Bellary (Karna): The fall of the once powerful and mighty Reddy brothers is evident in the infamously called 'Republic of Bellary' but the influence of mining lords has not diminished going by their presence in the fray for the May five Assembly polls. Flashback 2008. The BJP made a clean sweep of Bellary district, winning seven of the nine seats in a region where the Congress had traditionally maintained an unbroken hold.
The Reddy brothers, G Janardhana Reddy, G Karunakara Reddy and G Somashekara Reddy, ruled the roost then with their unchallenged supremacy, mostly attributed to the BJP's strong emergence in the district. Now, Janardhana Reddy is cooling his heels in a jail in Hyderabad since September 2011 in connection with an illegal mining case in Andhra Pradesh. Karunakara Reddy has moved to Harapanahhali in neighbouring Davangere district.
Somashekara Reddy is with BSR Congress of former Minister B Sriramulu, a trusted lieutenant of the Reddy triumvirate, who floated his outfit after breaking from BJP. Somashekara Reddy, who won from Bellary city in 2008, is not contesting.
At the height of their influence, the Reddy troika - two of whom were ministers and the third Somashekara Reddy Chairman of Karnataka Milk Federation, were often accused of running the BJP government. Their clout has vaporised later....
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10:21 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled all the leases for iron ore extraction in 49 category C mines - with the highest degree of illegal mining - in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka. The apex court's forest bench of Justice Aftab Alam, Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice Ranjan Gogoi, while accepting the recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on green matters in its Feb 3,...
01:56 AM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: In a huge relief for mining companies in Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed 118 legal mines to reopen in three districts after a gap of two years. It, however, also cancelled leases of all mine projects planned outside the sanctioned area of Karnataka's Bellary district. The illegal iron ore mining on Andhra-Karnataka border would remain suspended till demarcation of boundary between the two states is completed,...
11:16 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: The Supreme Court will on Thursday decide on the fate of mines barred from mining iron ore in Karnataka's Bellary district. A three-member bench will deliver the judgement on a PIL filed three years ago seeking a ban on illegal mining and also a high level inquiry into the role of politicians. A Central Empowered Committee had also recommended a ban on mining. The PIL's petitioner had named top...
09:11 AM, Apr 18, 2013
If you want to know how to complicate an easy thing, you better ask the Congress high command in New Delhi. Karnataka voters were strongly in favour of the Congress just a month ago. Urban local body results also proved that Congress was on the upswing. Sensing certain victory, all kinds of people started lobbying for Congress tickets and the so called high command in Delhi started behaving in a...
07:10 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Bellary: A man carrying over Rs 33 lakh cash in a motorcycle was apprehended for violating the code of conduct in poll-bound Karnataka, police said. Officials of the Income Tax department and police seized Rs 33.49 lakh cash from the man in Bellary. Police said the cash, purportedly belonging to a local industrialist, was being ferried in the motorbike when it was intercepted. The man has been taken into custody,...
07:04 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Rejecting speculations that the ruling BJP's state election panel was bogged down by differences in finalising candidates for the May 5 Karnataka Assembly polls, Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa on Monday said the first list would be released on April 5. ...
05:15 PM, Apr 01, 2013
A sixty-year old man allegedly raped a 19-year old before dumping her at a deserted place from where she was rescued in an unconscious state two days later, police said on Sunday. ...
11:14 PM, Feb 03, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday cautioned people in Karnataka, particularly in mine-rich Bellary district, against falling prey to persons impersonating as its officers. ...
07:53 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy, lodged in Andhra Pradesh jail in connection with illegal mining case, is all set to contest the Assembly elections in Karnataka due in May next year on BSR (Congress) ticket. Janardhana Reddy was arrested in September last year by CBI in connection with the case. ...
04:28 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Bellary: A chargesheet has been filed against BJP MLA G Somasekhara Reddy, brother of arrested mining baron G Janardhana Reddy, and 13 others in connection with the alleged threat to the life of a top forest official investigating illegal mining in the district. The 125 page chargesheet has named Somasekhara Reddy as the main accused. Conservator of Forests UV Singh had visited Ramghad reserve forest area in Sandur taluk in...
01:33 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Bellary: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) winner from the Bellary Lok Sabha constituency, J Shantha, was on Saturday officially declared the winner from the seat after a recount of votes. The Karnataka High Court had set aside the election of the MP in June this year after a petition was filed against her in the court saying that she used fake caste certificates and that there were counting irregularities. Shantha is...
05:40 PM, Sep 15, 2012
Bangalore: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out raids at at least 15 places across Karnataka in connection with illegal iron ore export. At least a dozen export companies have been accused of illegal export of seized iron ores from Belekeri port. The Reddy brothers of Bellary and Karnataka tourism minister Anand Singh are allegedly involved in the case. ...
02:25 PM, Sep 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it may permit resumption of iron ore mining in category A mines in Karnataka's Bellary, Chitradurga and Timkur districts, provided they complied with all statutory forest and environmental clearances. "The statutory compliance must be there. There can be no compromise on the statutory clearance and the undertaking by the lease holder on rehabilitation and reclamation of devastated mines," said the forest...
11:52 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Bangalore: The police in Karantaka's mining hub of Bellary have found crores of crushed currency notes in a plywood factory. The currency was stored in 300 bags. The factory owner claims that he brought this consignment from Indore for making plywood a few months back and had no clue about the money. A police team has left for Indore to source the trail. The police have not yet filed any...
01:19 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Monday set aside the election of BJP's Lok Sabha MP from Bellary, J Shanta. She is the sister of former Karnataka minister Sriramulu. The court also ordered recounting of votes within four weeks. A petition was filed in the court against Shanta, alleging that she used fake caste certificates and that there were counting irregularities. Shanta is also said to be a close confidante...
05:09 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute First Additional Special Judge for CBI cases T Pattabhirama Rao. He was suspended on Thursday by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Justice for alleged irregularities. The CBI is expected to register a case soon. The CBI has claimed that a deal of Rs 6 crore was struck between former Karnataka minister Gali...
08:41 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Bangalore: A CBI court on Tuesday extended till April 27 the judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khan, arrested in connection with an illegal mining case. Additional Civil and Sessions Court Judge and CBI special court judge B M Angadi passed the order after CBI moved an application seeking extension of custody. Reddy and Khan, lodged in Bangalore...
02:26 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Bangalore: A CBI court on Tuesday extended till April 7 the judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khan, arrested in connection with an illegal mining case. Additional Civil and Sessions Court Judge and CBI special court judge B M Angadi passed the order after CBI moved an application seeking extension of the custody. Associated Mining Corporation (AMC) and...
03:12 PM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Former Karnataka leader G Janardhana Reddy's custody ends on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and mining baron has been in jail since he was arrested in connection with an illegal mining scam in September, 2011. The CBI in its chargesheet in the Bellary illegal mining case had charged Gali Janardhan Reddy, Srinivasa Reddy, VD Rajagopal and the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) under sections 120-B, 409, 420,...
09:47 AM, Apr 03, 2012
