Seeking to step up pressure on the BJP government, the Congress in Karnataka on Thursday said it would adopt an agitational path for three months on illegal mining issue through rallies in district and revenue division headquarters.

NEW DELHI: Congress member Arjun Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that he briefed the then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, on developments following the Bhopal gas tragedy on December 3, 1984, moments after the leak.

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NEW DELHI: Sparks flew and pandemonium prevailed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with UPA and Opposition members clashing on who was responsible for the plight of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims and who helped the former chairman of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), Warren Anderson, to escape to the United States.

Bellary: In a show of strength at the end of its 320-km padyatra, the Congress on Monday stormed the mining bastion of Bellary, targeting the ruling BJP on illegal mining and corruption and warned it that the Centre would not remain a mute spectator to the

P M Raghunandan, Bellary, Aug 9, DHNS:

The Opposition Congress on Monday stormed the Reddy brothers

Hitting back at the Congress, Karnataka Ministers and mining magnates Janardhana Reddy and B Sreeramulu on Monday made light of its Padayatra and rally in their citadel, terming it as a 'flop show'.

With Congress' 'Bellary chalo' march in protest against the BJP government's ''failure'' to check illegal mining entering the fifth day, three Karnataka ministers on Thursday launched a counter rally challenging the Opposition to prove its charge.

Mine owners in the Congress were conspicuous by their absence in the party

The 'Bellary Chalo' padayatra by Opposition Congress in Karnataka against BJP government's alleged ''misrule'' and "failure'' to check illegal mining entered second day on Monday.

After breakfast at Harvard college, where the leaders stayed overnight, leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly D Siddaramaiah led the yatra towards Nelamangala and Tumkur.