Lokayukta Report On Illegal Mining

• Karnataka government suspends 40 officials named in illegal mining report

  The Karnataka government has suspended 40 officials and staff and issued show-cause notices to 257 who have been named by Lokayukta reports in illegal mining in Karnataka, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Tuesday.

• Supreme Court to hear appeal against quashing of FIR against Yeddyurappa

  The Supreme Court will hear an appeal against the Karnataka High Court order which quashed a First Information Report (FIR) against the former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa in the illegal mining case, based on the Lokayukta report.

• BJP leadership promised my reinstatement in six months: Yeddyurappa

  BJP leader, and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today claimed that the party's central leadership had promised to reinstate him as chief minister in six months when he was asked to step down last year after the Lokayukta report on illegal mining indicted him. "I did not aspire for the chief minister's post. Since the central leader...

• Illegal mining: 81 cops let off, Hegde cries foul

  Months after the Lokayukta report on illegal mining was submitted by the then Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde, it certainly begins to look as if not everybody named in the report will face action. Eighty-one police officers named as having taken bribes to allow illegal mining to flourish have all been cleared by the government appointed investigato...

• National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources to move Supreme Court after getting report on illegal mining

  The National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources today said it would move the Supreme Court after receiving a detailed report on illegal mining at Kappat Gudda hill ranges in Gadag district and asked Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda order a Lokayukta probe into it.

• 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.

• Bellary poll verdict: Is Sriramulu clean now?

  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.

• Karnataka govt to return Hegde's illegal mining report to Lokayukta

  The BJP government in Karnataka has decided to send back the Santosh Hegde report on illegal mining to the state Lokayukta, seeking clarifications.

• I will resign on Sunday afternoon: Yeddyurappa

  Signed, sealed and delivered by tomorrow at 1 pm - BS Yeddyurappa's resignation is no longer a craving for the BJP.After 48 hours employed by the Chief Minister to demonstrate his grip on the BJP in Karnataka, Mr Yeddyurappa allowed cameras to film him signing off on his resignation letter. (Watch: Rise and fall of Yeddyurappa)T...

• Yeddyurappa bargains for more time, BJP refuses to relent: Sources

  The BJP is meant to be selecting the replacement for BS Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister of Karnataka. Instead, what it's confronting is a chorus in Bangalore for Mr Yeddyurappa to stay in office, despite his indictment in a report on illegal mining that indicts him for corruption.

• Reddy brothers want apology for mining report mention

  Amid speculation about whether they will be asked to quit office, Janardhana and Karunakara Reddy have demanded an apology for a report on illegal mining that indicts them.

• Karnataka: Emboldened by support, Yeddyurappa makes exit conditional

  After putting up a fight for over 24 hours, BS Yeddyurappa has finally agreed to resign as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 31. A hunt is now on for his successor.

• Justice Hegde's report on illegal mining in Karnataka

  Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has agreed to resign. The state's Lokayukta, or Obudsman, Santosh Hegde had indicted Mr Yeddyurappa and his family of accepting kickbacks from a mining company.

• Defiant Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa won't resign despite Hegde report

  BS Yeddyurappa's exit as Chief Minister from Karnataka has possibly been scripted in the report on illegal mining that was presented today by Santosh Hegde to the Karnataka government. Mr Hegde has recommended that the Chief Minister be prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

• Karnataka crisis: Indicted Yeddyurappa flies to Delhi

  Two steel trunks packed with 10,000 pages could force BS Yeddyurappa to pack his bags and exit the Chief Minister's office in Karnataka. The trunks contain a report on illegal mining prepared by Santosh Hegde, the state's Lokayukta or Ombudsman. The report directly indicts the Chief Minister and his family, refers to the powerful Reddy brothers fro...