New Delhi: A head constable has been crushed to death in Dholpur in Rajasthan. The police suspect the involvement of the local sand mafia. The victim has been identified as 46-year-old Mahendra Singh. A sand-laden truck was found abandoned near the crime scene. It is suspected that it was carrying illegally mined sand. The police has cordoned off the crime scene and were carrying out investigations. No arrests have been...
09:14 AM, May 30, 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
Morena: In an incident reminiscent of the murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar, two members of mining mafia on Wednesday allegedly tried to kill a police officer who was trying to stop a tractor-trolley carrying illegally mined sand. The incident occurred about 40 km from Morena, under the jurisdiction of Chinnoni Police Station. Hitendra Rathore, Station in-charge, found during the checking of vehicles that a tractor-trolley was carrying illegally mined...
07:29 PM, May 09, 2012
Rampur: Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan said on Tuesday he would look into complaints regarding land mafias and police atrocities on the people of his constiuency. Khan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development, Waqf and Minorities' welfare, said that three boxes will be kept at his office wherein people would be able to drop complaints regarding ration, police and land mafias. "I myself shall delve deep into the complaints and...
04:59 PM, Mar 20, 2012
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....
10:59 PM, Mar 19, 2012
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...
03:46 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has invited Team Anna members to discuss about enacting a strong Lokayukta law in the state on the lines of Uttarakhand. The Chief Minister and Team Anna members would deliberate upon the implementation of Jan Lokayukta which provides for a strong protection for whistle-blowers, a Team Anna release said in New Delhi on Thursday. The meeting will take place on Friday....
01:31 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday accused the opposition of playing politics over the murder of young Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Narendra Kumar while announcing that the investigations into the case would be carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "The opposition is trying to defame the state and ran away from discussion on the mining issue. The opposition is only playing politics,"...
12:54 PM, Mar 13, 2012
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...
11:48 AM, Mar 13, 2012
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...
06:14 AM, Mar 13, 2012
HYDERABAD: The recent killing of Narendra Kumar Singh, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, by the mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh has not taken the sheen off the coveted services. When someone is selected for IPS, it is expected that they join the services with a realistic expectation of responsibilities the job entails.There have been blasts and attacks all over the world but it does not stop people from living...
08:18 AM, Mar 12, 2012
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...
07:54 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Bhopal: Under attack for the murder of an IPS officer allegedly by the mining mafia, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday night said there was no mafia in the state and accused the Congress of making an issue of a non-issue. "There is nothing by the name of mafia here. Congress is trying to bring bad name to us. Incidents may happen. It is a big state...
03:44 AM, Mar 12, 2012
CNN-IBN brings you the first ground report from the mining mafia zone of Madhya Pradesh. ...
07:29 PM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: Days after an IPS officer was killed allegedly by the mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh, a 24-year-old youth was mowed down by a truck belonging to the sand mafia in Tamil Nadu. Sathees along with his villagers in Tirunelveli were blocking a lorry from taking the sand away from their village. Sathees was run over by the lorry carrying sand from the river bed when he tried to...
06:47 PM, Mar 11, 2012
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