New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Sunday insisted that he had given no licence for mining in forest area in Karnataka in his capacity as the state Chief Minister, a day after a probe was ordered against him in a mining scam.
He said the former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde had clearly stated that he was not involved in any mining scam, despite which a complaint was filed against him before a magistrate who asked the Lokayukta Police to undertake
investigation.
In a statement issued, Krishna said he did not "denotify the forest land but after a Cabinet approval and a gazette notification had permitted mining."...
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04:13 PM, Dec 04, 2011
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday sacked Rural Development Minister Ratan Lal Ahirwar, after the Lokayukta report named him for alleged misuse of funds. Mayawati has already sacked four tainted ministers " Rajesh Tripathi, Awadhpal Singh, Badshah Singh and Rangnath Mishra " on the recommendation of the Lokayukta, in an apparent clean-up exercise ahead of the assembly polls due in 2012. The Lokayukta, in his report sent to...
03:11 PM, Dec 01, 2011
New Delhi: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yedyurappa's bail hearing is scheduled for Friday. There are six cases against him. He was jailed on October 15 following two complaints. The Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted partial relief to Yeddyurappa in the government land denotification cases against him. The court granted Yeddyurappa bail in one of the two cases and order on the other land denotification case has been reserved...
11:23 AM, Nov 04, 2011
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted partial relief to former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in the government land denotification cases against him. The court granted Yeddyurappa bail in one of the two cases and order on the other land denotification case has been reserved till Friday. If the former chief minister also gets bail in the second case, he will be out of judicial custody and will...
12:18 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Bangalore: The report of the official committee which has recommended action against 617 officials indicted in the Lokayukta report on illegal mining will come up before the cabinet for discussion on Friday. The committee, headed by additional Chief Secretary Jairaj, submitted its recommendations to Chief Secretary S V Ranganath on October 25. The cabinet will take a view on the recommendations and decide on the nature of action to be...
10:16 PM, Oct 27, 2011
Bangalore: After much drama and hospital hopping, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, 72 hours after surrendering before the courts and getting practically the entire state Cabinet pay him obeisance in hospital, on Wednesday returned to Bangalore Central Jail on a stretcher. So, what prompted this change of heart? "He's upset about the media coverage...the bad press that he's receiving," said BJP MLA and Yeddyurappa confidante V Somanna. The drama...
07:41 PM, Oct 19, 2011
Bangalore: The Karnataka government's decision to return the Lokayukta enquiry report on illegal mining has been called frivolous by former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde. The government has sought a clarification on whether the Lokayukta had the powers to recommend action against ministers and MLAs. Hit out at the Karnataka government for returning the Lokayukta report on illegal mining, Justice Hegde said, "After the judgement is given by the judge, you...
08:52 PM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Karnataka state government on Thursday sent back the Lokayukta report on illegal mining. The report had indicted the state government and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. Yeddyurappa had to resign following the report's publication in July. The government said it wanted further clarifications on the report, particularly if action can be recommended against MLAs and Ministers without any complaint against them. But this action raised questions on...
07:46 AM, Oct 14, 2011
Bangalore: Invoking questions of legality, the BJP government in Karnataka on Thursday sought clarifications from the Lokayukta regarding its report on illegal mining. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting although the government was quick to point out that it was not questioning the report. "We are not questioning the Lokayukta report," Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs S Suresh Kumar said. The report resulted in the resignation of...
12:25 AM, Oct 14, 2011
Bangalore: The Lokayukta Court on Wednesday said it would pass orders on October 3 on the bail applications filed by former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa in two complaints alleging irregularities in denotification of government land by him. Lokayukta Special Court Judge NK Sudhindra Rao asked the counsels of both sides to conclude arguments by September 24. Objecting to the bail, senior counsel for the complainant CH Hanumantharaya said Yeddyurappa...
09:11 PM, Sep 21, 2011
Bangalore: BJP's Karnataka unit on Wednesday termed as politically motivated the arrest of former minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy by the CBI in connection with illegal mining, as the agency had not probed allegations of Congress leaders involved in it. Speaking to reporters, state unit BJP Spokesperson Ayanur Manjunath alleged that the Congress was unnecessarily probing Reddy's alleged involvement in illegal mining activities, despite there being no mention...
04:34 PM, Sep 14, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Monday said the state's finances were sound as the government mopped up Rs 58, 541 crore revenue during 2010-2011 as compared to Rs 49,156 crore during 2009-2010. In his first Independence Day address here, Gowda, who became the ruling BJP's second Chief Minister in the state on August 4 after BS Yeddyurappa stepped down following his indictment by a Lokayukta report on...
02:25 PM, Aug 15, 2011
Bangalore: Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has said that he will not participate in any of the official functions keeping sensitivity and protocol involved. "My presence should not embarrass officials in terms of protocol. I will stay away from all government functions, except from those which are held in my native Assembly constituency of Shikaripura," he told reporters here on Saturday. The former CM called on the seers of Siddaganga...
08:38 AM, Aug 07, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka finally gets a new chief minister after a week of political drama, as 58-year-old DV Sadananda Gowda was on Wednesday elected by Karnataka BJP MLAs through a secret ballot. But both the newly-elected chief minister Sadananda Gowda as well as outgoing chief minister BS Yeddyurappa turned out to be the heroes of the climax as the Karnataka political thriller ends. "There is a tough task ahead for me....
08:50 PM, Aug 03, 2011
New Delhi: As BJP leadership grappled with the BS Yeddyurappa succession issue, the Congress on Tuesday took a dig at it saying the party was planning to bring a "Yeddy-made government" in Karnataka to placate the outgoing Chief Minister. "He (Yeddyurappa) is trying for a Yeddy-made government. We have to wait and watch what this party with a difference is going to do with this Yeddy-made government," party spokesperson Shakeel...
08:14 PM, Aug 02, 2011
Bangalore: N Santosh Hegde on Tuesday retired as Karnataka Lokayukta after an 'eventful' five years in office and said effort by some ministers to discredit his mining report that cost BS Yeddyurappa his chair was not unexpected as he has brought out a 'bitter truth'. "When a bitter truth is brought out, it has its own reaction. Reaction of political circles is self-suiting," the former Supreme Court judge told PTI....
05:26 PM, Aug 02, 2011
Bangalore: Seeking to steer clear of any controversy this time around, Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Tuesday said he would not take any "action in haste" as he expressed confidence that the ruling BJP would be able to elect a new leader, after BS Yeddyurappa resigned as Chief Minister. Responding to reporters' questions on the sidelines of a function at Raj Bhavan, Bhardwaj, perceived as being "hostile" to the state...
03:23 PM, Aug 02, 2011
Bangalore: In an apparent bid to reject criticism that he wants to rule by proxy by installing DV Sadananda Gowda as his successor, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday asserted he did not want to become "a super CM". "I don't want to become a super CM", he told reporters in Bangalore as the race for the Chief Minister's post hotted up ahead of the BJP legislative party meeting slated...
03:11 PM, Aug 02, 2011
Bangalore: An Operation Lotus of a different kind is unfolding in the state BJP. The party, which was known for poaching legislators from other parties to prop up its strength, is now seeing its MLAs being poached by its own leaders. With the party splitting vertically between caretaker Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on one side and the group led by BJP national secretary Ananthkumar, state BJP president KS Eshwarappa and...
08:54 AM, Aug 02, 2011
Bangalore: After a "sweet and sour" experience as Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice Santosh Hegde is stepping down on Tuesday, looking forward to a relaxed and enjoyable life and do "what every retired person does". The 71-year-old former Supreme Court judge whose report on illegal mining triggered a political storm that eventually cost BS Yeddyurappa his Chief Ministerial chair, told PTI that his innings as Lokayukta can be described as "sweet and...
07:33 AM, Aug 02, 2011
