Illegal mining
BSY meets Jaitley, Rajnath; commands majority support
Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Saturday met BJP Central leaders Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh, who continued to exert pressure on him to quit and facilitate smooth election of his successor.
BSY meets BJP leaders, says will resign as promised
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday ruled out allowing scam-hit Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to pick his successor, even as it continued efforts to make him quit without conditions.
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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Illegal mining: Yeddyurappa is out and Karnataka wonders who is next
Karnataka’s CM B.S. Yeddyurappa finally gave in to pressure from BJP leadership, tendering his resignation to BJP President Nitin Gadkari, on Thursday, exactly 24 hours after a meeting with party bigw
Yeddy gets backing of MPs, MLAs before BJP meet for new CM
As two senior BJP leaders kicked off consultations to pick a new Chief Minister in Karnataka, some party MPs and MLAs today rallied behind B.S. Yeddyurappa asking its high command to reconsider his re
SC suspends mining activity in Bellary
The Supreme Court today suspended with immediate effect the mining of iron ore in 10,868 hectares in Bellary district of Karnataka.
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BJP asks Yeddyurappa to resign immediately
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday asked Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to step down “immediately” following the indictment by the Lokayukta over illegal mining in the state, party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
Too late, says Congress on Yeddyurappa ouster
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been 'too late' in asking Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to quit after the state Lokayukta indicted him for the illegal mining in the state, the Congres
Who will replace Yeddyurappa?
The names of Karnataka minister Jagdish Shettar, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K.S. Eshwarappa and MP Ananth Kumar are doing the rounds as the replacement for Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurapp
Yeddyurappa, the master survivor grounded by mining scam
From a rice mill clerk and a farmers' leader to heading the first BJP Government in the South, B.S. Yeddyurappa has been a master survivor emerging unscathed through much turbulence in his three ye
