Andhra Pradesh High Court today adjourned till December 12 hearing on the bail application moved by former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, the prime accused in Obulapuram illegal mining case.
The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh is facing a no-confidence vote.
The CBI today filed a charge sheet in a special court in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company owned by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.
The bail pleas of mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy were today rejected by a local court; the third time since their arrest in the alleged illegal mining case, involving the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC).
More trouble ahead for G Janardhana Reddy with the CBI set to file its first charge-sheet against the former Karnataka minister in the illegal mining case. CNBC-TV18's Appaji Reddem and Supraja Srinivasan report.
As part of its probe into the alleged illegal mining by Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by mining baron and former Karnataka Minister G Janardhana Reddy, a CBI team today visited the Krishnapatnam port to verify exports of the iron ore mined by the company.
CBI has named a former bureaucrat and an IAS officer as accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company scam.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested G. Janardhana Reddy, a powerful opposition politician and mining baron in India's mineral-rich Karnataka, on Monday over illegal iron-ore production, the latest high profile arrest as a beleaguered government seeks to dig out deep rooted corruption.
The country's mining scandals have claimed one chief minister already. Since the CBI is said to be probing the roles played by as many as 65 mining companies, the logical question is: who will be the next big fish to be caught in the net?