Illegal Mining

Mining scam: Janardhana Reddy's custody ends today

New Delhi: Former Karnataka leader G Janardhana Reddy's custody ends on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and mining baron has been in jail since he was arrested in connection with an illegal mining scam in September, 2011. The CBI in its chargesheet in the Bellary illegal mining case had charged Gali Janardhan Reddy, Srinivasa Reddy, VD Rajagopal and the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) under sections 120-B, 409, 420,...  

SC for final disposal of Krishna's appeal on Apr 24

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday posted to April 24 disposal of an appeal filed by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna challenging the Lokayukta police probe into a case of his alleged involvement in illegal mining during his tenure as chief minister of Karnataka. The bench of justices Altamas Kabir and SS Nijjar had on January 27 stayed the proceedings on the FIR against Krishna on his plea, observing...  

Goa: 16 arrested for illegal mining

Panaji: Goa police have arrested 16 people for illegal iron ore mining. Six persons were arrested at Morlem village, 40 km from Panaji, on Saturday, and 12 more were arrested on Sunday. Police Inspector Siddhanth Shirodkar said the ore was stored at Cotombi, a village on the banks of Mandovi river, from where it was exported by ships. Officials said the plot where the iron ore was being mined illegally...  

Illegal mining: Reddy's judicial custody ends today

New Delhi: Mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy's judicial custody ends on Saturday. The CBI has asked the special Bangalore court to extend Reddy's custody. Reddy is the prime accused in the illegal mining case. Associated Mining Corporation (AMC) and Deccan Mining Syndicate (DMC) owned by Reddy and his wife Aruna Lakshmi have been facing probe over charges of illegal mining. Additional Civil and Sessions Court judge...  

SC to hear plea against BSY over illegal mining

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by an NGO seeking a CBI inquiry into the alleged involvement of former Karnataka Chief Minister and his family members in illegal mining. It also seeks a probe into irregularities linking Yeddyurappa with big corporates claiming to have documents that show that Yeddyurappa and his family received kickbacks of over Rs 300 crore. This is the same NGO on whose...  

'Goa determined to crack down on illegal mining'

Panaji: Goa Governor K Sankarnarayanan on Tuesday said that the state government is committed to crack down on illegal mining and the mafia involved in such activities. "While permitting legal mining, my Government is determined to crack down on the illegal mining as also the mafias involved in such illegal operations," the Governor told the State Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Sankarnarayanan was welcomed into the State Legislative Assembly complex by...  

MP: Slain IPS officer's wife delivers baby boy

New Delhi: The wife of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh, who was killed for taking on illegal mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh early this month, today delivered a baby boy at a hospital in New Delhi. Kumar's wife Madhurani Tewatia, also an IAS officer of 2000 batch, was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Sunday. "Madhurani has delivered a baby boy at 10.30 AM. It was a cesarean delivery....  

MP IPS officer killing: CBI registers case

New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case against unknown persons in the alleged murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh who was mowed down by a tractor trolley purportedly owned by illegal sand mafia in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh on March 8. The case was registered by the CBI after Centre issued a notification for the probe by central agency on the request of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister...  

Won't allow illegal mining activities: Nitish

Patna: Bihar government would not allow illegal mining activities in the state and none involving in it would get 'political patronage', Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said in the Assembly on Thursday. Announcing this, Kumar urged Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary to allow debate on the raging issue in the Assembly. Chaudhary, who had rejected RJD MLA Samrat Chaudhary's adjournment motion on illegal mining activities on the ground that it was not...  

Political patronage helps illegal mining: Ramesh

New Delhi: The alleged murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar in Madhya Pradesh has put the spotlight on illegal mining yet again. Not mincing words, Jairam Ramesh, part of Group of Ministers headed by Pranab Mukherjee that approved the draft mining bill says, "You cannot have illegal mining without political patronage". But, it is just not illegal mining. In an interview with CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda, the minister said we have...  

Mining mafia: Congress calls for bandh in MP

New Delhi: The Congress has called for a bandh in Madhya Pradesh to protest the murder of the IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh by the mining mafia. Singh was crushed to death on the March 8 when he tried to stop a tractor carrying illegally quarried stone in Morena. The issue is expected to rock the state assembly on Tuesday. Team Anna will be organising a three-day fast in Bhopal...  

Ground report: Illegal mining haunts Morena

Morena: After the recent brutal killing of IPS officer Narender Kumar allegedly by the mining mafia, CNN-IBN travelled to the illegal mines of Chambal to get a first hand perspective of what really happens. Any voice against the lucrative trade is silenced with bullets. "One honest officer stood up to the mafia, but you saw the result of his actions," said Betaal Singh Yadav, brother of one of the Mafia...  

Sand mining activities in Chhatarpur cancelled

Morena: All sand mining activities in Chhatarpur district have been cancelled following the killing of an IPS officer Narendra Kumar allegedly by the mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh. On Sunday, the police detained Kuber Singh - the main suspect in the incident. IPS Officer Kumar was crushed to death when he tried to stop a tractor loaded with illegally quarried stones in Morena on Thursday. On Saturday, an SDM and...  

MP murder: State cancels mining contracts

Bhopal: The Chhattarpur district administration on Sunday cancelled all sand mining contracts in the district after media outrage over IPS officer Narendra Kumar's killing and a second attack on a sub-divisional magistrate and police officials in Panna. IPS officer Narendra Kumar was allegedly crushed to death under a tractor that was loaded with illegally-mined stones in Morena, Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. Kumar had tried to stop the tractor. The tractor...  

MP govt blames Congress for IPS officer's murder

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government on Sunday blamed the Opposition Congress for the attacks on police officials and the murder of an IPS officer in the state over the past one week, saying that it was a conspiracy hatched by the Congress. IPS officer Narendra Kumar was allegedly crushed to death under a tractor that was loaded with illegally-mined stones in Morena, Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. Kumar had tried to...  

Is the mining mafia out of control in several states?

IPS Officer Narendra Kumar's father said his son was under pressure to go slow against the mining mafia. ...

IPS officer killing: Mining mafia running amuck?

New Delhi: A day after a young IPS officer in Madhya Pradesh was crushed to death by a tractor-trolley allegedly carrying illegally mined stones, the brutal murder has forced the Chief Minister to order a judicial inquiry. IPS Officer Narendra Kumar's father said his son was under pressure to go slow against the mining mafia. But the state police denies any role of the mining mafia in the killing. Madhya...  

IPS officer killing: MP CM orders judicial probe

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday ordered a judicial enquiry into the alleged killing of Narendra Kumar, a 30-year-old IPS officer, in Morena. He was allegedly mowed down by a tractor-trolley on Thursday, when he tried to stop the vehicle carrying illegally mined stone. The announcement by the Chief Minister came after the IPS officer was cremated in Bhopal on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, hitting out at...  

MP: IPS officer takes on mining mafia, killed

Bhopal: A young IPS officer who took on the mining mafia in Morena, Madhya Pradesh paid for it with his life. Narendra Kumar, a 30-year-old IPS officer, was mowed down by a tractor-trolley on Thursday, when he tried to stop the vehicle carrying illegally mined stones. The 2009 batch officer was allegedly crushed to death under the wheels of a tractor-trolley by the tractor owner. Father of the deceased officer...  

News360: IPS officer killed in MP for trying to stop illegal mining

Sub divisional police officer Narendra Kumar was run over while trying to stop a tractor carrying stones mined illegally. ...