An RTI query by CNN-IBN has led to some dammning revelations against Mehr Ali, son of Jammu and Kashmir Forest and Environment Minister Main Altaf. He was given permission to blast a mountain zone to get raw material for his stone crushing business, which is in violation of a Supreme Court order. The concerned officials have promised a probe even as Altaf denied all allegations. ...
10:50 AM, Apr 02, 2013
An RTI query accessed by CNN-IBN shows the Jammu and Kashmir Forest and Environment Minister Mian Altaf Ahmad is flouting rules. His son was granted permission to mine for stone in a mountain zone and protected forest land in clear violation of a Supreme Court order. ...
09:44 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Coal controller recommends de-allocation of Naveen Jindal's company. Former Goa CMs Digambar Kamat and Pratapsingh Rane face arrest. ...
11:50 PM, Sep 11, 2012
The Goa government has stopped work at all 90 mines in the state till a complete review of the same is done. ...
11:10 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Suspected members of the mining mafia tried to mow down a police officer who was trying to inspect a tractor-trolley. ...
08:57 AM, May 10, 2012
IPS Officer Narendra Kumar's father said his son was under pressure to go slow against the mining mafia. ...
11:37 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Sub divisional police officer Narendra Kumar was run over while trying to stop a tractor carrying stones mined illegally. ...
09:50 PM, Mar 08, 2012
While Amar Singh got bail, the courts reserved their orders for Kanimozhi and Yeddyurappa in corruption cases. ...
11:16 PM, Oct 24, 2011
RTI activist Biswajit Mohanty has filed a PIL calling for a CBI inquiry in the illegal mining in Orrisa. ...
11:22 PM, Sep 27, 2011
Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said that public accounts committee has not submitted the report on illegal mining activities in Goa. ...
11:17 PM, Sep 27, 2011
Another Illegal mining scam, worth Rs 3 lakh crore, has been unearthed in Orissa's Keonhjar district. ...
11:10 PM, Sep 27, 2011
Defending the Bellary Reddys, BJP leader Dhananjay Kumar said that their arrest is just a routine process in investigations and that no rules have been violated by them. ...
09:28 AM, Sep 05, 2011
Former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde says there may be more arrests, but from Andhra Pradesh as the CBI in Karnataka has not been permitted to investigate illegal mining. ...
08:55 AM, Sep 05, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI is likely to start probe into the mysterious death of Swami Nigamananda who died at Dehra Dun in June after nearly four months of fast protesting illegal mining on Ganga river bed. CBI sources said they are expecting a notification to be issued within two-three days by the Centre handing over probe into the death of Nigamananda to the agency. The state government has already sent ...
09:13 PM, Aug 05, 2011
Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if, a regulator can stop the loot of mineral resources. ...
12:15 AM, Jul 29, 2011
The BJP leaders will meet in Bangalore on Friday to choose the new Karnataka chief minister. ...
10:12 PM, Jul 28, 2011
JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy who has also been indicted in the Karnataka Lokayukta illegal mining report has refused to take any blame even though he is pressing for the resignation of Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. ...
08:08 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Karnataka BJP leader Dhananjay Kumar said the case is pending before the High Court. ...
02:00 PM, Jul 21, 2011
Citizen journalist Ramesh Gauns exposes how mining in the rainy season destroys water bodies. ...
08:12 PM, Jul 09, 2011
Haridwar: His was a life less noticed, till he died. Thirty four-year-old Swami Nigamanand fasted for 115 days in Haridwar to protest against illegal mining that was polluting the Ganga. When he died on Monday he was finally noticed and ironically because he died in the same hospital where Baba Ramdev fasting against under the spotlights was recuperating. The Matri Sadan Ashram that he was a part of is fighting ...
08:41 PM, Jun 16, 2011
