Hyderabad: A CBI team led by joint director VV Lakshminarayana knocked on the door of first additional CBI judge T Pattabhirama Rao's Banjara Hills residence last month, and asked for the keys to his bank lockers. Taken aback, the judge allegedly sputtered, "Keys? What keys? What are you talking about?" The judge has been accused of accepting Rs 2 crore from aides of Gali Janardhan Reddy for giving bail to...
12:55 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Hyderabad: A trial court judge in Andhra Pradesh has been implicated in a bribery scandal involving mining baron Janardhan Reddy, who reportedly struck a deal with the former for bail. Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao now faces arrest after the Andhra Pradesh High Court gave sanction to the CBI to prosecute him. Sources say that the CBI got information that a deal worth Rs 6 crore had been struck between Reddy...
08:36 AM, Jun 02, 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
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
Bangalore: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy, his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khjan and three others arrested in connection with an illegal mining case involving Associated Mining Corporation. Judge B M Angadi dismissed the petitions on the ground that the accused had committed an economic offence of "high magnitude affecting the very economy...
04:48 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: A head constable has been crushed to death in Dholpur in Rajasthan. The police suspect the involvement of the local sand mafia. The victim has been identified as 46-year-old Mahendra Singh. A sand-laden truck was found abandoned near the crime scene. It is suspected that it was carrying illegally mined sand. The police has cordoned off the crime scene and were carrying out investigations. No arrests have been...
09:14 AM, May 30, 2012
CHENNAI: Reiterating that illegal sand mining in the State will be tackled firmly, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said that during the previous AIADMK regime headed by her, the government had taken over the sand quarrying business to prevent illegal mining and to protect water resources. The government also took steps to make available sand at a reasonable cost while increasing the revenue of the State government. On the...
07:43 AM, May 18, 2012
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: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday filed an anticipatory bail plea in the CBI court. Yeddyurappa moved court after the CBI conducted raids at his Bangalore residence in an illegal mining case in line with the Supreme Court's directive. Reports said that Yeddyurappa's legal team has also filed the anticipatory bail for three other family members of the BJP leader. A day after registering an FIR,...
01:56 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted raids at former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's residence in Bangalore in connection with the mining scam. This comes hours after the central probe agency registered an FIR naming Yeddyurappa, his 2 sons and 2 others in a mining case on the Supreme Court's order. Yeddyurappa is likely to file anticipatory bail plea in special CBI court on Wednesday....
07:57 AM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will on Tuesday start probing corruption charges against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in connection with the mining scam. "The Supreme Court has ordered a specific probe against Yeddyurappa. It is about the funding received by an NGO run by Yeddyurappa's family. The NGO was funded by mining and industrial companies," a CBI official said. The BJP's government in Karnataka has...
10:30 AM, May 15, 2012
BANGALORE: Abhimanyu only knew how to enter the Chakravyuha (labyrinth). But, I know how to enter and come out of it too, said former CM B S Yeddyurappa immediately after the Supreme Court ordered a CBI probe against him.But, he knows better than anybody that it is easier said than done. Even if one thinks that he would come out of the legal web unscathed, it will be too late...
08:32 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: With the Supreme Court ordering a CBI probe against BS Yeddyurappa, the Congress on Friday sought to embarass the BJP dubbing the former Karnataka Chief Minister as the "true face" of the Opposition party. "Everyone knows about the involvement of Yeddyurappa in illegal mining. This is the true face of BJP. Instead of shouting from rooftops on the issue of corruption, the BJP should introspect", party spokesman Rashid...
02:01 AM, May 12, 2012
Mysore: Hours after the Supreme Court ordered an enquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the allegations against former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader alleged that it was a conspiracy against him to make him an accused. "The Supreme Court has ordered probe into illegal mining that pertained to my tenure as Chief Minister. I request the Prime Minister to order...
05:35 PM, May 11, 2012
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