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 …
Former Union Law minister and veteran criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani demanded that the Government must initiate stringent action against those involved in illegal mining. Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani in Dharwad bench"It is proved from the Lokayukta and the Central Empowered Committee's reports that the illegal mining is going on in …
Hyderabad, Nov. 23: The Telugu Desam has demanded the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to make public the report of a state sponsored committee which had visited mines leased to Obulapuram Mining Corporation in the wake of alleged large-scale irregularities. The party also alleged that the government should immediately place …
Presenting to the assembled members of the media the Mineral Development Vision for Odisha by the Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT) its former president BK Mohanty made light of the illegal mining activities in the State by pointing out that it happens in all States in India and …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court could not have used clearer language than it has done in recommending that illegal mining must be stopped in six mines in two villages of Andhra Pradesh
CM Yeddyurappa is learnt to have held a closed-door meeting with the top officials of the Forest department with regard to illegal mining in Bellary. He held the meeting in the wake of the Central Empowered Committee of the apex court recommending that all mining activities of Obulapuram mining company, …
New Delhi: The Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court has said in its report to the court that Andhra Pradesh had taken the stand that all the mining leases
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court has recommended to the court that illegal mining be stopped in six mines in Obulapuram and H. Siddapuram villages of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. The recommendation has been made even as the Andhra Pradesh government has decided …
Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday categorically ruled out the possibility of ordering a CBI inquiry into the alleged large scale irregularities in mining in Bellary district. He pointed out that the Centre also cannot order a CBI investigation without the consent of the State government.
A report on the national and continental conservation status of African and Asian rhinoceros species, trade in specimens of rhinoceros, stocks of specimens of rhinoceros and stock management, incidents of illegal killing of rhinoceroses, enforcement issues, and conservation actions and management strategies, with an evaluation of their effectiveness.
Hyderabad, Nov. 19: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday suspended an order issued by Mr Kallol Biswas, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Anantapur restraining the Anantapur Mining Corporation from mining iron ore at Obulapuram. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy granted the interim order while dealing with a petition filed …
Report by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) submitted to the Supreme Court on alleged illegal mining by Obulapuram mining company in violation of the forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Report of the CEC in IA NO.2 OF 2009 IN W.P.(C) No 201 of 2009 filed by Shri Tapal Ganesh of district …
BANGALORE: The Karnataka operations of the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by Karnataka Tourism Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, will also come under the ambit of the CBI inquiry requested by the Andhra Pradesh government into the company
Bangalore: A day after the Andhra Pradesh Government sought an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into allegations of irregularities in iron ore mining in Anantapur district, the Opposition Congress in the State demanded that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa immediately drop the three Ministers from Bellary
Union Minister for Labour Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Andhra Pradesh government to order a CBI enquiry into the alleged illegal mining in Bellary by the Tourism Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy owned Oblapuram Mining Company. Talking to reporters here, Kharge said for a long time, the …
Hyderabad, Nov. 18: The AP High Court on Wednesday q a criminal case against the chairman of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, Mr Anil Agarwal, and eight others. Maytas Infra Pvt Ltd. had lodged a complaint with the police against Vedanta chairman and eight others alleging that the firm illegally invoked the …
Anantapur, Nov. 18: Iron ore mining activity in Obulapuram and H Siddapuram villages in D Hirehal mandal is mired in controversy for illegal mining and exports. Recently, the divisional forest officer, Mr Kallol Biswas, slapped show cause notices on the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), pointing to encroachment and illegal exports; …
