Yeddyurappa Reddy Brothers

BJP's BS Yeddyurappa will take oath as Karnataka Chief Minister at 9 am today after his party was invited to form government, and given 15 days to prove majority by the governor on Wednesday evening. The Congress, to ensure that does not happen, approached the Supreme Court late at night and asked for the swearing-in to be stopped. Three judges of ...

BJP president Amit Shah did not rule out claims by B Sriramulu, a key aide of scam-tainted mining baron Janardhana Reddy, that he could be appointed deputy chief minister if the party comes to power. This is something, Mr Shah told reporters in Bengaluru, that would be discussed by the party with an "open mind" after election results are declared. ...

Defending the BJP leadership's decision of giving tickets to mining barons,the Reddy brothers of Ballari and their associates, BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa today said that winning each assembly constituency was important for the party.

Karnataka Assembly Election: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today tweeted a stinging attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his party's choice of candidates in Karnataka, particularly the BJP's chief ministerial face BS Yeddyurappa, the Reddy brothers and their associates.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his campaign today for the BJP in Karnataka with the first of a series of public rallies staggered over five days. He is set to address his first public meeting in a part of south Karnataka where the BJP has never been strong, say party leaders.

In one of its sharpest attack on BJP ahead of next month's Karnataka's assembly election, the Congress today put out documents that it said, showed how the federal probe agency CBI had shut down cases in the state's biggest iron-ore mining scandal that had cost BJP's BS Yeddyurappa the chief minister's chair back in 2011. Three mining baron brother...

The BJP has given a ticket to another Reddy brother for the coming assembly elections in Karnataka, days after fielding Gali Somasekhara Reddy.

Once among the most powerful men in Karnataka, G Janardhan Reddy left a jail in Bengaluru today, where he was moved from a Hyderabad prison in March 2013. He has spent three years in jail.

The iron-ore rich district of Bellary in Karnataka shot into national prominence politically in 1999 when Congress chief Sonia Gandhi took on and defeated the BJP's Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha elections.

Switching from cycle-riding to heli-hopping and lording over Bellary and the BJP in Karnataka, mining barons Reddy brothers and their associates are learning a bitter lesson: money and crowds do not always translate into votes.

As Sadananda Gowda was sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka, the BJP witnessed what may well be its most embarrassing revolt yet in the state. As many as 45 MLAs skipped the ceremony, upset that their nominee Jagadish Shettar had been defeated. Mr Shettar, currently a minister, was AWOL. So were the powerful Reddy brothers, who are senior minist...

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.

Now that BS Yeddyurappa has said he will quit as Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Reddy brothers who are ministers in his government have indicated that they will follow suit.

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...

Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde's mammoth report on illegal mining - over 10,000 pages in two steel trunks - has been formally presented to the state chief secretary. The report directly indicts Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa; says he and his family are involved in illegal mining, and that between 2006 and 2010 the state lost Rs 16,085 crores be...

BJP's BS Yeddyurappa will take oath as Karnataka Chief Minister at 9 am today after his party was invited to form government, and given 15 days to prove majority by the governor on Wednesday evening. The Congress, to ensure that does not happen, approached the Supreme Court late at night and asked for the swearing-in to be stopped. Three judges of ...

BJP president Amit Shah did not rule out claims by B Sriramulu, a key aide of scam-tainted mining baron Janardhana Reddy, that he could be appointed deputy chief minister if the party comes to power. This is something, Mr Shah told reporters in Bengaluru, that would be discussed by the party with an "open mind" after election results are declared. ...

Defending the BJP leadership's decision of giving tickets to mining barons,the Reddy brothers of Ballari and their associates, BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa today said that winning each assembly constituency was important for the party.

Karnataka Assembly Election: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today tweeted a stinging attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his party's choice of candidates in Karnataka, particularly the BJP's chief ministerial face BS Yeddyurappa, the Reddy brothers and their associates.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his campaign today for the BJP in Karnataka with the first of a series of public rallies staggered over five days. He is set to address his first public meeting in a part of south Karnataka where the BJP has never been strong, say party leaders.

In one of its sharpest attack on BJP ahead of next month's Karnataka's assembly election, the Congress today put out documents that it said, showed how the federal probe agency CBI had shut down cases in the state's biggest iron-ore mining scandal that had cost BJP's BS Yeddyurappa the chief minister's chair back in 2011. Three mining baron brother...

The BJP has given a ticket to another Reddy brother for the coming assembly elections in Karnataka, days after fielding Gali Somasekhara Reddy.

Once among the most powerful men in Karnataka, G Janardhan Reddy left a jail in Bengaluru today, where he was moved from a Hyderabad prison in March 2013. He has spent three years in jail.

The iron-ore rich district of Bellary in Karnataka shot into national prominence politically in 1999 when Congress chief Sonia Gandhi took on and defeated the BJP's Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha elections.

Switching from cycle-riding to heli-hopping and lording over Bellary and the BJP in Karnataka, mining barons Reddy brothers and their associates are learning a bitter lesson: money and crowds do not always translate into votes.

As Sadananda Gowda was sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka, the BJP witnessed what may well be its most embarrassing revolt yet in the state. As many as 45 MLAs skipped the ceremony, upset that their nominee Jagadish Shettar had been defeated. Mr Shettar, currently a minister, was AWOL. So were the powerful Reddy brothers, who are senior minist...

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.

Now that BS Yeddyurappa has said he will quit as Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Reddy brothers who are ministers in his government have indicated that they will follow suit.

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...

Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde's mammoth report on illegal mining - over 10,000 pages in two steel trunks - has been formally presented to the state chief secretary. The report directly indicts Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa; says he and his family are involved in illegal mining, and that between 2006 and 2010 the state lost Rs 16,085 crores be...