Janardhana Reddy

Karnataka polls: Aiming for Bengaluru via Ballari? Why Rahul Gandhi will launch Congress' campaign from the district

Though Rahul's Ballari visit was on cards for some time, it assumes significance after Modi's branding of the Siddaramaiah regime as a 10 percent govt.

Janardhana Reddy's associate Bheema Naik arrested following driver's suicide note

On Sunday, Bheema Naik, an officer of the Karnataka Administrative Services was arrested days after his driver committed suicide, reported NDTV. In a suicide note, the driver had accussed Naik of laundering black money of mining giant and ex-BJP leader Janardhana Reddy.

Demonetisation: If this is a moral crusade, why wasn’t Janardhana Reddy shown his place?

It is not for nothing that Narendra Modi is known as an astute political strategist; one who can simultaneously wage a war against black money and look the other way when his minions make peace with a black money baron.

Bellary's slow and painful struggle to recovery

At the height of the mining boom in Bellary, more than 10,000 trucks zoomed in and out of the mines everyday to faraway ports.

How the Gali Reddy brothers ruled Bellary with iron hand

According to detractors, the Gali Reddy brothers, who mined iron ore illegally in Bellary, were a law unto themselves before their luck ran out

How luck ran out for illegal mining king Janardhana Reddy

They were the kings of illegal mining in Bellary - the district with the country's best iron ore. But luck ran out for them with the demise of YSR and the fall of Yeddyurappa.

Karnataka by-polls: Cong wins 2 of 3 seats, BJP clings on to Shikaripura

In a shot in the arm for the ruling Congress in Karnataka, the party today won two seats, wresting the prestigious Bellary Rural from BJP which managed to retain one constituency in the fiercely fought 21 August by-polls.

Karnataka: Siddaramaiah defends induction of 'tainted' ministers

Under attack over his mini-cabinet expansion bringing in two senior 'tainted' legislators, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday defended his action, saying the new ministers DK Shivakumar and R Roshan Baig have not been held guilty of corruption.

In the Republic of Bellary, Reddy is no longer king

Since Janardhana Reddy's arrest in September 2011, the `Republic of Bellary' has all but collapsed and its effects on the Reddy family are there for all to see.

Court extends mining baron Janardhana Reddy custody till 2 Dec

CBI court judge B M Angadi extended the judicial custody of the accused till 14 December.