Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand (WPPIL No. 202 OF 2024 with WPPIL NO.174 OF 2024) in the matter of mining operations in Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The order was passed by the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court Guhanathan Narendar and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari. In compliance with the …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Manoj Narula Vs Union of India dated 27/08/2014 regarding appointment of people as Ministers to the Council of Ministers of Union of India despite their involvement in serious and heinous crimes.
Judgment covers 1993-2010 period; final view on projects' fate on Sep 1 The Supreme Court on Monday held as illegal all coal blocks allocated by the Union government between 1993 and 2010. It said a final decision on the fate of the blocks would be taken on September 1. Questioning …
In a move that could either derail large investments in steel and power or help clean up the process of allocation of natural resources, the Supreme Court on Monday declared as illegal all coal mines allocated since 1993, including those allocated to central and state PSUs. While the allotments have …
In a landmark judgement on 25 August 2014, the Supreme Court declared illegal all allocation of coal blocks between 1993 and 2010 and cancelled the allocation of nearly 200 coal blocks. Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Manohar Lal Sharma Vs. Principal Secretary & Others …
NOIDA: The Noida Authority has decided to make 100% Ganga water available to citizens and officially launch the online Citizen's Charter on Independence Day. The board also decided to make five new police stations operational. Revealing details to TOI, Rama Raman, chairperson and CEO of Noida Authority, said that the …
Total Sanitation Campaign scam in Garo Hills TURA: Central funds for construction of toilets in different schools of East Garo Hills have allegedly been misappropriated to the tune of over Rs 5 crore during the tenure of the then deputy commissioner and current Tura DC Pravin Bakshi who allegedly allowed …
Environmentalists on Tuesday raised concerns over lack of transparency within the Wildlife Conservation Department (WCD) in issuing permits, registration of captive elephants, and confiscation of illegal held elephants. They alleged that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption (CIABOC) was trying to protect the officials of the Wildlife …
Asian big cats (including tiger, snow leopard, clouded leopards, and subspecies of leopard, cheetah and lion) are listed in the top three categories of threat on the IUCN Red List, with illegal trade included among the threats to their survival. They are all included in CITES Appendix I, so that …
RAIPUR: The Comptroller of Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) for "inadequate planning" in construction of motels in the state and has said that the delays had caused an avoidable expenditure of over Rs 12 crores. In fact the CAG has reported that the project …
This is the second attachment order by the ED in the coal blocks allocation scam The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 186 crore in the matter relating to “illegal allocation of coal blocks” to Nava Bharat Power Projects Private Limited (NBPPPL). The Hyderabad-based company and its …
The 2014 Human Development Report—Sustaining Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience—looks at two concepts which are both interconnected and immensely important. This year's Report show that overall global trends are positive and that progress is continuing. Yet, lives are being lost, and livelihoods and development undermined, by natural or human-induced …
CBI is also preparing to register more chargesheets in the case against a former coal secretary, former Jharkhand chief secretary and others The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is going to register 14 more first information reports (FIRs) in the coal scam within a month. CBI had conducted preliminary inquiries …
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on local bodies (Karnataka). The report has been laid on the tabel of the State Legislature Assemly on 14-07-2014.
Stating that infrastructure development was a key to the country’s progress, the Economic Survey for 2013-14 points out that the core sector investment in India has been hit due to design flaws in policies that need to be corrected. Stating that delays in 110 central infrastructure projects have caused a …
Under attack from the CPI-M led LDF opposition, the UDF government in Kerala today announced freezing of a recent no objection certificate (NoC) to accept tax for 786 acres of 'controversial' land attached to a private plantation group near the Nelliyampathi forest range. Chief minister Oommen Chandy made the announcement …
CAG has questioned the need for Aranmula airport in Kerala and has recommended an in-depth study on environmental impact of the project on this ecologically-sensitive region based on reports submitted by the legislature committee on environment, Kerala State Biodiversity Board and the Expert Appraisal committee of Airport Authority of India …
Dahej Minerals limited chairman and managing director Balchandra Naik is likely to submit a letter to the special investigation team (SIT), written by the former chief minister and leader of opposition Pratapsingh Rane to the director of mines objecting grant of lease or renewal in Poriem village in Sattari taluka …
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday that the government had no plans to impose ban on mining in the State. It is also not planning to set up a fast-track court to handle cases related to illegal mining. In a written reply to C T Ravi (BJP), Siddaramaiah said that …
