Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Order of the Gujarat High Court in the matter of State of Gujarat Through Principal Secretary & Others Vs Manjulaben Ramniklal Thanki & Others dated 22/09/2015 to remove/sell/sell for export/transport 1,67,163.656 MT of mined bauxite, mined prior to 20.07.2013 and for 60,000 MT of mined bauxite, mined after 05.01.2015, Devbhumi …
This is under the PMKKKY (Prime Minister's mining Areas Welfare Scheme), launched on Thursday Miners to pay 30% of additional loyalty for local-benefit sharing Mining companies with leases under the 1957 law in this regard will be paying an additional amount, equivalent to 30 per cent of the royalty, for …
Ranchi: The division bench of Jharkhand high court comprising chief justice Virendra Singh and justice P P Bhatt has concluded hearing one half of the Noamundi iron- ore mines lease renewal case involving Tata Steel on Wednesday and reserved its order for a later date. The steel major filed a …
India's climate action plan ahead of the United Nations' Paris summit in December will come with sector-specific emphasis on emission reduction. The Union environment ministry has held at least five rounds of meetings with key infrastructure ministries to help clarify the definition, scope and approach for preparing India's Intended Nationally …
Environment ministry okays only 26 zones out of 452 proposed Of the 629 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, the Union environment ministry has been able to provide a protective buffer zone, called ecologically sensitive zones (ESZs), to only 26 so far. According to the national wildlife policy, each of these …
Last December, Jeyakumar Janakaraj, the chief executive of Adani Australia, was indubitably upbeat in a conversation by phone with ET. "Never in the history of Indian business has a company gone to a developed country and established itself so well," he said. The assuredness of Janakaraj was at odds with …
More than a year after a single judge passed a judgment in a case, even before the respondents filed a counter-affidavit, the Madras High Court on Tuesday set aside the verdict and directed that the matter be remitted back to the authorities. The single judge had on July 7 last …
Documents with Herald, prove that the govt has no answer to the Accountant General’s query to furnish list of mining renewals which were done with IBM’s mandatory permission; Could put restart of mining under a big cloud PANJIM: The Accountant General of Goa (AGG) has indeed opened a pandora’s box …
Taking strong exception to the proposed mining of colour granite at Bodikondalu, tribals of Budharavada panchayat in Parvathipuram mandal have warned of intensifying stir, if the authorities go ahead with the plan. The government has sanctioned the lease for mining colour granite in 30 hectares to the Hyderabad-based M/s Pokarna …
Laying down modalities for auction of 15 iron ore mines in Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed state-run and private companies... Laying down modalities for auction of 15 iron ore mines in Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed state-run and private companies having “end users plants” engaged in …
Order of the Gujarat High Court in the matter of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd Vs Mansing Narottambhai & Others dated 29/07/2015 regarding land acquisition by Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited for mining purpose at village Maljipura, Taluka Jhagadiya, District Bharuch, Gujarat. Original Source
In a partial relief, the Orissa High Court on Monday allowed two mining companies of the State -- Indrani Patnaik & Co. and Triveni Earthmovers & Transport Company -- to operate their bank accounts which were made inoperational by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in May this year. A Division Bench …
Seek the closure of a quarry near their houses Over 150 villagers from South Chezhiyanallur near Maanur in Tirunelveli district submitted a petition to Collector M. Karunakaran on Monday seeking the closure of a limestone quarry near their houses, which, they alleged, was “illegally run” by a cement company. The …
PANAJI: If the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB), while granting 'consent to operate' accepts the recommendation of the technical advisory committee (TAC), then mining companies which have not obtained forest clearances may not be allowed to carry out mining activities in forest areas. TAC has identified around 13 mining …
KORAPUT: To intensify their fight against mining at Danga Deulo hill in Koraput district by Vedanta Aluminium Limited (Sesa Sterlite Group), people of 10 villages have formed the Malimunda-Kanhai Hill Surakhya Samiti (MKHSS). Danga Deulo lies between Malimunda and Kanhai hills. "If required we may sacrifice our lives but will …
Expert suggests cooperatives as an alternative option of sustainable, regulated mining With the Goa government getting ready to resume iron ore mining in October, environmental activist Claude Alvares, fighting illegal mining in the State’s private sector in the Supreme Court, has urged people to join a movement for a “Goechi …
Raids conducted at 19 locations where greenery was plundered; equipment seized One of the quarries that was raided in Anekal taluk of Bengaluru Urban district on Wednesday. In coordinated raids across Anekal taluk, the Bengaluru Urban district authorities clamped down on illegal quarrying at 19 locations on Wednesday, including one …
July 10 meeting to decide on whether to grant or deny consent to leases PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Wednesday completed inspections of 44 mining leases before deciding on grant of consent to operate under the Water and Air pollution Acts. The Board members will meet on …
The Forest department has issued notices 63 mining companies, including the National Mining Development Corporation, over forest development cess dues. It has decided to appeal to the deputy commissioner to help in collecting the cess. The companies have not paid the cess for the period between 2008 and July 2011, …
Unfazed by the warning issued by the district authorities, a Rajasthan-based mining company, which has taken a mining site on lease, continues to trigger high-intensity mine blasts close to Mahendergarh’s Dostpur village located on the Haryana and Rajasthan border. Villagers claimed two heavy blasts were carried out yesterday, which not …
