Ending days of speculation on whether he would get anticipatory bail to avoid appearing in court in person, former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa arrived at the city civil court complex where the special court of the Lokayukta is located, flashing his trademark victory sign, albeit to an angry crowd of lawyers on Monday afternoon.

He ran a grocery store, but his bank account shows astonishing debit and credit, running into crores. K.

A day after his report was leaked, an emotional Justice N. Santosh Hegde refused to accept the BJP’s charge that the leak had affected the sanctity of his reports.

Insisting that the findings of his

With a debate raging over the inclusion of the Prime Minister and members of Parliament under the ambit of the Lokpal Bill, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde said that civil society members do not want to compromise on this and said even the judiciary should be brought under its ambit.

Lakhs of tonnes of iron ore mined in Bellary, bordering Andhra Pradesh close to the eastern seaboard of peninsular India wind their way — through at least a dozen check posts — to the Belekeri port on the western seaboard each day. Each day, check post registers typically record some 200 trucks pass through them. In reality, on most days, an average of 4,000 trucks pass. They have been doing so for years.