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 …
Hyderabad, April 12: The attorney general, Mr G.E. Vahanvati and the solicitor general, Mr Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for Andhra Pradesh government and Survey of India respectively, told the SC that it was very difficult to survey the disputed area as everything was uprooted including the pillars demarcating the boundary between …
Hyderabad, April 12: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Survey of India to complete by April 22 its survey of the mining areas in Anantapur district leased out to the Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by the Karnataka minister, Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy. The bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. …
The Department of Ports has taken measures to check illegal export of iron ore from Karwar and Belekeri ports in Karnataka. The department has made it clear that stock will not be cleared for export unless valid licences are produced and clearances are obtained from competent authorities. The department, in …
SALEM: Officials seized nine tractors that were engaged in illegal sand mining from a tank at Nagiapatti Pudukuttai near Thammampatti here on Wednesday. Revenue sources said that based on information that illegal sand quarrying was going on in a PWD tank, officials led by Gengavalli Tahsildhar Selvaraj seized the tractors. …
THENI: A total of 18 wells sunk on Mullaperiyar river bed by private people for irrigation between Arapadi Thevanpatti and Vaigai dam were closed to prevent illegal tapping of water from the river and to streamline drinking water supply to rural and urban areas in the district, said Collector P. …
Hit by the ban on loading and unloading of iron ore in certain goods sheds in Orissa, the Indian Railways had stated that the State Government should devise a
Angered by illegally mined iron ore finding its way out of Orissa through the railways, the Mines Ministry today demanded that the transport monolith must evolve an effective mechanism to check illegal movement of the mineral through its network. The ministry
Kakinada, April 4: Over 300 persons in Seelamvaripalem and Sriramapuram of U. Kottapalli mandal and leaders and activists of the Telugu Desam party staged a protest on Sunday against the illegal transportation of sand by some people with the help of Congress leaders at sand reaches which come under the …
TORNAGAL (BELLARY DISTRICT): Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said that he was not aware of the letter written by B.K. Handique, Union Minister for Mines and Geology, suggesting to the State to seek a thorough investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged illegal mining activities in Bellary …
Order promulgated in Keonjhar district. Santanu Sanyal Did the Orissa Government do the right thing when it promulgated early last month the prohibitory order under Section 144Cr PC in the mining areas in Keonjhar district and thus bringing to a total halt mining, storage and transportation of iron ore in …
P Vaidyanathan Iyer, Priyadarshi Siddhanta : With no action by the Karnataka government against the alleged illegal mining in the Bellary-Hospet-Sandhur belt
With no action by the Karnataka government against the alleged illegal mining in the Bellary-Hospet-Sandhur belt - home to the Reddy brothers with mining interests in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh
With the NCP and some other coalition partners taking strident postures against the Digambar Kamat government on the issue of law and order situation and other problems of governance, state Congress leadership has sent a set of official documents to party president Sonia Gandhi to validate their claims that the …
Battling a political crisis in Goa, the Congress has blamed illegal mining and business interests of MLAs for the instability and repeated attempts to topple the State Government. In a confidential internal report prepared for Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the State unit has sought the Centre
BELLARY: In a broad daylight incident here, a group of miscreants on Monday attacked Tapal Ganesh, son of a mine owner, who has been fighting against alleged illegal mining by the Reddy brothers on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border. Mr. Ganesh sustained severe injuries and had one of his hands fractured. …
Three mine owners, on whose plea the Supreme Court recently stayed mining operations of a company owned by the Reddy brothers in Andhra Pradesh, were attacked by an eight-member gang here on Monday, police said. The unidentified men attacked Tappal Ganesh and two of his brothers, owners of the TNR …
Karnataka Minister and mining magnate G Janardhan Reddy has denied his involvement in the assault on mine owner Tapal Ganesh and his associates in Bellary today and alleged it was a political conspiracy to tarnish his image. In a statement here, Reddy, the tourism and Infrastructure Development minister, said he …
