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: Communist Party of India general secretary A. B. Bardhan on Monday said a nation-wide joint campaign would be launched soon by like-minded parties including Telugu Desam against the
Seven men who were allegedly part of an international racket in the smuggling of wildlife articles have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Delhi and Nagpur. The agency has purportedly seized tiger, leopard and other skins and body parts from the accused. While developing a lead provided …
Guidelines issued to mines operators who had applied for renewal of mining leases State government seeks the status of all working mines Handing over of cases to the CBI demanded BHUBANESWAR: Nearly four months after the multi-crore illegal mining issue was raised in the State Assembly, the authorities in the …
KOCHI: Illegal mining and transportation of river sand has become rampant in the district as the authorities failed to open adequate number of `kalavaras
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, …
