Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Bangalore: The Bellary brothers, considered the kingmakers of Karnataka politics, found themselves sidelined from the new ministry led by Sadananda Gowda after a tame surrender by the Jagadish Shettar camp which, for the past week, was in combat mode with outgoing chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. The developments could well …
Investigators followed the money trail to zero in on the alleged attempts made by the JSW Group to influence the then Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa by giving huge illegal gratifications to his kin. The group, which is officially headed by Hisar MLA Savitri Jindal as the chairperson, figures prominently in …
The reluctant resignation of B S Yeddyurappa from the chief-ministership of Karnataka has shown once again that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is as complicit as the Congress Party on corruption and the criminal abuse of government authority for personal aggrandisement. This is not a revelation, but it is easy …
The Lokayukta report exposes how illegal iron ore mining in Karnataka has adversely impacted the ecology. Imran Khan finds out how deep the rot goes IN A 25,228 page report on illegal iron ore mining in Karnataka, Lokayukta Santosh Hegde has laid bare the human and environmental catastrophe illegal mining …
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to lift its ban order on iron ore mining in Bellary district of Karnataka by the private companies but permitted the central PSU, National Mineral Development Corporation to resuming it from Saturday under strict conditions for maintaining the supply to the domestic steel industry. …
The Supreme Court on Friday permitted state-owned NMDC to operate two of its mines in Bellary in Karnataka from Saturday. This will allow NMDC to produce one million tonne of iron ore a month in Karnataka to meet the domestic requirements. However, the court clarified that no part of the …
NMDC The Supreme Court marginally relaxed its tough stand on mining iron ore in Karnataka's Bellary region, allowing only public sector NMDC to operate there. Private operators have been stopped from further mining and export. NMDC has two mines there. “Under the extraordinary circumstances, NMDC be allowed to operate these …
Karnataka-based iron and steel makers say that it might prove difficult for NMDC to fulfil Supreme Court's order of one million tonnes per month supply to the industry. The Supreme Court order states that the company should implement the order from tomorrow. NMDC is currently operating at 4.5 million tonnes …
In a relief to the domestic steel industry, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed state-owned NMDC to operate its two mines for production of one million tonne iron ore per month in Karnataka’s Bellary district. “We are of the view that under the extraordinary circumstances, NMDC be allowed to operate …
Supreme Court rejects plea of private miners, directs NMDC not to export mineral The Supreme Court has given conditional nod to public sector undertaking National Mineral Development Corporation for mining iron ore in Karnataka’s Bellary district. The court rejected the plea of the private miners seeking permission to resume operations …
Orders Environment Impact Assessment study in the area The Supreme Court, which earlier suspended mining operations in the Bellary area, on Friday partially lifted the ban and allowed the public sector National Mineral Development Corporation to undertake mining in two leases to cater for the domestic market. The Forest Bench …
NEAMA to take care of Environmental Assessment and Monitoring while Enviroment Ministry will retain the power of approval India’s road to “a complete change” in the environmental regulatory system could begin as soon as Cabinet approves the proposal to set up the National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority, or NEAMA. …
A week after it suspended mining operations in Karnataka’s Bellary district, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), a public sector enterprise, to operate its two mines from tomorrow in a bid to meet the demand. “We are of the view that under the extraordinary …
India's Supreme Court has allowed state-run NMDC Ltd. to operate two iron-ore mines in the southern state of Karnataka's Bellary district, a lawyer involved in the matter said Friday. Last week, the court had ordered a halt to all mining in the Bellary district to prevent environmental degradation. The state-run …
New Delhi: After reports on illegal mining in Bellary felled Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Centre on Friday made a strong pitch for partial lifting of the ban on extraction of iron ore citing catastrophic effect on the steel industry that could cascade to the automobile and other …
BellaryThe Bellary district administration, which had intermittently gone to sleep in the last few days despite the Supreme Court ban on mining, seems to be awake and alert now. The officials have now taken some concrete steps to check illegal transportation of iron ore, after huge quantities of it continued …
Steelmakers and mine owners, reeling under a ban on mining in Karnataka, are keeping their fingers crossed about the Supreme Court hearing scheduled on Friday. The uncertainty in iron ore and the resultant rise in ore prices have led the steel industry to actively consider an upward revision in prices, …
Ministry expects a demand for ban on iron ore exports following the SC ban on mining in Bellary Anticipating a demand for a ban on iron ore exports, the commerce department has said it will oppose any such suggestion that could sharply drive down domestic prices and pare export earnings. …
Bangalore : While economical losses due to illegal mining in Bellary is pegged at around Rs 16,000 crore, what is more shocking is the ecological shock that the district has been subjected to. In its latest report submitted to the Supreme Court, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has estimated that …
