CBI quizzes Karunakara Reddy in illegal mining case

The Central Bureau of Investigation probing the alleged illegal mining and irregularities in allotment of leases to Obulapuram Mining Company, on Friday began questioning former Karnataka minister......

Bellary: How unrestrained mining turned it to dust

Karnataka's Lokayukta Santosh Hegde's report is a sordid story on the rise of India's mining poster boy, Bellary. The protagonists of the script, the Reddy brothers, used muscle and money to......

Of Naxals and rich land of the poor

India's mineral-rich areas have the largest number of poorand are Naxal-affected -- there's an obvious story here, says Sunita Narain. Take a map of India. Now mark the districts of the country in......