Santosh Hegde Report

• People trying to malign my image: SM Krishna on Team Anna's allegations

  Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna has hit out at Team Anna for accusing him of wrongdoings during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Mr Krishna today said that Justice Santosh Hegde's report had given him a clean chit and that he will reply to the allegations to the Prime Minister.

• PM should allow inquiry into reported coal scam, say Hegde, BJP

  After the Prime Minister promised to resign if "even an iota of truth" was found in the allegations of corruption levelled against him by Team Anna, he has been urged by Justice Santosh Hegde, who has worked closely with the activists in the past, to allow an inquiry to prove his innocence.

• Team Anna rift: Justice Hegde not on board with allegations against PM

  Justice Santosh Hegde, one of the most senior and respected members of Team Anna, is upset with the group's recent allegations of corruption against the Prime Minister and 14 senior ministers. Mr Hegde, who has served as the ombudsman or Lokayukta of Karnataka, told NDTV on Tuesday that he "disassociates himself" from the comments made over the wee...

• 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...

• 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.

• Govt will not implement Lokayukta mining report: Hegde

  Former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde today said he does not believe the Government will implement his report on illegal mining as "many skeletons will fall off (its) cupboard".The former ombudsman urged for an independent panel to probe the Lokayukta report further and implement it."Do you think the Government will ever implement the report?"...

• Governor sanctions criminal prosecution of Yeddyurappa

  BS Yeddyurappa's afternoon was considerably brighter than his morning. He has successfully pushed his candidate through as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka. Sadananda Gowda was chosen at a five-star hotel in Bangalore by the BJP's MLAs in Karnataka.

• 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.

• 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.

• Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa agrees to quit after BJP's 'unanimous' order

  Defiant till the end, BS Yeddyurappa has finally capitulated. The Karnataka Chief Minister has told BJP president Nitin Gadkari that he will abide by the party's decision and resign.

• Unanimous decision to remove Yeddyurappa, says BJP; he doesn't budge

  Even as the BJP announced that it had "advised" BS Yeddyurappa to resign immediately, the Chief Minister of Karnataka was in the midst of an emergency meeting in Bangalore - one clearly intended to telegraph his popularity among ministers and MLAs in his state. Thirty two BJP leaders attended this meeting, eight of these were ministers.

• Yeddyurappa asked to resign immediately, BJP to select new Chief Minister tomorrow

  BS Yeddyurappa has been asked by the BJP to resign immediately as Karnataka Chief Minister. After a meeting at party president Nitin Gadkari's house, the party announced that Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore tomorrow to decide on who will succeed Mr Yeddyurappa.

• 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...