Gwalior: Terming as "unfortunate" the alleged murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh, allegedly by mining mafia in Morena district, BJP MP Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday demanded stern action against those involved in the illegal trade. The 30-year-old Singh, who was posted at Banmore as Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP), was crushed to death under the wheels of a tractor-trolley on Thursday allegedly by the mining mafia when...
08:48 PM, Mar 08, 2012
New Delhi: A young IPS officer, Narendra Kumar Singh, has been killed allegedly by the mining mafia while trying to stop a tractor carrying stones in Bharmor sub-division in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh. The 2009 batch officer was allegedly crushed to death under the wheels of a tractor-trolley by the tractor owner. Narendra Kumar Singh was posted at Banmore as Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP). The incident occurred...
06:10 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Bangalore: Defending the Lokayukta report on illegal mining, then Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Wednesday rejected views that quashing of an FIR against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa by the High Court on the grounds of violation of natural justice was a "rap" on his findings. "I don't consider it as a rap on my report as Lokayukta is a quasi-investigating agency. Our orders are accepted, rejected, neglected and sometimes...
02:46 AM, Mar 08, 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
Bangalore: Amid tight security, former Karnataka Tourism Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy was on Friday produced before a special CBI court in Bangalore which remanded him to CBI custody till March 12 in connection with an illegal mining case. Reddy and 20 others are facing charges for their alleged involvement in illegal mining, over which the CBI had filed an FIR against them in October last. Reddy was...
12:13 PM, Mar 02, 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
Bangalore/Hyderabad: Gali Janardhana Reddy, the struggling businessman-turned-mining baron who once dictated terms to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, comes to Bangalore early on Friday for the first time in six months, as an accused in illegal mining. Reddy, a former BJP minister in Karnataka, is being brought by road from Chanchalaguda Central Jail in Hyderabad, about 600 km away, by the Central Bureau of Investigation team to present him...
02:26 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Patna: FIRs have been registered against former Bihar BJP president Gopal Narayan Singh and 37 others charging them with involvement in illegal mining operations and attacking a police force in Basa protected forest in Rohtas district. Superintendent of Police of Rohtas, Manu Maharaj, said on Tuesday that police force led by him was attacked during raid against unauthorised mining in Basa protected forest on Sunday. The police and state Forest...
12:59 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Umaria: A day after a local journalist, along with his family members, was found allegedly murdered in his house; the Madhya Pradesh government on Monday announced an STF-level probe into the incident. Madhya Pradesh Police's Special Task Force (STF) will probe the gruesome murder of Chandrika Rai and his family members, DGP SK Raut said after visiting the town on Monday. Chandrika Rai, his wife Durga Rai, son Jalaj and...
04:05 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Panaji: Trinamool Congress president in Goa Wilfred de Souza on Wednesday said he had a glimpse of Justice MB Shah commission report on illegal mining and that the document pegged a revenue loss of $423 million in the form of illegal ore export. "The report which I managed to get a glimpse of says illegal mining in Goa has cost a loss of $423 million in terms of revenues to...
03:18 AM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Empowered Committee is all set to file its report in the Karnataka illegal mining scam on Friday. Sources say that the Supreme Court appointed Committee has reportedly recommended that 45 lessees be allowed to resume their mining operations. The Congress had on Wednesday reiterated its demand for a CBI probe into the scam which caused a whopping Rs 17085 crore loss to the states exchequer, and...
09:50 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: A Supreme Court appointed committee on illegal mining in Karnataka has submitted its final report. The committee has come down heavily on mining companies and recommended that their licenses be cancelled. Most of the violators are C-category mines. The decision could have some political repercussions too, as many of the mines have links to politicians in Karnataka. Some of the mines are owned by the associates of the...
06:27 PM, Feb 06, 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: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has moved the Supreme Court, seeking quashing of the criminal complaint against him in the illegal mining case in Karnataka. This came after the Karnataka High Court allowed the state police to probe charges against Krishna. Krishna has been accused of illegally de-reserving large forest areas for mining in Bellary when he was the chief minister between 1999 and 2004. Krishna is also...
06:34 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Bangalore: In a jolt to External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and a major embarrassment to the Congress, the Karnataka High Court on Friday allowed probe into charges that he had illegally de-reserved large forest areas for mining when he was chief minister during 1999-2004. Also facing embarrassment is former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular president HD Deve Gowda as the court gave the nod to a probe into the role...
12:40 AM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash investigations in a probe against External Affairs Minister SM Krishna. The court said that the probe against Krishna will continue. Krishna had filed a petition challenging an investigation by the Lokayukta police into his role in allowing mining in lands earlier notified as forests. Krishna refused to comment on this and said, "Unless I see the full text of the...
03:46 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Bhopal: The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh on Monday claimed that a team of its legislators had found large-scale illegal sand mining in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's assembly constituency Budhni. Chouhan denied knowledge of any such activity. "They (Congress) are making blind allegations and just trying to malign our image. Let them do so," he said. Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh told that a team of five Congress legislators...
01:29 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Hyderabad: A special CBI court on Thursday extended till January 25 the judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and three others accused in the "illegal" mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC). Janardhan Reddy, lodged in Chanchalguda Jail in Hyderabad along with brother-in-law and OMC Managing Director BV Srinivasa Reddy since September last after being arrested by the CBI from Bellary in adjoining Karnataka, and another accused,...
02:49 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Hyderabad: 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. The central agency, probing into the allegations of illegal mining and irregularities committed in allotment of mining leases to OMCPL in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, filed the chargesheet against OMCPL, Janardhan Reddy, his brother-in-law and the firm's Managing Director...
03:36 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Bangalore: A leading NGO on whose petition the apex court banned mining in Karnataka on Wednesday accused External Affairs Minister SM Krishna of abetting illegal mining in the state when he was chief minister from 1999-2004. Krishna failed to cancel the lease of a mining firm, which illegally extracted iron ore from the 20.7-acre mining area of the state-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in Bellary district, ignoring the advice...
03:15 AM, Jan 05, 2012
