Bellary mining baron Karunakar Reddy in BJP first list

The huge mandate for the Congress in the state has decimated the political base of the Reddy troika in iron ore-rich Bellary. But the so-called tainted mine lords, iron ore traders and Sriramulu camp are back to rule Bellary. Bellary city, which had ...

With its leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy in jail for nearly a year, the YSR Congress party in Andhra Pradesh appears to be in disarray because of factional fights in different districts. There appears to be no line in the party command, and the factional feuds are ...

The fall of the once powerful and mighty Reddy brothers is evident in the infamously called 'Republic of Bellary' but the influence of mining lords has not diminished going by their presence in the fray for the May five Assembly polls. The Reddy ...

The Ideologue of Telangana Movement, Dr. Jai Shankar was paid homage by dedicating a book on him which was released by Telangana Azad Force. Its title is an unending talk. This book was released in Alwal area in front of the statue of Telugu Talli.

As the Congress juggernaut rolled on in the State, 23 former Ministers who held various portfolios in governments headed by the former Chief Ministers B.S. Yeddyurappa and D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, including Deputy ...

Faulting the silence of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu over the Congress-led UPA Government misusing the CBI to its political advantage as exposed by the agency's affidavits in coal scam, the YSRCP on Monday charged him of being hand in glove with the ...

The Khammam police on Sunday arrested nine persons for threatening a granite trader posing as Maoists. At a press conference here on Sunday, Khammam district superintendent of police, AV Ranganath, said that the accused, including K Narsimha Reddy, ...

The city of Tirupati now has two prominent landmarks in the form of statues inaugurated for senior Dalit leaders. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar inaugurated the statue of her father and former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram at the park meant ...

In Bellary, the election campaigns are mellow and the flamboyance is missing, reports Vicky Nanjappa The Republic of Bellary, the mining capital of Karnataka, wears a forlorn look today. Once a booming city enjoying the spoils of illegal mining, it is today a mere shadow of its glory days, after a Supreme Court order put an end to the spurious activities of local mining barons. While the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Virupaksha Gouda, a candidate who has no connection to mining, the ...