Karnataka BJP snubs 7 MLAs in 2nd list, no Shettar

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has announced its second list of 23 candidates for the May 10 assembly polls in Karnataka, denying tickets to seven sitting MLAs, including Madal Virupakshappa,......

Mining baron's new party roils Karnataka polls

The launch of a new party by former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy has spiced up the poll scene in parts of state. IMAGE: Karnataka ex-minister and mining baron G......

Row erupts after Congress releases 'bribery' sting featuring Reddy aide; BJP scoffs

A huge row was created on Thursday when a ‘sting’ video showing a Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party leader allegedly trying to bribe a kin of a former Chief Justice of India to get a......

Janardhana Reddy has nothing do with the BJP: Shah

The BJP would win at least 130 seats and there is no need to take any party's support, Shah claimed. IMAGE: BJP president Amit Shah speaks during an election campaign rally in Tumakuru,......

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......

Karnataka govt plans to rein in mining lobby

The Karnataka government has decided to tighten the reins of the mining lobby in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. On Tuesday, the Karnataka Assembly unanimously......

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......

Badminton: India's challenge ends at Hong Kong Open

IMAGE: Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Treesa Jolly lost in straight sets in their round of 16 match at the Hong Kong Open. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives ......