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 …
AFTER media reported seven trucks being seized by the Gurgaon Vigilance Department on October 28 for allegedly transporting illegal mining material, the Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner constituted a district task force under the chairmanship of the ADC to check cases of illegal mining. After visiting the areas in Shikohpur, Sakatpur, Darbaripur, …
BHUBANESWAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that the ongoing vigilance probe into the multi-crore mining illegal scam was nothing but an eyewash. The party demanded that the Naveen Patnaik government hand over the cases relating to the mining scam to the Central Bureau of Investigation for a fair …
KOCHI: Four people were arrested in the city on Thursday by the Special Branch while they were trying to smuggle a deer-horn worth around Rs 1 lakh in the black market, confirming that Kochi has become a transit point for smugglers of exotic species. Special Branch Assistant Commissioner Shamsu Illikkal …
Nov. 4: The Anantapur divisional forest officer, Mr Kallol Biswas, on Wednesday reached Aranya Bhavan in Hyderabad to meet the principal chief conservator of forests, Mr. C Shivashankar Reddy, to formulate the course of action to be taken against Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC). Mr. Biswas had served five show-cause notices …
Nov. 3: The Rayadurgam Congress MLA, Mr Ramachandra Reddy, who is also joint managing director of Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC), met the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Tuesday evening and complained against the Anantapur divisional forest officer, Mr Kallol Biswas for acting in a
Aurobinda Das | Rourkela The State Pollution Board and Mining Department generally issue mining lease to an applicant only after getting the nod of the Union Forests and Environment Ministry. Moreover, the Revenue Department calculates and specifies the area according to the map of mines and forest areas and accordingly …
Rajkot: A limestone theft of Rs 3.2 crore has been detected at Tukda village in Porbandar district. Collectorate officials have filed a complaint at Bagavadar police station against nine suspects. According to the complaint filed by G A Rao, royalty inspector in the mines and minerals department in the district, …
BHUBANESWAR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Ballav Rath has demanded a CBI probe into the mining scam. Only a CBI probe can reveal the involvement of some Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders in the scam, Rath said in a statement here today. Alleging that Naveen Patnaik is showing leniency …
Ramesh Jahagirdar, Bellary, Oct 30, DHNS: Even as the dissidence by mine lords-turned-ministers is yet to die down, the newly transferred deputy conservator of forests has begun cracking the whip on illegal mining in the district. The transfer effected by the chief minister in the mining district aggravated the brewing …
Oct. 29: The Anantapur divisional forest officer, Mr Kallol Biswas, on Wednesday issued two showcause notices to the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), seeking an explanation within three days, over illegal mining beyond its mining area of 25.98 hectares and encroaching on the area of Bellary Iron Ore Private Limited, and …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala and Bihar Forest Departments have decided to join hands to prevent the inter-state smuggling of elephants. During the last many years, the elephant mafia in the State had been sourcing their elephants from the Sonepur Animal Fair held in Bihar during the first week of November. State …
Tigers are symbols of all that is powerful, mystical, and beautiful in nature. But wild tigers are in crisis, having fallen in numbers from about 100,000 in 1900 to just 3,200 today as a result of adverse human activities, including habitat destruction and a huge illegal trade in tiger parts. …
A population assessment survey of the endangered Ganges river dolphin was made between February and Apil 2005 in the Brahmaputra River starting from Assam-Arunachal border to the India-Bangladesh border. One hundred and ninety seven dolphins were recorded in the entire 856 km river stretch with an encounter rate of 0.23 …
Debabrata Mohanty Yet to figure out the extent of the multi-crore mining scam, Orissa Steel and Mines department has announced a reward for whistleblowers among general public and government officials who provide information on illegal mining. The department, which is now probing illegal iron, manganese and chromite mines in Orissa, …
The African elephant's misfortune has been its teeth, in particular the well developed pair of upper incisors known as tusks for which it is being killed in large numbers. The visible ivory part of the tusks is made up of dentine with an outer layer of enamel, and when viewed …
KOCHI: The Sand mafia has resurfaced in the Cheranelloor area with more force, to launch an offensive against those people who stand against their illegal mining activities. The residents of Cheranelloor and Kothad panchayats said that the police were acting in connivance with the sand mafia. Even after repeated petitions …
BHUBANESWAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party today accused the State Government of trying to bail out the prime accused in the multi-crore mining scam. While the State Vigilance arrested Shakti Ranjan Das for illegally mining from Ram Bahadur Thakur (RBT) mines on the strength of power of attorney purported to be …
