Obulapuram

• CBI questions three Karnataka forest officials on illegal mining

  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.

• Former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy's bail plea rejected in illegal mining case

  The Andhra Pradesh High Court today dismissed the bail petitions of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and managing director of Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) BV Srinivasa Reddy in an illegal mining case.

• Gali Janardhana Reddy's judicial custody extended till February 16

  A CBI court today extended to February 16, the judicial custody of mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy and four others arrested in the illegal mining case of Associated Mining Corporation owned by him.

• Illegal mining case: Judicial custody of Janardhana Reddy, others extended to November 3

  A CBI court has extended the judicial custody of mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and four others, arrested in an illegal mining case, till November 3.

• Judicial remand of Jagan Reddy extended; Gali Janardhan says he's booked 'illegally'

  Mining baron and former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, the prime accused in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), today alleged he had been "booked illegally".

• Enforcement Directorate to attach Janardhana Reddy's properties soon: Sources

  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.

• Cash-for-bail case: Accused judge's son, retired judge arrested

  The Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two people accused in the cash-for-bail case, in which a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court judge Pattabhi Rama Rao was accused of accepting bribes running into crores of rupees for granting bail to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy who is accused in the Obul...

• CBI judge, who granted Janardhana Reddy bail in illegal mining case, suspended

  A judge in Andhra Pradesh has been accused of accepting a bribe of five crores to grant bail on May 12 to Gali Janardhana Reddy, a former minister in the Karnataka government and a mining baron. Mr Reddy was arrested by the CBI in September last year for alleged illegal mining by his company, Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC).

• Former Karnataka minister Janardhan Reddy granted conditional bail in illegal mining case

  Mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, an accused in the illegal mining case involving his Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), was granted conditional bail on Friday by a CBI court in Hyderabad.

• CBI files chargesheet against IAS officer in illegal mining case

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, naming suspended IAS officer Yerra Srilakshmi as a co-conspirator.

• CBI opposes Reddys' plea to get chopper, cars released

  The CBI, probing the "illegal" mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), strongly opposed the release of a chopper and some cars owned by former Karnataka Tourism minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and OMC's Managing Director B V Srinivas Reddy.

• Reddy's company earned Rs 4,300 cr from illegal ore sale: CBI

  The Obulapuram Mining Company Pvt Ltd (OMCPL), owned by former Karnataka minister G Janardhan Reddy, earned over Rs 4,300 crore from illegally selling iron ore, the CBI's chargesheet says.

• Illegal mining case: Andhra Pradesh High Court cancels IAS officer's bail

  Andhra Pradesh High Court today cancelled the bail of senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, one of the accused in Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case. The special CBI court here had granted a conditional bail to Srilakshmi, arrested on a charge of abusing the official position to grant favours to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy-owned OMC...

• Obulapuram turns into a ghost town

  Obulapuram, once busy with hundreds of people working in iron ore mines, JCB India Ltd. (JCB)'s digging up earth and making artificial hillocks and trucks carrying loads, has become a quiet and gloomy place today.

• CBI estimates illegal mining by OMC led to loss of Rs 5,100 cr

  The CBI has been granted permission to start three new courts from January next year.