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 …
On Friday, the Supreme Court in its first hearing of the forest law violations in the Orissa mining scam asked the state government to file compliance report on the recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) within six weeks. The CEC, which probed into the multi-crore scam, in its interim …
BANGALORE: The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, on Saturday accused the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party of having scuttled a discussion on illegal mining and looting of mineral wealth during the just-concluded Parliament session.
TRIBALS of Jharkhand, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have become vulnerable to HIV infection due to illegal mining. Twenty one HIV positive cases have been reported from Noamundi iron-ore mines in Jharkhand alone, a health ministry official said. Companies operating mines in the region, such as Tata Steel and SAIL, accuse …
Kakinada, May 5: The president of the East Godavari District Congress Committee and zilla parishad chairman, Mr Ch. Venugopala Krishna, said that he had recently appealed to the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to inquire into Opposition parties
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday directed the Forest Department to stop illegal mining in the forest land, in the wake of the Supreme Court-appointed committee finding discrepancies in mining lease sketches in Bellary reserve forest area. Official sources said that the direction was given at a closed-door review …
Ajith Athrady, New Delhi, May 4, DHNS: Five months after the Centre sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Karnataka government over the illegal mining scam unearthed by the Lokayukta, the B S Yeddyurappa government has said it has filed 56 cases against encroachers of the forest land. In …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on permitting Karnataka ministers G Janardhana Reddy and G Karunakara Reddy to carry on mining in the three mines owned by their Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) at Ananthapur adjoining the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border. A bench of Chief Justice of India K G …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved verdict on the plea of the Reddy brothers to allow mining operations in the Obulapuram mines in the reserve forests bordering Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. …
The Tamil Nadu Government will frame a policy for the sustainable exploitation of mineral resources, announced the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr M.K. Stalin, in the Assembly today. This was part of a number of initiatives in his reply to the debate in the Assembly on the demand for grants to …
Police unearthed illegal transportation of sand in water tank at Railway station on Monday. According to police, 53 barrels of sands were seized. Each tank had 50 kg sand. The sand was booked for transport through Southern Railway Parcel Booking Agency in the name of chemicals. However, there was no …
S.S. NEGI NEW DELHI The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that its agencies would need at least three months to complete fresh demarcation of the mining areas of Reddy brothers
Bowing to intense pressure from the Centre, the Karnataka government seems to have finally woken up to the menace of illegal mining as its officials recently raided and seized huge amounts of unaccounted iron ore from the Bellikere and Karwar ports.
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: Considering the major discrepancies in the lease sketches of six Obulapuram mines, including three belonging to the Reddy brothers in the Bellary Reserved Forest Area, the Survey of India (SoI) has told the Supreme Court that the entire lease sketches should be reviewed and no mining …
Officials of the mining, forest and revenue departments were colluding with illegal mining operators in the district, Tapal Ganesh, himself a mining company owner, has alleged. Addressing media persons here on Thursday, Ganesh said the officials were not discharging their duties according to law, but were acting at the behest …
''Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Reddy brothers and Opposition Leader in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj would land up in jail, if a CBI inquiry was conducted into the mining scam,'' said Legislative Council Opposition former leader V S Ugrappa. Motivating: Legislative Council Opposition former leader V S Ugrappa addressing …
April 29: Vigilance and enforcement officials seized six earth moving machines, 26 lorries and eight tractors used for excavation of sand illegally from the sand reaches of the Pennar river near Jonnawada in Buchireddyp-alem mandal and Pothireddypalem in Kovur mandal during surprise raids on Thursday. According to Mr K.V. Mohan …
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: The report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on illegal mining is a virtual indictment of the State Government which has so far rejected consistent Opposition demand for a CBI probe into the multi-crore scam. The CEC, in response to petition in the apex court, has come out …
A letter from Public Works Department Executive Engineer to Hassan Circle Superintending Engineer has said that as many as 8 bridges belonging to Public Works Department are in disastrous state due to movement of sand laden heavy vehicles and illegal sand mining going on at Hemavathi river bed. The letter …
