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Reddys denied bail, in CBI custody till September 19
A CBI court today dismissed the bail pleas of former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivas Reddy in the Obulapuram mining case.
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Janardhana Reddy's arrest makes foreign headlines
One of India's most powerful mining barons, whose political clout and wealth have made him a controversial national figure, was arrested on Monday as investigators raided his offices and seized about $1 million in cash and more than 40 pounds of gold.Until recently, G. Janardhana Reddy was a kingmaker in Karnataka, where his family and allies once ...
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Bellary: 2000 metric tonnes of iron ore seized in Sandur
It has been a week since the Supreme Court ordered all mining and transportation of iron ore in Bellary to be stopped, but corporates just keep brazenly defying the apex court's order. Today, 2000 metric tonnes of the ore was seized in Sandur by Bellary's mobile squad.On Monday, nearly 15,000 tonnes of the ore was seized from the district in six di...
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Bellary ignores Supreme Court order, keeps mining
Less than 48 hours after the Supreme Court ordered all mining and transportation of iron ore in Bellary to be stopped, nearly 10,000 tonnes of the ore was seized from the district in four different raids.The case just highlights how the Supreme Court's order is still being defied brazenly not just by the Gali Reddy brothers, but by other big corpor...
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Bellary: Mined over and over by Karnataka politicians
A six-hour drive from Bangalore leads to Bellary - home of what's referred to locally as "the black gold." This is one of the most under-developed regions of Karnataka, but it is crisscrossed with vast reserves of iron-ore which have led to its repeated rape.
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Congress marches into Bellary, Reddys aren't at home
After walking more than 300 kilometres in 16 days, Congress leaders from Karnataka marched into Bellary with a one-point agenda: to embarrass the BJP government, and in particular, the Reddy brothers, who are ministers and mining barons from this part of the state.It was no coincidence that the padayatra culminated on the anniversary of the Q...
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Reddys denied bail, in CBI custody till September 19
A CBI court today dismissed the bail pleas of former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivas Reddy in the Obulapuram mining case.
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Janardhana Reddy's arrest makes foreign headlines
One of India's most powerful mining barons, whose political clout and wealth have made him a controversial national figure, was arrested on Monday as investigators raided his offices and seized about $1 million in cash and more than 40 pounds of gold.Until recently, G. Janardhana Reddy was a kingmaker in Karnataka, where his family and allies once ...
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Bellary: 2000 metric tonnes of iron ore seized in Sandur
It has been a week since the Supreme Court ordered all mining and transportation of iron ore in Bellary to be stopped, but corporates just keep brazenly defying the apex court's order. Today, 2000 metric tonnes of the ore was seized in Sandur by Bellary's mobile squad.On Monday, nearly 15,000 tonnes of the ore was seized from the district in six di...
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Bellary ignores Supreme Court order, keeps mining
Less than 48 hours after the Supreme Court ordered all mining and transportation of iron ore in Bellary to be stopped, nearly 10,000 tonnes of the ore was seized from the district in four different raids.The case just highlights how the Supreme Court's order is still being defied brazenly not just by the Gali Reddy brothers, but by other big corpor...
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Bellary: Mined over and over by Karnataka politicians
A six-hour drive from Bangalore leads to Bellary - home of what's referred to locally as "the black gold." This is one of the most under-developed regions of Karnataka, but it is crisscrossed with vast reserves of iron-ore which have led to its repeated rape.
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Congress marches into Bellary, Reddys aren't at home
After walking more than 300 kilometres in 16 days, Congress leaders from Karnataka marched into Bellary with a one-point agenda: to embarrass the BJP government, and in particular, the Reddy brothers, who are ministers and mining barons from this part of the state.It was no coincidence that the padayatra culminated on the anniversary of the Q...
