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 …
With pressure mounting from the highest levels, new moves to curb poaching and illegal trade in wildlife are being planned by the State Forest Department, which would involve enhanced support from several government agencies including the Army and paramilitary forces. The objective is to make wildlife crime more identifiable, and …
Indronil Roy Chowdhury Kolkata: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has dropped Indonesia-based Jaguar Energy & Power Ltd from the list of companies, it intended to forge partnerships with to secure foreign coal blocks due to its alleged connection with Madhu Koda, the former Jharkhand chief minister charged with the Rs 4,000-crore …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forest Minister Binoy Viswam has said that the LDF Government had succeeded in checking sandalwood theft from Marayur forest range. At present there are 58,418 sandal trees in this forest range and steps have been taken to monitor the situation on a day-to-day basis, he said while speaking to …
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam has filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking to declare the lease granted to four persons to do quarrying in the temple town of Thiruneermalai, near here, as illegal. In his petition, K.Balakrishnan, the association general secretary, sought a consequent direction to …
Rituparna Bhuyan New Delhi: The mining business in the country may be shrouded in a nefarious political economy nexus that abets illegal extraction of mineral wealth. While the Supreme Court has stepped in to stop the allegedly rampant illegal mining operations of firms owned by Karnataka tourism minister G Janardhana …
Members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene staged a protest on Monday demanding the curbing of illegal sand mining and nationalisation of mining. Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene members staging a protest in Chikkaballapur on Monday demanding the curbing of illegal mining in the State. …
The Congress will be moving adjornment motions against the State Government for its alleged failure to curb illegal mining, lapses in flood relief work and use of violence on farmers in both Houses of Legislature on Monday. At a Congress Legislature Party meeting on Sunday evening, the party resolved to …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai December 21, 2009, 0:01 IST The Union home ministry wants state governments to take proactive action against illegal mining as it has become a national security threat. In a recent meeting with the states, the home ministry said that windfall profits from such mining of minerals …
The appeal by Andhra Pradesh government questioning the order issued by the Andhra Pradesh High Court permitting the Obalapuram Mining Company to continue its operations was yet to be admitted by the Supreme Court, said Minister for Tourism G Janardhana Reddy, who is one of the partners of the company. …
The High Court on Friday ordered issue of notice to State and the Central governments, on a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the illegal mining across the State. In a Public Interest Litigation, H S Doreswamy, well-known Gandhian and freedom fighter, sought the probe into …
Governor H R Bhardwaj, who has been vocal when it comes to pointing shortcomings in the functioning of the BJP government, on Wednesday sought an action taken report on the Lokayukta report on illegal mining, from Chief Minister Yeddyurappa. This is the second time the Governor has sought an explanation …
PRAMOD KUMAR Dec. 16: The Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the alleged money laundering charges against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, is also likely to investigate the allotment of mines done during the regime of one of his successors, Shibu Soren. According to ED sources, certain documents recovered during …
Dec. 16: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed mining operation in stage-II of the mining lease awarded to Ramghad Minerals and Mining Ltd (RMML), an entity of Dalmia. The mining field was allegedly allotted "illegally" by the Karnataka government by reviving a "surrendered" lease of Dalmia Cement after 18 months …
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday stayed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged illegal mining by Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy. Justice T Gopalakrishna on Monday stayed further investigation into the issue. Reddy had questioned the decision of the …
Hyderabad, Dec. 14: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday stayed the notification issued by the Centre to conduct a CBI probe into alleged irregularities of the Obulapuram Mining Company Pvt Ltd. Justice Gopalakrishna Tamada dealing with a petition filed by the OMC challenging the notification, directed that no further …
Bangalore: Karnataka Minister for Tourism and Infrastructure G. Janardhan Reddy on Sunday attacked the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh Governments for indulging in
The Karnataka legislature begins its winter session Monday with the members and people keenly awaiting the promised 'bare all' from Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on the allegations of illegal mining activity of his mining baron minister G. Janardhana Reddy. The session is the first to be held after Yeddyurappa survived …
Bellary: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday began its inquiry into the alleged illegal mining in the Bellary reserve forest, which straddles neighbouring Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. The mining firms include the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) owned by Karnataka Ministers G. Janardhan Reddy, G. Karunakara Reddy and …
