Illegal mining

Syndicate content

Official spills the beans on AMC

An assistant conservator of forests (ACF), who was the immediate subordinate of arrested deputy conservator of forests, S. Muthaiah, has reportedly claimed that officials showed undue favour to “GJR

CBI heat on BSY: SC decision next week

yeddy-dc_11.jpg.crop_display.jpg

While asking some searching questions to the counsel of former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa why the CBI investigation should not be ordered against him in three mining related alleged irr

Act against guilty officials: Hiremath to government

man_31.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Has the Central Empowered Committee become a friend of the mining industry in its final final report?
Petitioners before the Supreme Court, Mr S.R. Hiremath and Prof Vishnu Kamath, have urged the CEC

Karnataka to resume iron ore mining in July: Minister

patel_0.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Iron ore production by privately owned miners in Karnataka will likely resume in July, Mines Minister Dinsha Patel said on Tuesday, after what will have been a year's hiatus due to a government and ju

Mining mafia tries to kill tehsildar in Madhya Pradesh

In the backdrop of recent murder of an IPS officer, allegedly by a mining mafia member in Madhya Pradesh, a woman revenue officer escaped from meeting a similar fate by a whisker when she tried to

Srilakshmi alleges victimisation bid

sri_9.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Senior IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi has told the CBI court that there was a deliberate move to make her a scapegoat in the mining case.

In her bail petition filed on Thursday, her counsel said that the

CBI court extends judicial custody of Janardhana Reddy

janardhanareddy-pti_6.jpg.crop_display.jpg

A CBI court on Saturday extended till April 17 judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G. Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khan, arrested in connection wit

No role in granting mining leases: Yeddyurappa

Denying charges of involvement in illegal mining cases, former chief minister B.S. Yedd-yurappa accused his own party colleagues of hatching a conspiracy to entangle him in the report of the Supreme C

CEC penalty may let off miners easy

Untitled-3_20.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Companies and individuals involved in illegal mining in the state could get away lightly if the recommendations made by the Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) are accepted.

Wh

RTI activist assaulted in Bihar

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was assaulted by government officials in Bihar's Rohtas district after he sought information about illegal mining, police said on Thursday.

Nabi Ahmad, in his mi

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.