Lokayukta Report

• Congress demands CBI probe into Karnataka mining scam

  The Congress today demanded a CBI probe into the mining scam as exposed by the Lokayukta report, charging the BJP government with trying to shield the guilty.

• Widening iron ore scandal hurts Adani, JSW

  India’s wave of corruption scandals has hit yet another industry, iron ore mining, implicating companies that include the flagship of one of this nation’s richest men. As a result of a government investigative report issued late last week, several stocks have lost value — including shares of Adani Enterprises, the biggest ...

• Adani tanks on Lokayukta report; JSW, Sesa down

  Stocks of Adani Enterprises tanked on the Exchanges after the Lokayukta report compiled by Santosh Hegde and his team in Karnataka said large corporates are involved in illegal mining in Karnataka. Adani Enterprises closed 21 per cent lower. Adani Enterprises is part of Gujarat-based energy and infrastructure giant Adani Group. Adani has por...

• Karnataka Lokayukta report indicts 5 firms for illegal mining

  Besides the political fallout of the Lokayukta report compiled by Santosh Hegde and his team in Karnataka, large corporates involved in the mining industry are also feeling the heat. Three Jindal group companies, NMDC and Adani Enterprises have been mentioned in the report for alleged irregularities and alleged involvement in illegal mining in t...

• Govt will not implement Lokayukta mining report: Hegde

  Former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde today said he does not believe the Government will implement his report on illegal mining as "many skeletons will fall off (its) cupboard".The former ombudsman urged for an independent panel to probe the Lokayukta report further and implement it."Do you think the Government will ever implement the report?"...

• Karnataka: Lokayukta court summons Yeddyurappa, Kumaraswamy

  Former Karnataka Chief Ministers B S Yeddyurappa and HD Kumaraswamy have been asked to appear before the Lokayukta court on August 27.

• I will be back in six months, says Yeddyurappa

  Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who lost his job in the wake of his indictment by the Lokayukta in the illegal mining scam, today publicly said he would return to his post in six months.68-year-old Yeddyurappa, who is the first BJP chief minister of a southern state, made this remark at an informal meet with state government offi...

• Yeddyurappa challenges Lokayukta report in Karnataka High Court

  Outgoing Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today moved the Karnataka High Court for quashing the Lokayukta's report which indicted him in the illegal mining case that eventually cost him his job.In his petition, Yeddyurappa, who resigned following a directive by the party's central leadership in the wake of the submission of the report, questioned the...

• Yeddyurappa bargains for more time, BJP refuses to relent: Sources

  The BJP is meant to be selecting the replacement for BS Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister of Karnataka. Instead, what it's confronting is a chorus in Bangalore for Mr Yeddyurappa to stay in office, despite his indictment in a report on illegal mining that indicts him for corruption.

• Reddy brothers want apology for mining report mention

  Amid speculation about whether they will be asked to quit office, Janardhana and Karunakara Reddy have demanded an apology for a report on illegal mining that indicts them.

• Karnataka: Emboldened by support, Yeddyurappa makes exit conditional

  After putting up a fight for over 24 hours, BS Yeddyurappa has finally agreed to resign as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 31. A hunt is now on for his successor.

• Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa agrees to quit after BJP's 'unanimous' order

  Defiant till the end, BS Yeddyurappa has finally capitulated. The Karnataka Chief Minister has told BJP president Nitin Gadkari that he will abide by the party's decision and resign.

• Unanimous decision to remove Yeddyurappa, says BJP; he doesn't budge

  Even as the BJP announced that it had "advised" BS Yeddyurappa to resign immediately, the Chief Minister of Karnataka was in the midst of an emergency meeting in Bangalore - one clearly intended to telegraph his popularity among ministers and MLAs in his state. Thirty two BJP leaders attended this meeting, eight of these were ministers.

• Defiant Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa won't resign despite Hegde report

  BS Yeddyurappa's exit as Chief Minister from Karnataka has possibly been scripted in the report on illegal mining that was presented today by Santosh Hegde to the Karnataka government. Mr Hegde has recommended that the Chief Minister be prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

• Karnataka: Lokayukta's report on illegal mining submitted

  Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde's mammoth report on illegal mining in the state has been formally presented to the government. The report indicts Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and politicians from many other parties, accusing them of colluding to allow illegal mining and benefitting from it, often through kickbacks.