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 …
Private company accused of plundering natural wealth A private company has been allegedly extracting high-quality Shahbad stone slabs illegally at Wadi and villages near Chittapur in Gulbarga district for the past several years. According to Ashok Dahinde and Nariman Irani, the shareholders of Wadi Stone Marketing Company, the firm was …
JAIPUR/ALWAR: After being pulled up by the Rajasthan High Court for failing to curb illegal mining, the Alwar police kicked off a campaign against the menace in Tapukada and Behror area late on Wednesday night. The authorities seized a large number of mining equipment and cordoned off a huge area …
PANJIM: Despite raps from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Goa's State Forest Policy is yet to see the light of day, even after the process to finalise it began way back in April last year. The draft which was put up for public scrutiny received tremendous response with a …
The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to probe illegal mining in Karnataka has ruled out resumption of mining operations in the state until mining plans in category A and B mines in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts are vetted by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM). In a letter …
JAIPUR: Just five days after a labourer was killed and several others had a narrow escape in Harmara area, villagers alleged that unsafe mining practices have resumed in over 50 licensed stone mines in the area. They said that though only a couple of mines have permission to use explosives, …
China is to introduce a specialized value-added tax invoice system for rare earth producers on Friday in an effort to curb rampant illegal mining and production of the metals. The introduction is an important regulatory step, as it will curb illegal mining and excessive production, said Li Shanle, an official …
A coalition of Brazil's leading conservation groups have condemned the country's president Dilma Rousseff for pardoning illegal deforesters, weakening protection of the Amazon and rowing back on efforts to recover land that has been cleared of trees. The fierce attack on Rousseff's environmental credentials comes just weeks before she is …
Sandur, a region once known for its pristine hills and its lush green forests, today, is stripped of not only its beauty but its character too; all for the murky ore, needed to build and propagate the 'great human civilization'.
The Global Tiger Recovery Program implementation report includes country by-country self-assessments and a report card across the several thematic focus points in tiger conservation, including habitat protection, combating wildlife crime, transboundary collaboration, capacity-building, and scientific monitoring among others.
Probe agency says AMC mined 40,000 tonnes of ore illegally The CBI, in its charge sheet in the illegal mining case pertaining to the Associated Mining Company (AMC), has quantified the loss caused to the State exchequer at Rs 480 crore. The CBI had registered an FIR in the AMC …
It seems the state government and the police have met a dead end when it comes to curbing illegal mining. At one level, labourers are getting killed due to poor safety standards or mine collapses. At another level, when the police are asked to pull up socks against the mafia, …
The CBI on Wednesday filed a chargesheet, along with 18,327 documents in nine trunks, against G Janardhana Reddy and six others in a case related to illegal iron ore mining by the former minister’s Associated Mining Company in Bellary. The CBI has estimated the loss to the state exchequer from …
BHUBANESWAR: Rampant illegal mining by several companies is continuing despite the State Government’s claim to have brought it down. The powers that be in the Steel and Mines Department are extending tacit support to the companies involved in the multi-crore mining scam. One of these companies is Arjun Ladha which …
A police head constable, Mahendra Singh, lost his life on Tuesday in Dholpur when he tried to stop a truck carrying illegal sand from Madhya Pardesh. The truck ran over the gead constable, resulting in his instant death. The incident occurred when two policemen, Mahendra and Virendra, noticed four trucks …
Team Anna on Tuesday levelled a fresh charge against External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, alleging that when he was the chief minister of Karnataka, the state mining department allocated thousands of tonnes of iron ore fines to private companies without any bidding and at grossly undervalued rates. “The iron …
An IAS officer and an IFS officer are among the seven people set to be chargesheeted on Wednesday by the Central Bureau of Investigation, alongside former Karnataka minister and businessman G Janardhana Reddy, following a probe into the illegal mining activities by the Associated Mining Company (AMC) run by the …
JAIPUR: Once again coming down heavily on illegal mining in the state, a division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice N K Jain stayed all mining activities in Puhaniya village of Buhana tehsil and in Chanaana village of Chirawa tehsil in Jhunjhunu district. The …
Collector directed to take stern action Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash on Sunday directed District Collector P.M. Ali Asgar Pasha to take stern action against illegal sand-mining from the Bharathapuzha in Shoranur. Besides illegal sand-mining, hundreds of acres of the riverbed, dried up during the summer, has been converted into vegetable …
JAIPUR: Almost two FIRs in connection with illegal mining are being lodged everyday in various police stations of the district in an indication that mafias have not left untouched even the city's surrounding areas. The ongoing drive by the district administration has brought to the fore rampant illegal mining at …
JAIPUR/ALWAR: A group of about 100 illegal miners opened fire and pelted stones at a police team in Alwar's Nakhnol area on Friday in a sheer disregard for law and the law keepers. The incident happened when a police team had swopped down on an area known as Loharon Ki …
