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 State Congress has alleged that illegal mining in the forest areas of the State has gone beyond the control of the State Government and the mining mafia was openly playing the game of illegal mining. Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president and MP Kantilal Bhuria in a statement here …
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Tuesday moved to the Supreme Court seeking quashing of private complaint and probe by Lokayukta police against him over alleged illegal mining during his tenure as Karnataka Chief Minister from 1999 to 2004. The petition by Krishna challenged the January 20 decision of the …
PANJIM: The campaign to save Goa from incessant mining has now got a global linkage with almost 40 Goan overseas associations joining hands against mining activity at the cost of environment. The associations representing the Goan Diaspora in Australia, Canada, UK, Middle East, East Africa and Portugal have come under …
Alwar: A 50-member team that went to Kahrani village in Alwar district to stop illegal mining on Sunday was attacked by the illegal miners. More than six policemen were injured, out of which three have been admitted to a hospital. After the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision where it came down …
Chief Secy Asked To Submit Compliance Report Within Two Weeks Alwar: A central empowered committee (CEC) constituted by the Supreme Court condemned the Rajasthan government for its failure in restricting illegal mining in the state and ordered to take immediate steps in regulating it. The instructions came after the Supreme …
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed that people indulging in illegal mining should not be spared. He said it should also be kept in mind that those working legally should not be harassed in the garb of ensuring strict action. While reviewing the activities of Mining Department …
In a move that the iron ore mining industry says is a throwback to inspector raj, the commerce and industry ministry has moved a Cabinet note proposing that exports of iron ore with over 55 per cent ferrous content be canalised through the state-owned trading company MMTC Ltd. MMTC will …
PANJIM:Goa Foundation (GF) has claimed, that even as Shah Commission officials were enquiring into the illegal mining, almost half of state’s ore that left the shores during last financial year was illegally extracted. GF, which has filed series of petitions before High Court on illegal mining has stated that almost …
PANJIM: One of the State’s oldest mining company, Damodar Mangalji and Company Limited (DMC), is likely to come under the scanner of the Mines department, again, for its move to revive operations at a mine at Pissurlem, almost after a decade. In a complaint before state authorities, a local from …
The huge resentment against the Regional Plan and the spectre of illegal mining have angered the people against the congress. Does the party have any answers? Shirodkar : If you go to see, both the issues have not raised its head for the last one month. When it comes to …
Eastern Coalfields, a subsidiary of Coal India, today said illegal mining coupled with mafia operations at its mines is causing a loss of Rs 12 crore to it every month as production of about 40,000 tonnes is being hampered. “Many productive mines ... Have come to standstill. Due to continuous …
Rampant illegal iron ore mining in Chitradurga and Tumkur districts has caused severe damage to agriculture and horticulture activities, as well as spreading of mining related diseases among the people of the region, a study has found. The micro-level environmental impact assessment study conducted in the two districts by the …
HYDERABAD: The Obulapuram Mining Company Pvt Ltd (OMC) owned by mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy earned over Rs 4,310 crore by selling illegally mined iron ore by way of local sales and exports, according to the CBI chargesheet. With so much money coming his way, Gali …
The Commission for Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Thursday decided to ask the offices of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers to direct the secretary of the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation in controlling deforestation and monitor the work. The Commission asked the Ministry and concerned …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday ruled that there was no prohibition on the police to book sand smugglers on charges of ‘theft' under the Indian Penal Code as well as ‘illegal mining' under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act. A Division Bench of Justice M. …
The recommendations of the July 27, 2011 report of the Karnataka Lokayukta for action against people’s representatives and public servants for their role in facilitating illegal mining and export of iron ore from Karnataka has resulted in three different courses of action being initiated against politicians, bureaucrats and policemen. A …
Dharamsala: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has formed a committee under Deputy Commissioner, Kangra, RS Gupta, to submit a report on the impact of illegal mining on two railway bridges over the Chakki river on the Punjab-Himachal border. The bridges are a board-gauge railway line bridge connecting the Pathankot-Jalandhar railway …
The number of elephants in two wildlife sanctuaries in Tanzania has fallen by nearly 42 percent in just three years, a census showed on Tuesday, as poachers increasingly killed the animals for their tusks. The census at the Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park revealed elephant numbers had plunged …
The government has hiked the ad valorem duty on iron ore exports to 30 per cent from 20 per cent. The decision would enrich a cash-strapped government by around Rs 8,500-9,000 crore. While the hike in export duty has understandably stunned the mining community, the move was in the offing …
The National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources today said it would move the Supreme Court after receiving a detailed report on illegal mining at Kappat Gudda hill ranges in Gadag district and asked Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda order a Lokayukta probe into it. Speaking to reporters here, …
