Company owned by mining baron and former state minister G Janardhana Reddy.

Intensifying its probe into illegal iron ore export scam in Karnataka, a 10-member team of CBI officials today began grilling several persons from mining firms and transport companies in connection with the case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Karnataka lawmaker TS Suresh Babu today for his alleged involvement in the illegal export of iron ore from Belekeri port on the state's west coast.

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against two retired IAS officers in Karnataka, the chief executive and managing director of Deccan Mining Syndicate Limited (DMS) and two other officials for their alleged involvement in the multi-crore illegal mining case in the state.

Dozens of Hindu priests conducted marathon rituals in Karnataka's Bellary district for the early release of mining baron and former Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, currently in jail for illegal mining.

The fall from grace of the once mighty Reddy brothers may have been complete but the Assembly poll outcome shows that the clout of other mining lords remains undiminished in the "Republic of Bellary."

JDS Karnataka unit President and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita, contesting the May 5 Assembly elections, have together declared assets worth Rs 123 crore.

The CBI on Saturday conducted searches in the premises of three associates of jailed mining baron G Janardhana Reddy at Hospet in Bellary district as part of its probe into illegal export of iron ore.

Karnataka government would "fully cooperate" with the CBI probe into the illegal extraction of 50.7 lakh metric tonnes of iron ore in 17 months from the state's forests, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today said.

In more trouble for former Karnataka minister and jailed mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is all set to attach his properties, according to sources.

Should the verdict delivered by voters of the Bellary Rural (ST) Assembly Constituency be construed as rejection of the Lokayukta report on illegal mining over which B Sriramulu had resigned from the seat? This was the topic of debate around Vidhana Soudha.

It was his mine in Andhra Pradesh that delivered him to jail. Now, Janardhana Reddy is in new trouble over another mine he owns in Karnataka. The Supreme Court says early investigations suggest that the Associated Mining Company (AMC) in Bellary is guilty of illegal mining including encroachment into forest areas. These allegations will be studied ...