illegal mining

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, April 10 A tehsildar in the Hingoli district of Maharashtra was placed under suspension for alleged negligence in preventing illegal mining, a revenue department official said on Friday.The order to suspend Vasmat tehsildar Sharada Dalvi under the Maharashtra Civil...

Gwalior, April 9 Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Govind Singh on Thursday criticized the BJP government over the killing of a forest guard by illegal sand miners the day before, alleging that such mafia groups are running the state.Forest guard Harkesh Gurjar (35) was killed after a...

Mumbai, April 8 The Maharashtra government has given district collectors the power to grant mining permits for small-scale excavations to curb illegal mining and irregularities in the sector, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Wednesday."The government has assigned powers to...

Morena, April 8 – In a horrific incident in Madhya Pradesh, a forest guard was allegedly run over by a tractor-trolley during an anti-illegal mining operation in the Morena district.According to police, the incident occurred in the Ranpur village intersection, under the Dimni police station...

Jabalpur, April 6 Sanjay Pathak, an MLA from the ruling BJP and a mining baron, issued an unconditional apology through his lawyer in the Madhya Pradesh High Court in a criminal contempt case on Monday. However, the High Court directed him to appear in person at the next hearing on April 21.A...

Dehradun, April 5 Uttarakhand has recorded a significant increase in mining revenue, exceeding Rs 1,200 crore for the first time, as the state government, under Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, attributes this growth to a combination of transparency, technological innovation, and strict...

Hoshiarpur, April 2 Tension gripped the Chabbewal area of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab on Thursday after villagers blocked the Hoshiarpur-Chandigarh road for nearly four hours over a mining case and alleged police excesses.Residents of Punj village, led by a local man Birbal, staged a sit-in...

Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary informed the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly that 527 stone crusher units are currently operating in Jammu and Kashmir, adhering to legal regulations.Responding to a Calling Attention Notice moved by MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia, the Deputy Chief...

Jabalpur, April 2 The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed that a criminal contempt case be registered against BJP MLA and mining baron Sanjay Pathak for attempting to contact a judge regarding an alleged illegal mining issue.With this direction, MP Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and...

Dhanbad (Jharkhand), April 1 The bodies of three family members were recovered on Wednesday, a day after their house collapsed during a suspected land subsidence in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, a police officer said.Two houses had collapsed in Tandabadi Basti, under the Sonardih police station...

Patna, April 1 Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha said on Wednesday that the state's Mines and Geology Department recorded revenue of Rs 3,592 crore in the 2025-26 financial year.The revenue figure was 93 per cent of the annual target of Rs 3,850 crore, the department said in a...

Patna, April 1 Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha said on Wednesday that the state's Mines and Geology Department recorded revenue of Rs 3,592 crore in the 2025-26 financial year.The revenue figure was 93 per cent of the annual target of Rs 3,850 crore, the department said in a...

Dhanbad (Jharkhand), April 1 The bodies of all three members of the family were found under the debris on Wednesday, a day after their house collapsed due to land subsidence in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, a police officer said.Two houses had collapsed in Tandabadi Basti under the Sonardih...

Shimla, March 30 A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) presented in the state assembly on Monday said that over 40,000 cases of illegal mining activities were identified between 2018-19 and 2022-23.The report revealed that the mining administration neither operated in a planned...

Hyderabad, March 30 – The opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Monday urged Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla to dismiss revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy over allegations of illegal mining and land grabbing.A delegation of BRS MLAs and MLCs, led by party working president K...

Hyderabad, March 30 – Members of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the Telangana Legislative Council were suspended for a day on Monday for disrupting the proceedings of the House and demanding the dismissal of the revenue minister over alleged corruption and illegal mining.All 11 MLCs of...

Hyderabad, March 29 – Members of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the Telangana Assembly were suspended for two days for disrupting the proceedings.Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar announced the suspension of 24 BRS members present in the House after a resolution moved by Legislative Affairs...

Hyderabad, March 29 The Telangana Assembly on Sunday witnessed continuous protests by BRS members, who demanded the formation of a House Committee to investigate the alleged illegal mining involving Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy.The opposition members, who were present in the...

Hyderabad, March 29 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Sunday demanded the immediate dismissal of Telangana Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy over allegations of corruption and illegal mining.BRS MLAs staged a protest at Gun Park near the Assembly building and later raised the issue in the House...

Hyderabad, March 28 Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday announced a CB-CID inquiry into mining leases and illegal mining since the formation of Telangana in 2014, following a heated debate in the Assembly over allegations made against Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy by the BRS...