In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Under fire for their alleged involvement in illegal mining in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, the Reddy brothers of Bellary asserted on Monday that Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj had no authority to refer a petition seeking their disqualification from the state legislature to the Election Commission. In their reply to …
Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj has sternly warned that the Global Positioning System (GPS) will be introduced at any cost and the guidelines with regard to transportation and storage of sand will be made public in next 10 days. The warning comes in the wake of a splinter group of the …
The 'Bellary Chalo' padayatra by Opposition Congress in Karnataka against BJP government's alleged ''misrule'' and "failure'' to check illegal mining entered second day on Monday. After breakfast at Harvard college, where the leaders stayed overnight, leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly D Siddaramaiah led the yatra towards Nelamangala and …
Congress supporters in Bangalore on Sunday after their march to Bellary, over 300 km away, was flagged off Illegal mining, rags to riches story, political rivalry and unbridled ambition make for an explosive cocktail in this ongoing soap opera in Karnataka. Reports by Shubhadeep Chaudhary from Bangalore The continuing political …
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday said the State Government will impose a total ban on export of iron ore from Karnataka ports till the Lokayukta inquiry into illegal mining is completed. The chief minister, here to attend the National Development Council (NDC) meeting, told newsmen that the …
A 68-year-old Congress worker collapsed and died during the 320-km Congress' Bellary Chalo Padayatra' here on Sunday. Chikkamariah was rushed to M S Ramaiah Hospital, where he was declared dead. He suffered a massive heart attack, sources added. The padayatra' is to highlight "failure" of the BJP government in Karnataka …
In a fresh attack on Bellary mining magnates, including Karnataka Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy, former chief minister and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy today said Reddy's company Anantapur Mining Corporation (AMC) had undertaken illegal mining in the state. The AMC has carried out illegal mining in the area which …
JD(S) State President H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday challenged Tourism Minister Janardhana Reddy that he will quit politics if proved that he had taken bribe from mine owners in Bellary when he was the chief minister. Addressing reporters, he refuted the charge by Reddy that he had favoured BSK Trading …
A delegation of Congress members engaged in mining business in Bellary called on Governor H R Bhardwaj in Raj Bhavan on Wednesday to counter the allegations levelled by Tourism Minister Janardhana Reddy. The delegation led by former KPCC president Allum Veerabhadrappa told the Governor that they had never indulged in …
The Ad Hoc Committee (ADC) has recommended that the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) should conduct a fact finding study of the illegal mining activities, if any, and also investigate and study the modalities of the illegal mechanism. The ADC has also suggested that CEC should come out with remedial measures …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that the Vigilance Department had registered as many as 11 criminal cases pertaining to illegal mining since 2008- 09. To a question from Naba Kishore Das (Cong), the Chief Minister said that these cases had been registered against two joint directors of mines, …
Under attack over alleged illegal mining, Karnataka Tourism Minister and owner of an iron ore mining company, G Janardhana Reddy, today alleged that many state Congress leaders were involved in illegal mining and export of iron ore. Quoting a report of the Lokayukta (ombudsman) in support of his charges, Reddy …
Party political blame games only foster cynicism A few weeks ago, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looked like it was finally emerging as a meaningful opposition party, seeking to forge an alliance with the Left on
The State government on Monday extended the scope of an ongoing Lokayukta inquiry to include illegal extract and export of iron ore during the last 10 years. The government has also asked the Lokayukta to investigate all cases of illegal mining in the State till date. The Lokayukta has already …
