Kumaraswamy also appears to have been indicted
Parts of the Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice N. Santosh Hegde's report on illegal mining that were leaked to the Times Now channel on Wednesday may not have added materially to the information that is already in the public domain.
Reddys are into mining in State as well, says Justice Hegde
Bangalore:The Lokayukta has named Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, four ministers, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Congress Rajya Sabha member Anil Lad and BJP legislator Anand Singh, among others, beneficiaries of the illegal mining scam in Karnataka.
The ministers, who figure in the report, are B Janaradhana Reddy, Karunakara
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, currently holidaying in Mauritius, is among a slew of politicians set to be named in a damning Lokayukta report on the illegal plunder of Karnataka
Bangalore The fate of South Korean steelmaker Posco's proposed plant in Karnataka remains uncertain with two groups of farmers holding different views on the project.
The government has already assured protesting farmers that the project would not come up in Gadag district.
The Supreme Court on Friday said that mining activities in Karnataka, especially in Bellary region, will have to stop if it has crossed a certain point of endurance for the environment. “There may be leases, legal or illegal, but if it has gone beyond a certain point, it has to stop,” the Supreme Court’s Green Bench led by Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia observed.
The Supreme Court on Friday made it clear that it would not allow illegal mining in the Karnataka mines, even as the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) informed the court that out of 99 leases taken up for survey, work had been stopped in 22 mines including the one run by a public sector undertaking.
On the directions of the Forest Bench comprising Chief Justice S.H.
The Supreme Court appointed Central Empowerment Committee monitoring encroachment of forests and mining operations in several states, in a report submitted to the apex court, has directed stopping of mining operations in at least two dozen mines in Karnatakaa
As per the recommendation of the joint survey committee appointed by the Supreme Court, the State government on Monday ordered stalling of mining operations in 21 mining leases in Bellary district.
In May this year, the Forest Bench of the Supreme Court had ordered fresh survey of 99 mining leases in Bellary (mentioned in the Lokayukta report on illegal mining) by a joint committee comprising
Bangalore The Karnataka government has decided to hear out farmers over their objections filed against the land acquisition proceedings for the proposed R32,000-crore integrated steel plant by South Korean steel major Posco.
