Bangalore: A special CBI court on Wednesday rejected anticipatory bail plea of former Karanataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. Yeddyurappa had filed for the anticipatory bail in an illegal mining case. The court said that giving him bail would come in the way of the investigations. The bail applications of Yeddyurappa's two sons and son-in-law have also been rejected. Yeddyurappa has been charged with criminal conspiracy in the case and also...
04:59 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Bangalore: The Dhyanapeetham ashram of controversial godman Nithyananda in Bidadi wore a deserted look on Monday soon after Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda ordered his arrest and the closure of the ashram till the investigations are completed. Ramanagaram police said, We have received certain orders from the Chief Minister and will follow it. There are certain formalities that we need to complete before taking over the ashram. Since there...
10:22 AM, Jun 12, 2012
Khargram: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said all the money kept by Indians abroad is not black money and noted that India has signed treaties with 37 countries to know the details of such illegal wealth. "Not all money kept abroad is black money ... It might have been deposited by businessmen or business houses. The process will take time to know the exact amount," he told a meeting...
04:41 AM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on June 8 issued a notice to the Rajasthan government on a petition alleging that despite a ban, illegal mining was continuing in the state's Alwar district. An apex court vacation bench of Justice S.Radhakrishnan and Justice JS Khehar issued a notice on the petition of NGO Society for Awareness and Development, which said that despite the 2005 and 2010 bans, illegal mining was going...
02:01 PM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: An NGO moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking direction to the Rajasthan government to enforce a complete ban on mining activities in Alwar district as ordered by the court earlier. Senior counsel V Giri, appearing for NGO Society for Awarness and Development, told the apex court vacation bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice JS Khehar that despite the court's direction prohibiting mining it was going on...
09:38 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Bangalore: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Tuesday extended till June 18 the judicial custody of former Minister G Janardhana Reddy and four others arrested in connection with an illegal mining case that allegedly caused a loss of Rs 480 crore to the state exchequer. CBI court judge B M Angadi extended the judicial custody of Reddy, owner of Associated Mining Corporation, his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khan...
05:04 PM, Jun 05, 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
Hyderabad: Fearing a breakdown of law and order in view of the likely arrest of YSR Congress Party leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in the alleged illegal assets case, police in Hyderabad imposed prohibitory orders here on Thursday. Speculation is rife that he may be arrested three days before he is scheduled to appear in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on May 28. The agency has also summoned...
12:31 PM, May 24, 2012
Sri Lanka fired Geoff Marsh as the national team's coach in January only three months into his two-year contract. ...
05:03 PM, May 23, 2012
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday questioned Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy in YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's alleged illegal assets case. A team of CBI officials questioned the minister at her residence here for about three hours, CBI sources said. The minister was questioned about the permissions and licenses given to certain cement companies, which allegedly made investments into Jagan's companies...
06:40 PM, 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
Washington: Sikh police officers in the American capital will be allowed to wear turbans and other religious items while on the job. The new uniform policy announced by Washington DC police Chief Cathy Lanier Wednesday makes it the first major metropolitan police department in the US to permit Sikhs to maintain their articles of faith. Developed with the Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund (SALDEF), the new police policy...
09:43 AM, May 17, 2012
"Facts are important. The story is important. It's what happens to you that changes your life, not where or who with." One night before putting him to bed, Enaiaitollah's mother tells him three things-don't use drugs, don't use weapons and don't cheat or steal. The next day, he finds his mother gone and he is left all alone in Quetta with neither money in his hand or a home, nor...
05:52 PM, May 14, 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
Hyderabad: Hyderabad court on Friday granted conditional bail to former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy in the OMC illegal mining case. Associated Mining Corporation (AMC) and Deccan Mining Syndicate (DMC) owned by Reddy and his wife Aruna Lakshmi have been facing probe over charges of illegal mining. Additional Civil and Sessions Court judge BM Angadi had remanded Reddy to custody after CBI moved an application in this regard. Former minister...
05:34 PM, May 11, 2012
Hyderabad: Hyderabad court on Friday granted conditional bail to former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy in the OMC illegal mining case. Associated Mining Corporation (AMC) and Deccan Mining Syndicate (DMC) owned by Reddy and his wife Aruna Lakshmi have been facing probe over charges of illegal mining. Additional Civil and Sessions Court judge BM Angadi had remanded Reddy to custody after CBI moved an application in this regard. Former minister...
05:34 PM, May 11, 2012
