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 …
Coal being lifted from a pit in Salanpur, on the outskirts of Asansol town. The illegally mined coal being transported across the dry Ajoy river towards Birbhum. Pictures by Gour Sharma Asansol, April 21: Looting of coal has become such a lucrative proposition for villagers in the Durgapur-Asansol coal belt …
Asha Krishnaswamy, Bangalore, April 21, DH News Service: The Forest Department has found that a contractor has illegally sawed about 20 massive trees in the Tataguni estate in February second week. A view of the Tataguni estate on Kanakapura Road. Photo by the author The contractor had permission only to …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has constituted a high-level committee to verify legality of various mines to prevent illegal mining in the State following the direction of the central empowered committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court. The committee has been directed to submit its report on legality of mining leases (ML) …
The Orissa government has now constituted a five-member committee to verify the records of all the mines in the state. The move comes after Supreme Court
BILASIPARA, April 20: The Range Officer of Kheraghat forest range under Parbatjhara Forest Division in BTAD seized a JCB truck red handed while it was loading sand and gravel illegally from a quarry under Mahamaya reserve Forest recently. The owner of the truck has been identified as Asok Singhi, a …
BHUBANESWAR: The cold war between the Orissa Government and the Railways over the issue of illegal iron ore transshipment has reached a new high with each trying to take potshots at the other. The Railways bosses are peeved with Chief Secretary T K Mishra for repeatedly seeking arrest of Railway …
BHUBANESWAR/JHARSUGUDA: Meeting after the recent reverses of the party in the urban body polls, the State executive of the Congress resolved to take to the streets demanding Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the multi-crore mining scam. Vigilance probe ordered by the State Government will not be able to …
Anti-mining groups in Goa on Friday alleged that iron ore worth Rs 5 crore has been transported from illegal mines in the last five days from Netraveli wildlife sanctuary and accused a Congress minister and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator of sheltering illegal mining operations in South Goa. Addressing …
BHUBANESWAR: In its bid to plough back revenue generated from mining into development activities in the region, the State Government has created a Special Development Fund mobilising 5 per cent royalty collected from the major minerals. The Government has pooled Rs 100 cr for the financial year 2010-11 as corpus …
Making the biggest dent yet in the operations of the iron ore mining mafia in Karnataka, the state anti-corruption unit, the Lok Ayukta, has, along with police and forest officials, seized five lakh tonnes of iron ore transported on forged and fake permits from Bellary district to Belikeri port in …
Each section of the Handbook on Wildlife Law begins with a quote from Sun Tzu, the ancient war guide from China. There is perhaps a hidden message there; the handbook has come at a time when the wildlife conservation fraternity across the world is trying its best to influence China …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Survey of India (SoI) to complete the survey of the remaining two mines in the Obulapuram mines owned by Karnataka Minister G. Janardhan Reddy and his brothers in the Bellary area and submit a report by April 22. On …
Hyderabad, April 12: The attorney general, Mr G.E. Vahanvati and the solicitor general, Mr Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for Andhra Pradesh government and Survey of India respectively, told the SC that it was very difficult to survey the disputed area as everything was uprooted including the pillars demarcating the boundary between …
Hyderabad, April 12: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Survey of India to complete by April 22 its survey of the mining areas in Anantapur district leased out to the Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by the Karnataka minister, Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy. The bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. …
The Department of Ports has taken measures to check illegal export of iron ore from Karwar and Belekeri ports in Karnataka. The department has made it clear that stock will not be cleared for export unless valid licences are produced and clearances are obtained from competent authorities. The department, in …
SALEM: Officials seized nine tractors that were engaged in illegal sand mining from a tank at Nagiapatti Pudukuttai near Thammampatti here on Wednesday. Revenue sources said that based on information that illegal sand quarrying was going on in a PWD tank, officials led by Gengavalli Tahsildhar Selvaraj seized the tractors. …
