
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claims that a deal of Rs 6 crore was struck between former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and suspended CBI judge T Pattabhirama Rao for the former's bail. Rs 2.8 crore have been recovered from the locker of the suspended CBI judge's son, sources said on Friday. The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday night suspended the First Additional Special Judge for CBI...

07:07 PM, Jun 01, 2012

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Chief Justice has suspended Special CBI Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao for alleged irregularities. Pattabhi Rama Rao was hearing the Obulapuram mining scam case. He had granted bail to prime accused Gali Janardhana Reddy on May 11 in the case. Reddy, however, is still in jail in another case. Judge Rao was also hearing the EMAAR case and heard the petition for defreezing YSR Congress chief Jagan...

09:34 AM, Jun 01, 2012

We have seen Balala Ramayanam featuring Junior NTR, then newly in his teens, in the role of Lord Rama. It is now the turn of another child artist, Master Prabhat, grandson of Late P Janardhana Reddy, to transform himself into a child Vivekananda. This film, titled after the 19th century monk, will be directed by Suresh Bujji, a well-known publicity designer. Launching the film today, Bujji said that he would...

12:13 PM, May 17, 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

Bangalore: Mining barons Reddy brothers are generally believed to have bankrolled Bharatiya Janata Party to come to power in Karnataka. Now their loyalist has been caught on video claiming the Reddys had given around Rs 250 crore to BJP's first chief minister BS Yeddyurappa for the purpose. The video footage aired by a Kannada TV channel on Tuesday shows Reddy loyalist and former BJP minister B Sriramulu making the claim....

01:25 AM, Mar 14, 2012

Bangalore: High drama was witnessed outside the civil court in Bangalore when unruly lawyers attacked mediapersons and pelted stones damaging OB vans, leaving at least 20 scribes and police personnel injured. A judicial probe was ordered by the state government after vehement media protests over the incident. The court complex turned into a battle zone as the rampaging advocates targeted journalists, particularly electronic media crew, who had gathered to cover...

09:24 PM, 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

New Delhi: In the last 44 months, nearly one-third of the BJP government has resigned on charges ranging from rape to corruption in Karnataka. It is a record and a shameful one at that: - The total sanctioned strength of Karnataka Cabinet is 34 including the chief minister. - 1 chief minister (BS Yeddyurappa) and 11 ministers have resigned till now. - 4 ministers resigned over sleaze. Ex-Chief Minister BS...

11:06 AM, Feb 08, 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

Bellary: CBI court officials on Saturday visited the residence of former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy in connection with the chargesheet that has been filed against him in the illegal mining case involving his firm Obulapuram Mining Company. The five-member team examined the details of the properties and assets owned by the minister which have been mentioned in the chargesheet, CBI sources said. On December 3, CBI filed the chargesheet...

11:14 PM, Jan 28, 2012

New Delhi: A special CBI court in Hyderabad is likely to hear the Obulapuram illegal mining case against Gali Janardhana Reddy on Wednesday. The former Karnataka Minister and three others will be produced in court as their custody ends on Wednesday. The CBI earlier filed the chargesheet in the Bellary illegal mining case. Filing the chargesheet in the CBI special court, the apex investigation agency has charged Gali Janardhan Reddy,...

06:19 AM, Jan 25, 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: A special court in Hyderabad on Friday rejected the petition of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy for interim bail to attend his mother's death anniversary ceremony at Bellary. The mining baron, a key accused in the illegal mining case, wanted the special court dealing with the CBI cases to send him to Bellary with police escort so that he can attend the rituals and related charity programmes Dec...

10:29 PM, Dec 30, 2011