Krishna Illegal Mining

• Land de-reservation case: Supreme Court to hear SM Krishna's plea

  The Supreme Court will today hear External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's plea seeking quashing of a First Information Report (FIR) against him in a land de-reservation case.

• Supreme Court stays probe against SM Krishna

  The Supreme Court today stayed the lokayukta police probe against External Affairs Minister SM Krishna. Mr Krishna had challenged the registration of an FIR by the Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) police on allegations that he had illegally de-reserved forest blocks for mining when he was chief minister 1999-2004.

• Investigations against SM Krishna will continue, says Karnataka High Court

  Investigations will continue against External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in a case of alleged facilitation of illegal mining, the Karnataka High Court ruled today. The case is based on a complaint which alleges that Mr Krishna had allowed illegal mining to continue when he was the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

• Karnataka High Court stays proceedings in case against SM Krishna

  The Karnataka High Court has stayed for four weeks proceedings in a case registered against External Affairs Minister SM Krishna. The case is based on a private complaint that alleged that as Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr Krishna allowed illegal mining to continue. In a petition filed in the court earlier this month, the minister had sought quashin...

• SM Krishna files petition, wants case against him quashed

  External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has filed a criminal petition in the Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of a case registered against him based on a private complaint that alleged that as Karnataka chief minister he allowed illegal mining to continue. The hearing on his plea is likely to begin early next week.

• SM Krishna's statement on complaint against him

  A First Information Report has been registered against External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and two other former Karnataka Chief Ministers by the Lokayukta Police today on a private complaint alleging that they facilitated illegal mining during their tenures.

• SM Krishna says FIR is 'unholy attempt' at character assassination

  A First Information Report or FIR has been registered in Bangalore against External Affairs minister S.M. Krishna for allegedly allowing illegal mining during his term as the state's chief minister.

• SM Krishna not in Hegde report on illegal mining in Karnataka: Congress

  Demanding the resignation of Mr Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister, the Congress denied that BJP's counter-claim that Foreign Minister SM Krishna is mentioned in the report. The party claimed, on the contrary that the Karnataka Lokayukta report by Justice Santosh Hegde, exposes the loot and daylight robbery and loot by the BJP's chief minister in Karna...