Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
The Madhya Pradesh government remained in denial mode for years about the declining number of tigers in Panna till the wild cat went locally extinct, but its new Forest Minister has brought some hope for the beleaguered Park with his plain speak. Sartaj Singh
The Supreme Court today stayed all further mining activities of Obulapuram Mining Corporation in Andhra Pradesh, belonging to Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy and his brother. Earlier, the court had ordered status quo on an Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment that had allowed mining activities. Today, a bench headed by …
S.S. NEGI NEW DELHI After several rounds of litigation on alleged illegal mining by a company owned by Karnataka's powerful minister G. Janardhan Reddy and his brothers in the Bellary area, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered a fresh survey of all their three mining fields and till then stayed …
J. Venkatesan Union Ministry asked State not to permit mining until after leasing areas were demarcated This exercise is required to ascertain ore extraction by violation New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered status quo on an Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment setting aside a government order restraining the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Opposition mounted a scathing attack on the State Government in the Assembly on Tuesday for its inaction against the culprits involved in the multi-crore mining scam and reiterated the demand for a CBI probe to unearth the truth. However, the Government rejected the demand for the CBI probe …
Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday banned mining in 157 mines in the Aravalli Ranges, in respect of which applications for renewal of lease have been pending with the Rajasthan government. A Bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices S.H. Kapadia and Aftab Alam also ordered …
Concerned over the continued "rape" of the fragile Aravalli hills close to national capital, the Supreme Court on Friday banned mining activities by 157 miners in a huge tracks in Rajasthan, while direct- ing the preparation of satel- lite images of the entire Aravalli ranges spread over 50,000 sq km …
Feb. 18: A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice T. Meena Kumari and Justice G. Chandraiah on Thursday pulled up the Central Empowered Committee on Environment and Forest for recommending to stop mining operations at Anantapur by the Obulapuram Mining Company. The CEC recommendation was beyond its purview, the bench …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Mullaperiyar dam case took a new twist on Wednesday with the Supreme Court constituting a high-level empowered committee to go into all issues, including the safety aspects of the dam, raising the water level beyond 136 ft as also Kerala
Road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath has finally proposed an alternative route that circumvents the Pench Tiger Reserve to complete the North-South corridor. Earlier, his ministry had suggested widening an existing 18-metre road passing through the reserve, but this was opposed by the environment ministry because it endangered the …
Delhi Metro chief Sreedharan to head the committee. A committee of experts headed by the Delhi Metro Chief, Mr E. Sreedharan, will study afresh the issue of allowing new railway lines through the forests of the Western Ghats and hills in the southern region of Karnataka.
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, Jan 31, DHNS: A privately-owned mahseer fishing resort on the banks of the Cauvery near the City, that is functioning in violation of the Indian Wildlife Act has attracted the wrath of a central watchdog for environment and forests. The Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) set …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's stay on construction work at one of Mayawati's pet projects - installation of statues of dalit leaders at a Noida park and setting up of a museum at a cost of Rs 685 crore - was making the state bleed Rs 3 lakh per day, …
J. Venkatesan NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended its interim stay of the Andhra Pradesh High Court order allowing mining operations in six mines in the designated areas in Anantapur district and permitting transportation of the entire iron ore lying in the stockyards on their furnishing bank guarantee. …
After finding that it had issued no direction to the Central empowerment committee for probing the "illegal" mining by the companies of powerful Reddy brothers and three other leaseholders in Obulapuram area, the Supreme Court on Thursday referred the case back to the Andhra Pradesh high court with a direction …
New Delhi: Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy suffered a severe jolt after the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to vacate its interim orders stalling mining operations of Obulapuram Mining Company Private Ltd (OMC), a company owned by him in Andhra Pradesh. However, it remanded the matter back …
