Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao asserted on Thursday that the anti-corruption ombudsman and not the State government will decide who will head the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to investi

It is said the SIT will initially go through the available documents and study the cases which have been handed over to it by the government for investigation.

Promises of bringing those involved in illegal mining to book are aplenty, but the State government is yet to decide on the appointments to basic postings in the Lokayukta to assist the police in investigating the offences.

A Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is looking into the extent and value of illegal mining in Karnataka, has hit a roadblock in its investigations into over 60 'B' category mining leases, officials told this newspaper.

A Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is looking into the extent and value of illegal mining in Karnataka, has hit a roadblock in its investigations into over 60 ‘B’ category mining leases, officials told this newspaper.

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain steel ministry’s plea seeking relaxation of the limits of permissible production of mines currently functional in Karnataka.

Don’t blame just the industry for the country’s mineral production falling 2.5% in April-September, dragging down the overall industrial output and GDP.

290 Infants Die In Koppal, Raichur

Alarmed at 60% infant malnutrition deaths reported in some taluks of Koppal and Raichur districts against the national average of 42%, the Karnataka government constituted an expert committee to look into it.

SIT Looks Into The Lokayukta Findings; ED On Money Trail

Bangalore: Adding to the multiple investigations into illegal iron ore mining in Karnataka, the Congress government on Thursday sliced the probe into various sections and handed them to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate and its very Special Investigation Team, which will soon be set up.

Notices have been so far issued to about 60 firms for defaulting FDT as per the provisions of Karnataka Forest Act. The deputy conservators of forest (DCFs) have been directed to issue notices to all companies that have failed to pay tax as per the Karnataka High Court’s recent order, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Forest Conservation) Punati Sridhar said.

The Government of India will not extend the tenure of the Justice M. B. Shah Commission inquiring into illegal mining in seven states.

The Mines and Geology Department has named six of its former directors and joint directors as being involved in 20 different cases of illegal mining over the past six years in the State.

The names include those of M E Shivalingamurthy (IAS), Gangaram Baderia (IAS), K S Prabhakar (IAS), Basappa Reddy, D R Veeranna and H M Khayum Ali. While Basappa Reddy retired as the director of the department, Veeranna and Ali were additional directors.