The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed an appeal made on behalf of former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna to defer the hearing in a case pertaining to dereserving of thousand of acres of mineral-rich forest land in Ballari and other areas. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and …
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed an appeal made on behalf of former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna to defer the hearing in a case pertaining to dereserving of thousand of acres of mineral-rich forest land in Ballari and other areas. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday shot down an idea for redrawing boundaries of ‘C’ category mines to make them attractive for interested parties for iron ore extraction in Ballari, Tumakuru and Chitradurga districts. The court also castigated the state over its failure to check "plundering" of natural resources. It restrained …
BENGALURU: After years of illegal mining in the state, the Supreme Court-appointed central empowered committee (CEC) visited Karnataka to assess mining activities in the districts of Ballari, Chitradurga and Tumakuru. During the two-day visit beginning June 30, the CEC members also discussed the possibility of increasing the present cap of …
The state government has failed to recover losses caused to the exchequer due to illegal mining in the state. Department of Mines and Geology (DMG) had issued notices to 105 miners and individuals for recovery of Rs 134 crore in March 2017, by giving one month's time. However, even after …
World’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal may set up a solar farm on land alloted to it for a steel plant in Ballari district of Karnataka, in view of excess global steel capacity and delays in securing raw materials. The company had entered into a pact with Karnataka government for setting up …
AP HC had stayed investigation due to unclear inter-state border The CBI has so far investigated the illegal mining operations of only two leases held by Reddy's companies. Two major cases of illegal mining against former minister G Janardhana Reddy have not been investigated so far. Large scale illegal mining …
