In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday said the Centre is free to conduct inquiry into missing of seized iron ore from Belekere port yard in Karwar district. He was reacting to the opposition leaders demand of conducting the inquiry by central agencies about this incident following the allegation that …
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accused the Congress of not taking enough interest to protect the mineral wealth of the country. The allegation was made in the context of the debate that took place in the Lok Sabha on the issue of illegal mining when no Congress MP …
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi August 19, 2010, 1:51 IST When former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde recently said that vested interests were controlling the mining industry, he was not exaggerating, considering that India registered over 182,000 cases of illegal mining across 17 states in the last five years …
The State Government on Wednesday constituted an inter-departmental Special Cell providing the panel powers to conduct joint surveys on the leases identified in the Lokayukta
Illegal extraction of sand under Amona Bridge is posing danger to the bridge, besides destroying farming activities in the area, even as local MLA Pratap Gawas has termed it a
B S Arun, NEW DELHI, Aug 17, DHNS: Leaders of the state unit of the Congress have reasons to cheer, for, the Centre will ask the proposed Commission of Inquiry into illegal mining to submit an interim report within six months. Disclosing this to Deccan Herald, a senior minister, who …
Banning iron ore exports is not the real solution Illegal iron ore mining, which has rocked the Karnataka government for months, has now become a national issue with the Union Cabinet deciding to institute a commission of enquiry, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, to look into it. While …
Hyderabad, Aug. 16: A division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Chief Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru and Justice Vilas V. Afzulpurkar will hear a writ appeal filed by the state government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the order of a single judge which stalled the …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday reiterated that the system of issuing bulk permits for transporting iron ore will be abolished and a new, transparent system will be brought in.Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting with the officials of Mines and Geology and Forest departments in Vidhana Soudha, …
Nitin Sethi | TNNNew Delhi: The government has decided to set up a commission under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, to investigate illegal mining of iron and manganese across the country. With cases of rampant illegal mining in states like Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh coming to light, …
The State Government on Monday submitted to the High Court that nearly 30 million tonnes of iron ore has been exported without any valid permit during the period 2004-2010. In its objections to the batch of petitions challenging the ban on export of iron ore, the government has contended that …
Sujay MehdudiaNEW DELHI: The Centre has set up a Commission of Inquiry to look into cases of illegal mining of coal, iron ore and manganese across the country. The decision seems to be a fallout of the cases involving the controversial Reddy brothers in Karnataka and some multinational companies.Highly placed …
NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to give a 26 per cent share in mining profits to tribal people and to set up a regulatory body to check illegal mining, Union Minister of Mines B.K. Handique informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday.The draft of the Mines and Minerals (Development and …
BHUBANESWAR: Communist Party of India(Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Monday expressed concern over the open loot of minerals in the country.The Centre's faulty mining policy was helping companies accumulate huge capital.Citing the case of an Andhra Pradesh-based company which had since announced plans to establish a steel plant, Mr. …
Priscilla JebarajNEW DELHI: It was labelled as a rug, being sent from the United States to India through the U.S. Postal Service. But when the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials opened the parcel at Kolkata's Foreign Post Office on August 7 they discovered the full skin of what is …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday promised new measures to stop illegal mining in the state as Karnataka celebrated Independence Day with patriotic fervour and gaiety."All round development of the state is the best answer to critics of my government," the Chief Minister said in a brief speech at …
In a stern warning to the BJP, RSS leader Madan Das Devi on Sunday said the Karnataka government should not ''succumb to the mining lobby and not allow it to call the shots''."No extra Constitutional body should control an elected government. No one can be powerful always", he said without …
