Bangalore is officially Bengaluru from now

Shedding the colonial name, Bangalore on Saturday became Bengaluru synchronising with the state formation day -- Karnataka Rajyotsava. In tandem, 11 other cities across Karnataka were also......

Court freezes assets worth Rs 37.86 cr of mining baron Reddy

A special anti-money laundering court in New Delhi has attached assets worth over Rs 37.86 crore belonging to former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy and his wife in......

Cong's Anil Lad faces a lonely battle in Bellary

Anil Lad, whose name figures in the illegal mining report, claims that his own partymen want to see him defeated, reports Vicky Nanjappa After much deliberation and lobbying, the Congress has given......

Iron ore export scam: CBI registers 5 cases, raids firms

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered five cases in connection with illegal iron ore export scam worth Rs 2500 crore and carried out searches at 17 locations, including in the premises......

Mining scam fallout: Tata may close Goa plant

As a direct fall-out of the iron ore mining scam in Karnataka, pig iron manufacturer Tata Metaliks Limited might have to close down its Goa plant in a week, a top company official said on......

JSW Steel in dock for getting illegal ore supply

Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde has put JSW Steel in the dock for what it terms 'getting illegal supply of iron ore' far in excess of what it was permitted.JSW operates a 10 million tonnes per......

Govt sees national security risk in illegal mining

The Union home ministry wants state governments to take proactive action against illegal mining as it has become a national security threat. In a recent meeting with the states, the home ministry......

Tata Metaliks scraps West Bengal project

Five months after Tata Motors shifted its Nano plant to Gujarat, another Tata company has decided to move a project out of West Bengal. Tata Metaliks has scrapped its 500,000-tonne billet project,......