Bellary
11 held for violence as Bellary shuts down
Eleven men were arrested for resorting to violence during a shutdown to protest against the arrest of former minister and mining czar G Janardhan Reddy, but eleventh-hour
Was Janardhana Reddy ready for dawn raid?
The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested the once powerful mine-baron Gali Janardhan Reddy from his home in the mining hub of Bellary early Monday in connection with alleged illegal mining by his
Reddy was asleep when CBI raided
The early morning, 4.30 am, swoop by the 10-member team of the CBI headed by its joint director Lakshmi Narayan on the homes of former minister and director of the Obulapuram Mining Company, Gali Janardhan Reddy and the company’s managing director B.V. Srinivas Reddy, appeared to have come as a complete surprise to both the local police and the two men.
Bellary bandh to protest Reddy’s arrest
Supporters of the former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy on Tuesday pelted stones at two government offices and forced closure of several shops during the bandh call given by them in the district to protest the arrest of their leader by CBI.
Sriramulu quits K’taka Assembly
Former health minister B.
Gadkari backs Reddys; Shobha at Bellary puja
Proving the adage that in politics there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, the Reddy mine barons-turned-politicians who had removed Ms Shobha Karandlaje from the ministry in a compromise formula worked out with
Sushma distance from Reddys?
In what is clearly yet another move to distance herself further from the Reddy brothers, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has decided not to visit Bellary to perform the Sri Varamahalakshmi pooja this year as she has been doing for over a decade now.
‘It’s mining industry’s darkest day’
A pall of gloom descended on the over 100 mining fields and steel industry hubs in the district as the Supreme Court’s green bench ordered a blanket ban on mining over the 10,868 hectares of reserved forest land in the district till further orders. “This is the mining industry’s darkest day,” said Bellary-Sandur-Hospet Mine Owners Association secretary Hothur Mohammed Iqbal.
Steel industry may buckle under ban
The Supreme Court’s decision to impose a blanket ban on mining operations in the district could badly impact the state’s steel industry which produces about 14 million tonnes of steel a year.
Notices served on all 170 mining firms to stop operations
A day after the Supreme Court ordered suspension of mining operations in the district, the administration on Saturday served notices to all 170 mining companies to halt operations.
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