Everything you need to know about Bellary Cantonment: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Bellary Cantonment: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Bangalore, June 18 (IANS) In an attempt to restore the sagging image of Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told top officials that they would be held accountable if a clean, efficient and corruption-free governance was not ensured in day-to-day administration.
Hyderabad, June 7 (IANS) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Joint Director V.V. Lakshmi Narayana, who was heading the probe into YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case, has been transferred.
Hyderabad, May 9 (IANS) BSR Congress party's newly elected legislators B. Sriramulu and T. H. Suresh Babu Thursday called on their leader and former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy in Chanchalguda central jail here.
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) The 14th Karnataka legislative assembly election witnessed a majority of leaders winning, barring one or two, though the beleaguered BJP lost heavily with about 20 of its ministers facing humiliating defeat Wednesday.
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) For the first time since 2004, the Karnataka assembly will miss the Reddy brothers of Bellary whose rags to riches saga that ended in a huge mining scam will haunt the BJP for a long time.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Nirpreet Kaur, one of the key witnesses and victim of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, broke her six-day-old fast here Wednesday after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal assured support for her fight for justice.
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) The ruling Congress and the main opposition TDP in Andhra Pradesh both have claimed that the YSR Congress party would meet the fate of the BSR Congress and the Karnataka Janata Party (KJP), in the 2014 assembly polls in the state.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) might move the Delhi High Court against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, informed sources said Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) called on the Lt. Governor of Delhi, Tejinder Khanna, on Tuesday, and reiterated their objection and protest over a Delhi magisterial court's verdict to acquit Congress Party leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Protests broke out once again in Delhi against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Sikh groups staged a protest near the parliament complex Monday against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, blocking traffic in the heart of the national capital.
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Several angry Sikhs Sunday broke barricades as they tried to march towards the official residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to protest the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
Bangalore, May 4 (IANS) A day before the single-phase poll Sunday for the 14th Karnataka legislative assembly, national and regional political parties were vying for a clear mandate to rule the state but the Congress seemed to have an edge.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): Outraged at the acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in one of the cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a large number of people staged a protest in the national capital on Friday and lashed out at the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Tension gripped the air as a scuffle broke out between members of the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party at Jantar Mantar here Friday where both the political parties were protesting, on different issues.
* Assembly constituencies: 224 (Voting will take place in 223 polling has been countermanded in Periyapatna following the death of the BJP candidate
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) In support of the Sikh community's protests over the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Friday joined the hunger strike for a day at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday said Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's acquittal in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case should not be politicised.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. As noisy protests broke out outside the court complex, an angry man hurled a shoe at the judge inside the courtroom soon after the judgment was pronounced.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. As anguished protests broke out among gathered crowds, an angry man hurled a shoe at the judge inside the courtroom.
In a major relief for the Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, Delhi court has acquitted him in one case of 1984 anti- Sikh riot. District court has provided him the relief for which he has been waiting for very long time.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, triggering anguished protests and even some tears outside the court complex.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Bangalore, April 22 (IANS) BJP leader L.K. Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations.
Bangalore, April 20 (IANS) Karnataka, which has earned the rather dubious distinction of witnessing around 20 assembly by-polls in the five years the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been in power, could possibly see by-elections for at least three Lok Sabha and one Rajya Sabha seats in the near future.
Bangalore, April 19 (IANS) Iron and steel firms in Karnataka are relieved over the Supreme Court order to allow reopening of mines in A & B categories as they will get more iron ore to increase their production.
Bangalore, April 16 (IANS) Billionaire and multi-millionaire politicians from BJP, the Congress and JD-S are in the field for the May 5 Karnataka assembly poll, show the asset affidavits filed by them.
Bangalore, April 16 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday faced rebellion at many places in Karnataka over ticket distribution for the May 5 assembly polls while the party office in Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily's Lok Sabha constituency was vandalized by disgruntled party workers.
Bangalore, April 14 (IANS) Sons of union Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge, and former chief minister and now Lok Sahba member N. Dharam Singh figure in the Congress second list of candidates for the May 5 Karnataka assembly polls.
A private carrying BJP President Rajnath Singh, BJP Senior Leader Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, BJP general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan and Joint General Secretary (Organization) V Satish made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport on Monday morning.
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) A private jet carrying senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Delhi to Bangalore made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport Monday morning, airport official said.
Bangalore, April 7 (IANS) Karnataka's ruling BJP formally launches its campaign for the May 5 assembly poll with a rally here Monday but, contrary to announcements, senior party leader L.K. Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi are giving it a miss.
Bellary (Karnataka), April 4 (IANS) Police Thursday seized a total of Rs.4.1 million (Rs.41 lakh) in this mining town from two people who were detained for failing to account for the cash they were carrying in violation of the model code of conduct for May 5 assembly election.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Three MBBS graduates have been arrested after one of them wrote the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination Screening (FMGES) Test here Sunday in place of another, police said Wednesday.
Bangalore, April 3 (IANS) Switching from cycle-riding to heli-hopping and lording over Bellary and the BJP in Karnataka, mining barons Reddy brothers and their associates are learning a bitter lesson: money and crowds do not always translate into votes.
Chandigarh, April 1 (IANS) On a day he celebrated his 100th birthday, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army was Monday declared the First Citizen of the force.
Bangalore, March 24 (IANS) There's nothing novel about entire families being in politics in India; nor is it so uncommon for parents to belong to one party -- or different ones -- and children to take up leadership in yet another party.
Dhaka, March 23 (Xinhua-ANI): The death toll caused by a devastating tornado in eastern Bangladesh rose to 20 on Saturday, a local TV channel reported.
Bangalore, March 20 (IANS) Political parties in Karnataka welcomed single phase assembly elections May 5, announced earlier Wednesday by the Election Commission, and said they were ready for the battle.
Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was routed in the urban local bodies held March 7, gaining more seats than other parties in only two - - Bangalore urban and Kodagu - of the state's 30 districts. Here is the performance of different parties at a glance:
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Three suspicion-evoking bags were recovered in the capital Monday - one each from outside an army hospital and two city markets, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A suspicion-evoking bag was recovered from outside an army hospital in the capital Monday, police said.
Islamabad, Feb 22 (ANI): The Pakistan army has denied having links with the banned terror outfit Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) which is responsible for Shia killing spree in Balochistan and other parts of the country.
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) turns 150 Sunday but its first mission to India took place in 1917 and it formally set up presence here only in 1982.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (ANI): Reflecting upon the recent event on the eve of the New Year that gave all an occasion for remorse and sorrow, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Monday said the expressions of anguish and anger fully justified, must now be speedily translated into comprehensive correctives in laws, procedures, societal norms, values and social behaviour.
New Delhi, Jan. 5 (ANI): Former Army Chief General (Retd.) V.K. Singh on Saturday alleged that top hierarchy of the Indian Army was involved in the reported bugging incident that took place at his residence in Delhi Cantonment area.
Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) In a setback to the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government's move to release the accused in the 2006 Varanasi blasts, the district administration has strongly opposed "any such action".
Manipal, Dec 16 (IANS) A quick-fire 151 by Prem Sagar for Sri Venkateswara, Tirupathi, and a hat-trick by off-spinner T. Mukesh Kumar for Kalasalingam were the highlights of the second day's matches in the South Zone Inter-University Cricket Tournament here Sunday.
Bangalore, Dec 14 (IANS) The BJP's grand plan of emerging as a strong force in southern India is getting stymied by unending troubles in its ruling unit in Karnataka which have sent the oft-flaunted "disciplined-party" plank for a six.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city government about the basis for its decision to reshuffle sub-divisions in two districts for the purpose of hearing of court cases.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city government about the basis for its decision to reshuffle sub-divisions in two districts for the purpose of hearing of court cases.
Karachi, Dec. 4 (ANI): The Military Estate Office, which assisted a private builder in the demolition of a century-old Hindu temple and adjoining houses in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar on Saturday, has denied that the temple was razed in the operation.
Bellary (Karnataka), Dec 1 (IANS) Jailed mining baron and former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy will contest Karnataka assembly polls due May next, his brother and ruling BJP legislator G. Somashekara Reddy said Saturday.
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Bangalore, Nov 21 (IANS) A CBI special court has issued summons to former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, his kin and others in a graft case related to a mining scam case during his tenure from 2008 to 2011, a senior official said Wednesday.
New Delhi/New York, Nov.21 (ANI): Following the hanging of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the surviving Pakistan-origin terrorist involved in the November 26-29, 2008 terror mayhem in Mumbai, in Pune's Yerawada Jail on Wednesday morning, the New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called on the Indian Government to join the rising ranks of nations that have taken the decision to remove the death penalty from their legal frameworks.
Bangalore, Nov 19 (IANS) Infighting in the ruling BJP in Karnataka is likely to intensify as the party plans disciplinary action against legislators supporting former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who is quitting the BJP to launch his own party next month.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Salwan cross-country race may not have gone to town with exotic promos like other high-profile walks or marathons, backed by big businesses and celebrities. But it was an amazing feat to gather over 45,000 school children to run, including the visually impaired and intellectually challenged.
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Inder Dutt Salwan has been organising the biggest cross-country run for schoolboys and girls in the country for the past 18 years. Yet he is an unhappy man because he has been left alone to fight the scourge of doping and also the menace of age fudging.
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) With 38 new cases reported Sunday, the raging dengue in the city and its neighbourhood crossed 900 patients mark. Two deaths were reported in the last two days, officials said Sunday.
Bangalore, Oct 26 (IANS) The BJP is all set to go down in history as a party that reduced Karnataka from a launch pad to rule southern India into a platform to make a mockery of ideals, ideology and discipline, all because the leadership was incapable of decisive action.
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) With 76 new cases reported in the last two days, there was no sign of let-up in the surge in dengue cases in the capital, official data Thursday revealed.
Dr. A. K. Walia, Health and Family Welfare Minister has directed the health officials of the South, North and East Delhi Municipal Corporations
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Upscale south Delhi has the maximum number of dengue cases reported so far this season, according to official figures.
Hyderabad, Oct 13 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh minister P. Shankar Rao, who played a key role in sending YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to jail in illegal assets case, now himself faces arrest in a land grabbing case.
Bangalore, Oct 1 (IANS) Air India and Punjab knocked out last year's finalists, Karnataka and Haryana, respectively, in the two contrasting semi-finals of the men's National hockey championship here Monday.
Bellary (Karnataka), S Sep 15 (IANS) Election of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha member J. Shanta from Bellary constituency in Karnataka was found valid Saturday, as recounting of votes polled in the April 2009 election revealed she had won by the same margin of 2,243 votes.
Chennai, Sep 12 (IANS) Holders ONGC booked their berth in the semi-finals of the 87th MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup All-India hockey tournament, defeating BPCL 5-2 in their concluding Group A league fixture here Wednesday.
Bellary (Karnataka), Sep 9 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Sunday said his government will "fully cooperate" with CBI in its probe into massive illegal export of iron ore from the state which took place during his predecessor B.S. Yeddyurappa's regime.
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A constitutional amendment bill introduced by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the Lok Sabha Friday seeks to establish a special development board for six most backward districts of Karnataka.
Chennai, Sept 6 (IANS) Air India trounced Indian Railways 4-0 with goals by V.S. Vinaya, Shivendra Singh, Joga Singh and Vikas Pillay in a Group B match of the 87th All India MCC Murugappa hockey tournament here Thursday.
Bellary (Karnataka), Sep 4 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Tuesday directed a group of legislators touring South America to cancel the visit and return immediately, following public outrage over the trip when the state is facing a severe drought.
Bangalore, Sep 4 (IANS) Gali Janardhana Reddy, a struggling businessman who became a billionaire in less than a decade and dictated terms to BJP in Karnataka, completes a year behind bars Sep 5 on charges of illegal mining.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday lifted the ban on iron ore mining in 18 category A mines in Karnataka's Bellary, Chitradurg and Timkur districts.
Hyderabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Former Karnataka minister and Badava Shramika Raitha Congress party founder B. Sriramulu appeared before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Andhra Pradesh here Tuesday in the cash-for-bail scam involving mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy.
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The soldiers-officers standoff in an army armoured unit in Jammu and Kashmir was raised in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened to stop the house from debating the incident as the army has ordered a probe.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) As many as 787 members of parliament will vote Tuesday to elect India's 14th vice president. In the poll, UPA nominee and incumbent Hamid Ansari appears to have a clear edge over his rival Jaswant Singh, backed by the opposition NDA, according to sources.
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Delhi cabinet Monday approved a proposal for the revised guidelines for Members of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Scheme (MLALADS) 2012.
Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's Anti-Corruption of Bureau (ACB) Tuesday issued notice to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy's brother G. Somasekhara Reddy and T. H. Suresh Babu, both legislators in Karnataka, in the cash-for-bail scam.
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that the 'common good' as enshrined in the constitution and not just the consideration of financial gain was the touchstone of any policy for allocation of natural resources.
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) A defence estates official was found dead under mysterious circumstances here Tuesday, police said.
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday allowed J. Shantha, whose election as the BJP MP from Karnataka's Bellary constituency has been set aside, to exercise her vote in the July 19 presidential election, but said it would not be counted till the court ordered it.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), July 6 (IANS) Seven people, including the son of a retired police officer and two women, have been arrested in connection with the gangrape of a minor orphan girl here, police said Friday.
Lucknow, July 6 (IANS) A senior Uttar Pradesh government official was attacked and seriously injured Friday at his office in Gorakhpur, police said.
Bangalore, July 5 (IANS) Karnataka's scam-hit mining industry has been urged to ensure sustainability for safeguarding the interests of stakeholders and the environment.
Bangalore, July 4 (IANS) The Karnataka government will permit re-opening of eight iron mines in Bellary and Chitradurga districts to augment the raw material supply for steel plants in the state, a top official said Wednesday.
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday suspended the recounting of votes that was directed by the Karnataka High court when it set aside the election of J. Shantha, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha member from Bellary in Karnataka.
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) A police officer in Uttar Pradesh was in critical condition Monday after being hit and dragged by a speeding bus here, police said.
Islamabad, June 16 (IANS) Authorities in Pakistan have decided to move all buffaloes outside Rawalpindi city as part of a move to generate biogas from their dung.
Bangalore, June 11 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court Monday set aside the election of J. Shanta as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member from the Bellary reserved constituency (ST) on charges of irregularities.
Hyderabad, June 2 (IANS) The stage was Saturday set for the arrest of suspended Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge in a cash-for-bail scam which has sent shock waves among the judiciary across the state.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Fearing imminent arrest, former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Wednesday applied for anticipatory bail in a special court even as the CBI continued its raids at his residence and premises of his family and a few others in connection with the multi-crore mining scam.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman, a soldier's wife, Tuesday allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in the national capital, police said.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The Indian Army has launched a massive summer war game in the plains of Punjab to test its operational readiness, a defence ministry official said Friday.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A male nurse riding a motorcycle was killed when an iron beam fell on him after it was hit by a speeding truck on west Delhi's Janak Setu flyover, police said Sunday. The truck driver has been arrested.
New Delhi, Apr.23 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday accused Congress leader Sajjan Kumar of inciting the 1984-anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, and added that the killings in the Delhi Cantonment area of the city were not spontaneous.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the federal investigating agency, which is probing anti-Sikh riots 1984 on Monday accused Congress leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) from outer Delhi, Sajjan Kumar for inflaming the mob against Sikhs and organizing the riots............
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A triumphant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday retained control over Delhi's civic administration, with the results of elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) coming as a shot in the arm for the party ahead of the 2013 Delhi assembly polls.
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): The Rashtrapati Bhavan has issued a clarification over media reports claiming that President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has 'grabbed' land much in excess of her entitlement to build her post retirement home in Pune, and termed the news items to be factually incorrect and malicious.
