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 …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Justice MB Saha Commission is investigating the illegal mining activities, the Ministry of Coal has asked the State Government to submit a report on the action taken to curb illegal mining and theft of minerals in the State. Expressing concern over the low rate of conviction …
Large-scale mining in the buffer zone of Similipal Biosphere in Mayurbhanj district is threatening the wildlife and flora and fauna of the second largest tiger reserve in the country. Despite crores being spent in the name of conservation and the Project Tiger, wildlife activists said illegal mining was causing irreparable …
The team has so far completed investigating records of 65 mines and is expected to verify about 20 odd papers The five member team of Justice M B Shah Commission of enquiry, which has been in Odisha since October 3 to probe illegal mining, has detected massive irregularities during scrutinisation …
The ongoing enquiry into illegal mining in Odisha by the members of Shah Commission may get an extension due to huge pile of files and some complexity detected in the mining lease papers. So far, the commission has checked files of only 32 mining leases, out of the list of …
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to prevent illegal mining, Odisha government has decided to cancel the lease of certain mines, whose renewal was due between February 1987 and September 1994 by changing some provisions in the Mining Concession Rules, 1960. The state government has also sought prior approval of the Central …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a complete ban on mining activities in all the 90 mines in Goa as well as the transportation of iron and manganese ores till further orders. Goa is the country's second-biggest iron-ore producer—with an output of more than 50 million tonnes—and exports …
Notices have been issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the state of Punjab and other parties based on a writ petition to explain its allowing of illegal mining being carried out at Ropar. The other parties are the Director, Industries and Commerce, Punjab, Mining Officer, Industries Department …
Goa followed Karnataka on Friday when the Supreme Court imposed a complete ban on the mining activities as well as transportation of iron and manganese ore in the state till further orders. A Forest Bench led by Justice Aftab Alam, which had in a separate matter put a ban on …
The Justice M B Shah Commission of enquiry which is on a visit to Odisha will probe all mining leases allocated in the state since 1952. “We are going to probe all mining leases granted in the state since 1952. The panel will examine whether these leases are operational or …
Category B leases were found to have done illegal mining outside the sanctioned areas up to 10% of the lease areas The Supreme Court of India has directed 63 Category B mining leases in Karnataka to pay compensation for illegal mining outside the sanctioned area before allowing them to restart …
Shah Commission had said the iron ore scam could have caused a loss of . 35,000 cr to exchequer. The Goa government’s decision to probe irregularities pointed out by a Centre-appointed panel in iron ore mining has left miners worried. “This comes as a shock. We are already replying to …
Four members of the six-member team of the Justice M B Shah Commission arrived here on Wednesday to probe into the mega mining scam in Odisha. “We have asked the Odisha government to present all records relating to operations of all mines in the state, forest and environment clearances, transportation …
Mining operations in all the 90 mines in Goa were on Friday ordered to be halted by the Supreme Court on the basis of the Justice M.B. Shah Commission report which estimated a whopping Rs.35,000 crore to the exchequer due to illegal mining in the last 12 years. Mining companies …
The Supreme Court has ordered the setting up of an expert committee to ascertain the compensation to be given by mining lease holders in Karnataka for illegal extraction of iron ores and consequent damages to the ecology of the area. As it laid down certain “absolute” initial conditions to be …
CURCHOREM: Assuring that he would resume mining activities in the State, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said people can expect some “favourable news by Dussehra or Diwali”. Addressing a gathering in the mining-dominated area of Curchorem organized by a mining major, Parrikar sought to allay apprehension among the mining-dependent …
Three advocate commissioners confirm several irregularities pointed out by PIL petitioner The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday passed an interim injunction restraining the Public Works Department (PWD) from mining sand “illegally” on Vaigai riverbed in Sithargal Natham and Villampatti in Nilakottai taluk of Dindigul district. A Division Bench …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) informed the Supreme Court on Friday that mining operations in 63 iron ore leases falling in category B in Karnataka may be allowed to be resumed after fulfilment of certain conditions. Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appointed amicus curiae in the case, told the forest bench …
JAIPUR: The people's union for civil liberties (PUCL) has accused police and mine mafia of ganging up on those raising their voices against illegal mining at Dabla village in Sikar. The activists have demanded that all the false cases against the villagers including Kargil hero Jagram Singh should be withdrawn. …
New Delhi A petition was filed on Wednesday in the Supreme Court to restrain the resumption of iron and manganese ore mining in Goa amid a judicial commission estimating a loss of R35,000 crore to the exchequer due to illegal mining in the state since 2000. It also sought to …
Losses incurred in all sectors including road and water bodies It is a well-known fact that mining has been detrimental to virtually every aspect of life in Chitradurga and the district administration has now come out with a report quantifying the loss to the social, educational and health sectors. Non-stop …
