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 …
Wants 24-hour ore transportation PANJIM, AUG 11The mining truck owners today objected to the timing restrictions on ore transportation stating that the state government should stop the illegal mining rather than harassing the truck operators.The mining truck owners from across the state, who met today at Hotel Mandovi formed a …
J. VenkatesanNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed as withdrawn a writ petition filed by G. Janardhan Reddy, one of the Reddy brothers, in 2006 for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against the former Karnataka Chief Minister H. . Kumaraswamy into the allegation that he had collected …
BHUBANESWAR: It took more than 18 years for the State Government to reject the mining lease application of Ram Bahadur Thakur Limited (RBTL) for manganese ore over an area of 96.56 hectares in Keonjhar district.The Government took up the issue only after the multi-crore mining scam rocked the State and …
Illegal sand lifting is going on unabated at Honnahole, which is said to be the tributary of River Cauvery, near Hebbasuru village in Chamarajanagar taluk.Destruction : Illegal sand lifting being carried out at Honnuhole near Hebbasuru village in Chamarajangar taluk. DH photoThe river flows to Kollegal via Yalanduru from Chamarajanagar …
Arindam Sinha, Subhomoy BhattacharjeeNoamundi/Jamshedpur: A thousand mini Bellarys have sprung up in the red soil of south Jharkhand, as the state government has slept over the mining lease applications of companies like Tata Steel, SAIL and NMDC in the decade since the state was formed.Between the year 2000, when Jharkhand …
Bellary: In a show of strength at the end of its 320-km padyatra, the Congress on Monday stormed the mining bastion of Bellary, targeting the ruling BJP on illegal mining and corruption and warned it that the Centre would not remain a mute spectator to the
A farmer gifts a sapling to Union Minister for Health Ghulam Nabi Azad and State Congress leaders at a public meeting after the Bangalore-Bellary padayatra by Congress supporters on Monday.Bellary: The Congress on Monday organised a well-attended public rally here to mark the culmination of the 16-day padayatra
Hitting back at the Congress, Karnataka Ministers and mining magnates Janardhana Reddy and B Sreeramulu on Monday made light of its Padayatra and rally in their citadel, terming it as a 'flop show'."Congress padayatra is a failure, a flop show. (leader of the Opposition in the Assembly) Siddramaiah's drama is …
Congress MLA Santosh Lad, one of the mine owners from Bellary, seemed representing his mining fraternity when he demanded withdrawal of ban on ore export, here on Monday.Two other mine owners - Anil Lad and Abdul Wahab - were present on the dais when Santosh Lad demanded Chief Minister B …
Opposition Congress leader in the state Assembly Siddaramaiah today asked people to ''eliminate politically'' ministers and mining magnates Reddy brothers, accused in the illegal mining scam, to ''preserve''the district and state resources from being looted."If Bellary is to be saved and its resources are to be preserved, Reddys should be …
Johnson T A From the maze of frontal companies being tracked by the Karnataka Lokayukta as part of investigations into the illegal iron ore business in the state, one key name that is said to have emerged is that of a Bellary district MLA. A mining businessman himself, Anand Singh …
Bangalore: Where does the mining money come from and go to? Who are the mine owners in Bellary? Are the accounts in their names? There seem to be no answers. The Lokayukta investigation into illegal mining in Bellary district has dug up this mine maze. What was evident was that …
Hyderabad, Aug. 6: The Central Bureau of Investigation has found evidence to prove that the Obulapuram Mining Corporation owned by the controversial Karnataka minister, Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy, was indulging in illegal mining.The agency had decided to build its case on the evidence it collected before the investigation was stayed …
Illegal mining and transportation of iron ore is too risky a venture as the Lokayukta police is keeping a hawk's eye on Bellary. However, it would be smooth sailing from mining pits to Andhra ports, if you carry 'risk permits.;Illegal mining and transport operators have developed a system parallel to …
DAVANGERE: Revenue Minister G. Karunakara Reddy has struck a dissenting note against the decision taken by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to ban export of iron ore and described it as a
District officials should take all steps to check illegal transportation of sand from Dakshina Kannada to Kerala, said District-in-Charge Secretary B S Ramprasad.Speaking at a district-level review meeting at DC
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday challenged the Congress to submit documents regarding illegal mining to the Supreme Court or the President.Addressing a press conference here while handing over the keys to 242 houses built for flood victims at Donga Rampur village by Matha Amritanandamayi Trust, Yeddyurappa said:
The European Parliament's decision to end the import of illegally harvested timber and timber products into EU member countries from 2012 is a welcome step towards better protection of the world's forests. Considering that an estimated 20 per cent of the wood coming into the European Union is felled in …
Sujay MehdudiaNEW DELHI: Days after Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh lauded the Karnataka government for imposing a ban on iron ore export, Union Mines Minister B.K. Handique came down strongly on the State government for failing to get its act together on checking illegal mining.In a harshly worded letter to …
