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 …
The CBI probing into the death of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh has ruled out ‘pre-planning’ by the mining mafia. Singh (30) was killed while trying to stop a tractor carrying illegally mined stones near Morena in Madhya Pradesh on March 7. The CBI, which recently sought the custody of …
The stock tanked over 8% at Rs 606 on huge volumes JSW Steel has tanked over 8% at Rs 606 on reports that the Supreme Court (SC) orders the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) probe on the company’s mining case. Earlier, a panel appointed by the SC has recommended that …
The squads will undertake surprise visits to sand ghats. District Collector P.I. Sheikh Pareed has said that stringent measures have been adopted to put an end to illegal sand mining and sale in the district. Special squads comprising of representatives of revenue and police departments have been formed for the …
JAIPUR: A division bench of the Rajasthan High Court, headed by Chief Justice Arun Kumar Mishra on Thursday asked the state government to stop all illegal minings in the 21-km stretch of Kala Pahar region in Bharatpur district. The court also issued show cause notice to the state authorities on …
Special bench headed by Chief Justice asks for report by Aug 3, asks AP govt to co-operate in investigations In a setback to former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Supreme Court today directed a CBI probe against him for allegedly granting undue favours to firms involved in illegal …
A soaring demand for ivory in China and the Far East is putting Africa's elephant population under strain and could see the creatures wiped out altogether by poachers in some countries, conservationists have warned. Trade in ivory was made illegal worldwide in 1989 but the ban was lifted in 2008 …
In a nation where a civil war and years of political deadlock have stunted prosperity and development, the burgeoning rhino population is one of Nepal's rare success stories. The Himalayan country's endangered one-horned rhinoceros has increased its numbers significantly over recent years thanks to tightened security against poachers and community …
India's Supreme Court Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe JSW Steel Ltd.'s role in procuring iron-ore from illegal mines in the southern state of Karnataka. A panel formed by the court had earlier sought the probe while submitting its investigation report on illegal mines in three mineral-rich …
Petty hunters, corrupt wildlife officials and Asian traffickers have all been snared in South Africa’s crackdown on rhino poaching as special prosecutors battle syndicates feeding the trade in horns. More than 160 people are currently before the courts, exposing the complex supply chain stretching from South African parks to Southeast …
Prolonged ban on mining in Karnataka, high export duty and railway freight rates, among reasons for export slowdown India’s iron ore exports are set to fall to a new low this financial year, owing to multiple problems, such as shortages in Karnataka, Odisha and Goa, high export duty and differential …
JAIPUR: After the March 22 crackdown against illegal gravel mines in Mewat's Pahari region resulting in the arrest of 97 people, some politicians had approached chief minister Ashok Gehlot against IPS officer Vikas Kumar, the SP of Bharatpur who led the drive. Sources said the move by the politicians ended …
Ten villages in Ghatigaon area are notorious for illegal mining. The process of suspension of arms licences of criminals living in the forest area could not be completed in two months. Concern was expressed by authorities in the meeting on April 20 of the district-level taskforce on illegal mining. According …
Now metal traps and snares, and not fire arms are latest threats to tigers and wildlife from poachers. The two-day meet of wildlife officials that concluded on Thursday has sounded red alert in all tiger reserves of the country stressing on armed patrolling as the need of the hour. On …
Both documents extensively discuss need for competitive bidding for scarce natural resources The fate of the Ashok Chawla Committee report on the allocation of natural resources suggests a wider government unwillingness to accept competitive bidding, auctions and market-linked pricing for scarce, natural resources lies at the heart of its 2G …
The four years of ‘black gold rush period’ from 2006 was in no way less a scam than the 2G spectrum allocation: BJP The Opposition criticised the functioning of the coal ministry in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, alleging irregularities in coal block allocation in 2006-2009. BJP charged that the …
There was a time when the national park rangers did not need visuals to monitor the deer population in the Margalla Hills – a significant number of footprints around water bodies indicated that their population was steady if not growing rapidly. But this was four to five years back. Today, …
Land alloted for National Games, Portuguese Commonwealth Games used for illegal mining Several trucks and machinery were confiscated at the land acquired by Goa government to set up a sports city here for National Games 2014, busting an illegal mining racket on government land, police said. Goa police raided the …
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested former deputy conservator of forests (Bellary) S Muthaiah and former deputy director of mines and geology department (Hospet, Bellary) S P Raju in connection with an illegal mining case involving the Associated Mining Company (AMC). The AMC is owned by former …
A conservator of forests and a former official of the mining department, who are accused of being key players in the illegal iron ore mining racket perpetrated by former minister G Janardhan Reddy and his aides, were arrested on Monday by the CBI. The arrests are in connection with an …
PANJIM: The land acquired by state government for sports city in Pernem, which has been kept idle since 2009, has become a target of rogues indulging in the illegal mining activity. A raid conducted by Directorate of Mines and Geology following complaint by locals on Monday have noticed that laterite …
