The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) appointed by the Supreme Court to look into illegal mining in the Bellary area is likely to submit its first set of report on April 15 even as the Samaj Parivarthana Samudaya, NGO, has sought action against over five state officers including Chief Secretary S V Ranaganath.
The CEC team headed by P V Jayakrishnan, which had visited Bellary district to inspec
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the alleged irregularities by the mining companies owned by Minister G Janardhana Reddy on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border, visited the Antaragangamma Konda (AGK) mines near Siddapura in Andhra Pradesh for inspection on Thursday.
The team led by CBI DIG V V Lakshminarayana, inspected 68.52 hectares belonging to the Anantapuram Mini
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the public prosecutor to secure records pertaining to work on Tungabhadra Left and Right Bank canals in Bellary, Raichur and Koppal districts.
A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by Noor Mohammad and Riyaz Ahmed alleging substandard work has gone into the ongoing modernisation of the canals in the three districts.
Karnataka government, if necessary, will formulate a special law to recover the losses incurred due to illegal mining in the state. According to an official statement issued from the office of Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, the state government has already issued notices to more than 165 mineral traders involved in illegal iron ore trade.
NGO says it has evidence against Reddy brothers
The Samaja Parivarthana Samudaya (SPS), which along with other NGOs has been fighting against illegal mining in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh borders, will submit one more set of documents to the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) in support of their contention that the Reddy brothers owned mines in the State and are directly involved in illegal minin
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which was constituted by the Supreme Court, is expected to submit a detailed report on illegal mining activities in Karnataka in the second or third week of April.
The CEC will submit its report only after getting feed back from the state government over various questions raised on illegal mining and action taken by the concerned department authorities as
Karnataka will soon come up with a world-class zoo near heritage site Hampi by relocating the Bellary zoo, officials said.
The zoo in Bellary would be relocated to a new site, next to Hampi, in Kamalapura reserve forest in Hospet Taluk as conditions for animals and birds are not ideal there, Karnataka's Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests M N Jayakumar told PTI.
Karnataka Chief Secretary S V Ranganath, along with Principal Secretary (Forests) Kaushik Mukherjee and Secretary (Mines) Ramaprasad B S, appeared before the Supreme Court
