Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Seven coal blocks that had been allocated to the Maharashtra state government in 2006, together accounting for more than 4,000 million tonnes of coal reserves, remain unoperationalised six years later. While one block was cancelled as it fell within the boundaries of a tiger reserve, the other six – three …
The ongoing enquiry into illegal mining in Odisha by the members of Shah Commission may get an extension due to huge pile of files and some complexity detected in the mining lease papers. So far, the commission has checked files of only 32 mining leases, out of the list of …
JAIPUR: The recommendation of the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to increase safety zones (eco-sensitive zones) around wildlife sanctuaries and national parks from 100 meters to 2 km from the park's boundary has not come as a shock. Given the current scenario, this would not make any difference. The …
The Orissa government which faces the allegation of large-scale irregularities in mining operations, has sparked off yet another controversy by bringing out an “ambiguous” resolution to regulate the sector. The resolution is viewed by mining experts as a “hurried” move to give an impression to the visiting Shah Commission that …
The Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) on Friday assailed the action of former Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh in cancelling the approval granted to the state-owned company for bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills of impoverished Kalahandi district. OMC’s counsel told the ‘green bench’ of the Supreme Court that the minister …
Goa followed Karnataka on Friday when the Supreme Court imposed a complete ban on the mining activities as well as transportation of iron and manganese ore in the state till further orders. A Forest Bench led by Justice Aftab Alam, which had in a separate matter put a ban on …
The Justice M B Shah Commission of enquiry which is on a visit to Odisha will probe all mining leases allocated in the state since 1952. “We are going to probe all mining leases granted in the state since 1952. The panel will examine whether these leases are operational or …
Category B leases were found to have done illegal mining outside the sanctioned areas up to 10% of the lease areas The Supreme Court of India has directed 63 Category B mining leases in Karnataka to pay compensation for illegal mining outside the sanctioned area before allowing them to restart …
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a review petition filed by the Union government contending that it was not heard before the court passed a judgment in 2010, with regard to allocation of mining leases. The court had directed the Karnataka government to consider applications from companies to …
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered iron ore mining in six leases in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district to be stopped due to a pending inter-state border survey. The court’s forest bench, which is hearing cases on illegal mining, said mining operations and transportation of ore from the six leases should …
Shah Commission had said the iron ore scam could have caused a loss of . 35,000 cr to exchequer. The Goa government’s decision to probe irregularities pointed out by a Centre-appointed panel in iron ore mining has left miners worried. “This comes as a shock. We are already replying to …
The CBI probe into coal blocks allotment between 1993 and 2004 has zeroed in on the period around 2003 as it has found that the highest number of allotments were made in that year when the NDA government was in power, and the BJP’s Karia Munda was the coal minister. …
Mining operations in all the 90 mines in Goa were on Friday ordered to be halted by the Supreme Court on the basis of the Justice M.B. Shah Commission report which estimated a whopping Rs.35,000 crore to the exchequer due to illegal mining in the last 12 years. Mining companies …
The state steel and mines department has circulated a new guideline for second and subsequent renewal of iron ore, manganese, chromite and bauxite mines in the state. While framing the guideline, the department has invoked a 1996 judgement of the Supreme Court which ruled that second and subsequent renewals cannot …
Suspended mining activities after an expert panel formed by federal govt found serious illegalities and irregularities In a move that spells further trouble for mining industry in Goa, the Manohar Parrikar government has decided not to allow mining activity until findings of the Public Accounts Committee and Justice M B …
The Goa government on Wednesday announced the formation of a high-level committee to be headed by a retired high court judge to probe the irregularities pointed out by Justice M B Shah panel in its report on iron ore mining in the state. “The Independent High Level Investigation Committee (IHLIC) …
Bhubaneswar: Reckoning the significant role of coal, the State Task Force Committee has included coal along with other minerals in its purview of curbing illegal mining in the state. However, a clear picture has not emerged from the discussion of the panel regarding encompassing Central public sector undertakings (PSUs) like …
Bhubaneswar: As per the directive of the Centre, a six-member team of Justice M B Shah Commission would arrive in the state on Wednesday to probe into large scale illegal mining of iron and manganese ores in Odisha. The team, led by UV Singh, Additional Principal Conservator of Forests of …
Secretariat march today Protesting against the new Supreme Court directive asking small and medium crusher and quarry owners to secure NOCs from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for their operations, the Kerala Crusher and Quarry Owners Association coordination committee will hold a Secretariat march on Thursday, association officer-bearers …
The details of how the reserve price would be calculated and the quantum of the outgo for the world's largest coal miner are yet to be worked out There may be no going back on bidding for coal blocks by the government, but a new policy would put a price …
