
Bangalore: A CBI designated court on Thursday adjourned to May 25 hearing on the anticipatory bail pleas filed by former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and his family members, against whom the central agency has launched a probe in connection with an alleged illegal mining scam. Within hours of CBI raids on his and his family members' residences on Wednesday, Yeddyurappa, his two sons BY Raghavendra, MP and BY Vijayendra and...

01:34 PM, May 17, 2012

New Delhi: The Karnataka Congress attacked the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the Supreme Court's order on a CBI inquiry on BS Yeddyurappa. Karnataka Congress leader Dinesh Gundurao said, "Corruption of the entire BJP in the state will be an election issue. There is an entire government machinery breakdown in the state." In a major blow to Yeddyurappa, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered an inquiry by the CBI...

11:52 AM, May 11, 2012

New Delhi: Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed FIR against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in the illegal mining case. Earlier, the Karnataka Lokayukta court on March 5 issued another arrest warrant against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa after he failed to appear for a hearing in a land denotification case. A division bench comprising justices Bhakstavatsala and Govindaraju passed the order allowing an application filed by Yeddyurappa challenging the...

12:05 PM, Mar 07, 2012

New Delhi: Former Karnataka Tourism Minister G Janardhan Reddy of the BJP is likely to be produced in a CBI court in Bangalore on Friday. Reddy, along with his brother-in-law, has been in jail since their arrest in September 2011 over his alleged involvement in an illegal mining case. Reddy was taken to Bangalore on Thursday by road amid heavy security in the wake of the warrant issued by a...

10:28 AM, Mar 02, 2012

New Delhi: In a relief for External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, the Supreme Court has stayed criminal proceedings against him in the illegal mining case. An FIR was lodged against Krishna in the Lokayukta court in Karnataka. The former CM had approached the SC last week. He is accused of illegally de-reserving large forest areas for mining in Bellary when he was the chief minister between 1999 and 2004. Krishna...

03:26 PM, Jan 27, 2012

New Delhi: A special Lokayukta court in Bangalore on Thursday deferred the hearing against External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in an illegal mining case after the High Court stayed the proceedings against him for 4 weeks. The court said that the investigation by Lokayukta police will be stayed for 4 weeks. The case now will be heard again on January 6. Lokayukta special court had earlier directed police to probe...

03:40 PM, Dec 15, 2011

New Delhi: A special Lokayukta court in Bangalore will hear External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's petition on Thursday in an illegal mining case. Earlier, Krishna on December 9 petitioned the Karnataka High Court to quash the illegal mining case against him, a day after police launched a probe into his alleged role in illegal mining when he was chief minister during the period of 1999-2004. Krishna has contended in the...

07:30 AM, Dec 15, 2011

Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court will on Thursday hear External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's plea to dismiss an illegal mining case against him. Justice B.V. Pinto, who on Wednesday took up Krishna's petition, adjourned the hearing to Thursday as the former chief minister's lawyer sought time. Krishna filed the petition on Dec 9 after police registered a first information report (FIR) over his alleged role in allowing illegal mining when...

06:43 PM, Dec 14, 2011

Bangalore: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Friday petitioned the Karnataka High Court to quash the illegal mining case against him, a day after police launched a probe into his alleged role in illegal mining when he was chief minister 1999-2004. The high court is likely to hear the petition on Monday. Krishna has contended in the petition that he had not de-reserved any forest area for mining nor...

05:56 PM, Dec 09, 2011

Hyderabad: A top bureaucrat of the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) amid speculation that she may be arrested in the illegal mining case involving the mining company of former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy. After remaining elusive for the last few days, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official Y. Srilakshmi, who figures as accused number four in the case, reached the CBI office...

12:03 PM, Nov 17, 2011

While Amar Singh got bail, the courts reserved their orders for Kanimozhi and Yeddyurappa in corruption cases. ...

11:16 PM, Oct 24, 2011