In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
A petition was filed on Wednesday in the Supreme Court to restrain the resumption of iron and manganese ore mining in Goa amid a judicial commission estimating a loss of Rs 35,000 crore to the exchequer due to illegal mining there since 2000. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed …
The Odisha government has decided to impose levy of Rs 1 per tonne on mineral transported through the electronic route. The state cabinet on Tuesday okayed an amendment to the Odisha Minerals (Prevention of Theft, Smuggling and Illegal Mining and Regulation of Possession, Storage and Transport) Rules-2007 to enable the …
MARGAO: Asserting there should be no place for illegal mining in Goa, South Goa MP on Monday said he would soon convene a meeting of the Parliament Estimates Committee to discuss the mining issue plaguing the state. “As Chairman of the Parliament’s Estimates Committee, I would convene a meeting of …
The residents allege that several people of the area received multiple splinter injuries during the frequent gelatin blasts carried out by these stone quarries to smash the hard rocks GUWAHATI: The setting up of illegal stone quarries along the ‘disputed’ stretch of the Assam-Meghalaya border has resulted in large-scale cutting …
The state government has finally formulated the new sand policy which will be implemented for one year on an experimental basis. Mines minister G. Aruna Kumari told mediapersons that as per the new policy, sand reaches would be auctioned through a draw of lots in place of the existing tender …
Iron ore miners are contesting the levy of a forest development tax by the forest department in Karnataka, but the levy has been incredibly beneficial for the exchequer’s coffers. Selling Karnataka’s forest produce like grass, amla, bark, lac, honey, silk cocoons and bamboo to industries attracts a 12 per cent …
GUWAHATI: Taking advantage of the long pending inter-State border dispute and the negligence of the Assam government, illegal stone quarries are flourishing along the Assam-Meghalaya border adjacent to Basistha temple, a famous tourism site in Guwahati city. The Baisistha temple is located around 7-km away from Dispur. Over the last …
Says he is enquiring into the matter uninfluenced by political or corporate clout of the accused Collector Anshul Mishra has vehemently opposed the plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry into the granite scam in the district on the ground that the State government was better equipped to …
PANJIM: Even as preoccupation with Ganesh festivities has led to simmering of the angst against the illegal mining scam, the people’s demand for action against the miners has refused to die down. Advocate Radharao Gracias, while speaking to Herald, has strongly recommended a moratorium on mining suggesting a mining plan …
Villagers of Kudumiyanmalai have urged the district administration to take strict action against illicit quarrying of sand in the Vellar. In a memorandum submitted to V.Kalaiarasi, Collector, villagers alleged that illegal quarrying of sand has been brisk in villages in and around Seranur and Parambur village panchayats both near Kudumiyanmalai. …
“A number of observations made in it are factually incorrect” The Goa Mineral Ore Exporters’ Association on Saturday found fault with the report of the Justice M.B. Shah Commission of Inquiry on the illegal mining in the State. In a letter to the Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India, …
Practice found to encourage poaching, illegal trade In April 2008 a government enforcement agency in Kerala seized two live barn owls and a sand boa from a gang and released the animals later at undisclosed locations. The officials told mediapersons that one owl would fetch Rs. 2 lakh in some …
Bangalore The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches at 17 locations across Karnataka and Goa as part of the Supreme Court-ordered probe into the illegal mining and export of iron ore from the state’s Belekeri port. While the residence of some aides of the jailed mining …
Police, revenue officials cannot keep it under their custody, says High Court judge Neither police nor revenue officials can keep in their custody vehicles seized for alleged violations of the provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 without obtaining necessary orders for confiscation from the Judicial Magistrates …
The national bird peacock seems to be low on the priority list of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) considering the fact that the national peacock census proposed by the Wildlife Institute of India has been pending for nearly five years. WII scientists point out that they need funds …
The judicial panel has recommended that the money should be recovered by the state from the mine owners Following Justice M B Shah Commission's report on illegal iron ore mining in Goa, the state government is apparently non-committal on recovering a whopping Rs 35,000 crore from the mine owners who …
It is not just allocation of coal blocks that is being questioned. Just how misgoverned coal mining, and in fact the entire mining sector, is has emerged from a study sponsored by the Planning Commission. Focusing on four states, the study has found that illegal mining beyond the environment’s “carrying …
PANJIM: Though State Government had initiated a few steps, following disclosure of the magnitude of illegalities in mining by Shah Commission report last week, activists, however, do not seem to be satisfied. Now that illegalities of mining companies have come in full public view, they expect that mining companies should …
Most clearances are learnt to have been granted during 2007-09, when PM Manmohan Singh held the environment portfolio In a major crackdown on illegal mining in mineral-rich Goa, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on Wednesday suspended the environment clearances of all 93 leases in the state, asking …
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to register a case tomorrow to probe the illegal mining of 5.07 million tonnes of iron ore from forests in Karnataka. The case, being filed on the directions of the Supreme Court, is also likely to probe the role of the state …
