Yeddyurappa Arrest

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday said he was "not happy" with the arrest of political rival DK Shivakumar. The senior Congress leader was arrested on Tuesday evening by the Enforcement Directorate, which was questioning him in a money laundering case.

BJP on Wednesday staged a protest in the Karnataka assembly by entering the well of the House on the farm loan waiver issue, alleging that the government was "lying" to farmers. Slogans like "down down to the government that is lying", "loan waiver should be implemented" reverberated in the assembly, which is holding its winter session here.

Ballari's mining baron and former BJP minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, who was questioned for hours in an alleged bribery case last evening, has been arrested, the police said. Ali Khan, a close aid of Janardhan Reddy, was also arrested. The former minister, who is facing multiple charges of corruption, has already spent three years in jail. He was o...

A man died in Karnataka on Tuesday after being run over by an SUV used by former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's son BY Raghavendra.

Karnataka bureaucrat Bheema Naik - who was named in his driver's suicide note, which also alleged that he helped tycoon and former minister Janardhana Reddy launder money - has been suspended by the Karnataka government.

It is more than three months since Justice Bhaskar Rao -- Karnataka Lokayukta whose son had been arrested for allegedly running an extortion racket from Lokayukta offices -- had stepped down. Since then, the anti-corruption body, which in the past had taken on anyone -- from former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to the powerful mining barons of Bell...

Despite the arrest of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and several ministers in his cabinet after allegations of illegally 'denotifying' land in Bangalore, a sting operation by NDTV reveals the land scam, known to be the biggest in the country, is only getting bigger and murkier. Corrupt government officers are believed to be involved...

A complaint was filed today in the Lokayukta Special Court here against Janatha Dal(Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy alleging irregularities in denotification of land during his tenure as Chief Minister. Kumaraswamy is the second former chief minister in the state to face allegations of irregularities in denotification of land apart from B S Yeddyur...

Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa was released from Bangalore's Central Prison this evening, 25 days after he was arrested for corruption. He was received by his family and ministers who remain his staunch supporters.

Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will go directly from Bangalore's Central Prison to a temple. He will be released this evening 25 days after he was arrested for corruption.

The Karnataka High Court will resume hearing the bail plea of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa today. The BJP leader was arrested on October 15 after a special Lokayukta court charged him in alleged irregularities in denotifying government land.

BJP leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra is entering Karnataka today. According to party sources, Advani, who is expected to reach Bangalore late in the afternoon, will address a public meeting at the National College Grounds in the evening.

The Karnataka High Court will hear former Chief Minister BS Yedyyurappa's bail plea today. The BJP leader has been in jail for 13 days now, since his arrest in a land scam case.

Arrested former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will know today if he will spend Diwali in jail or get bail in two corruption cases ahead of the festival of lights. The arrested Bharatiya Janata Party leader's counsel has pleaded for releasing him on a week's bail, in view of Diwali.

Contrary to speculation that he was cancelling his rally in Bangalore as part of his Jan Chetna Yatra in the wake of the arrest of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, senior BJP leader LK Advani today said his trip to the city is on schedule.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday said he was "not happy" with the arrest of political rival DK Shivakumar. The senior Congress leader was arrested on Tuesday evening by the Enforcement Directorate, which was questioning him in a money laundering case.

BJP on Wednesday staged a protest in the Karnataka assembly by entering the well of the House on the farm loan waiver issue, alleging that the government was "lying" to farmers. Slogans like "down down to the government that is lying", "loan waiver should be implemented" reverberated in the assembly, which is holding its winter session here.

Ballari's mining baron and former BJP minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, who was questioned for hours in an alleged bribery case last evening, has been arrested, the police said. Ali Khan, a close aid of Janardhan Reddy, was also arrested. The former minister, who is facing multiple charges of corruption, has already spent three years in jail. He was o...

A man died in Karnataka on Tuesday after being run over by an SUV used by former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's son BY Raghavendra.

Karnataka bureaucrat Bheema Naik - who was named in his driver's suicide note, which also alleged that he helped tycoon and former minister Janardhana Reddy launder money - has been suspended by the Karnataka government.

It is more than three months since Justice Bhaskar Rao -- Karnataka Lokayukta whose son had been arrested for allegedly running an extortion racket from Lokayukta offices -- had stepped down. Since then, the anti-corruption body, which in the past had taken on anyone -- from former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to the powerful mining barons of Bell...

Despite the arrest of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and several ministers in his cabinet after allegations of illegally 'denotifying' land in Bangalore, a sting operation by NDTV reveals the land scam, known to be the biggest in the country, is only getting bigger and murkier. Corrupt government officers are believed to be involved...

A complaint was filed today in the Lokayukta Special Court here against Janatha Dal(Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy alleging irregularities in denotification of land during his tenure as Chief Minister. Kumaraswamy is the second former chief minister in the state to face allegations of irregularities in denotification of land apart from B S Yeddyur...

Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa was released from Bangalore's Central Prison this evening, 25 days after he was arrested for corruption. He was received by his family and ministers who remain his staunch supporters.

Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will go directly from Bangalore's Central Prison to a temple. He will be released this evening 25 days after he was arrested for corruption.

The Karnataka High Court will resume hearing the bail plea of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa today. The BJP leader was arrested on October 15 after a special Lokayukta court charged him in alleged irregularities in denotifying government land.

BJP leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra is entering Karnataka today. According to party sources, Advani, who is expected to reach Bangalore late in the afternoon, will address a public meeting at the National College Grounds in the evening.

The Karnataka High Court will hear former Chief Minister BS Yedyyurappa's bail plea today. The BJP leader has been in jail for 13 days now, since his arrest in a land scam case.

Arrested former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will know today if he will spend Diwali in jail or get bail in two corruption cases ahead of the festival of lights. The arrested Bharatiya Janata Party leader's counsel has pleaded for releasing him on a week's bail, in view of Diwali.

Contrary to speculation that he was cancelling his rally in Bangalore as part of his Jan Chetna Yatra in the wake of the arrest of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, senior BJP leader LK Advani today said his trip to the city is on schedule.