CHENNAI: Reiterating that illegal sand mining in the State will be tackled firmly, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said that during the previous AIADMK regime headed by her, the government had taken over the sand quarrying business to prevent illegal mining and to protect water resources. The government also took steps to make available sand at a reasonable cost while increasing the revenue of the State government. On the...
07:43 AM, May 18, 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
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...
12:29 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Madurai: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday rejected a police plea seeking custody of DMK's Aravakurichi MLA KC Palanisamy, arrested on charges of illegal sand mining, in view of his age. Justice R Mala also said police custody could not be given automatically without substantial and supporting material. Palanisamy, 74, has been booked for alleged illegal sand quarrying between December 1, 2009 and May 13, 2011....
09:26 AM, Oct 01, 2011
Sangli: There is no respite for honest government officials in Maharashtra who have been facing threats from different mafias operating in the state. Just days after Malegaon Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane was brutally burnt alive, another government servant has been allegedly attacked by the sand mafia in Maharashtra. The official, Srinivas Patil, was attacked for trying to stop sand mining in Sangli. Srinivas alleges that while chasing a truck...
10:12 AM, Jan 29, 2011
Mumbai: The building industry has expressed doubts over timely completion of several mega private and government infrastructure projects with billions of rupees investment, in the wake of a recent Bombay High Court order that has banned sand mining across the state. The high court order of September 24 was given by a division bench of Justice BH Marlapalle and Justice Amjad Sayed on a writ petition filed by Awaaz Foundation,...
02:55 PM, Oct 08, 2010
Illegal mining at unallotted sites now comprises over 50 per cent of the state's output. ...
04:06 PM, Jul 18, 2010
Rampant sand mining is posing a colossal environmental hazard. ...
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Former India captain Rahul Dravid feels that the team should just focus on the task ahead in the World Cup final. ...
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Durban: Fresh from leading India to only their second Test win on five tours of South Africa, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he would welcome playing the decisive third and final Test in Cape Town on a lively pitch. It will be interesting to see what kind of wicket is prepared, said Dhoni. The greener the track the better it may be for us. Dhoni was speaking after India levelled the...
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The Kerala government is facing the heat, or in this case, the waterlogging. ...
01:13 PM, Sep 14, 2007
I am here to investigate why the Indian gharial the top water predator of the river Chambal is facing extinction. ...
09:50 PM, Jan 29, 2007
CNN-IBN's SIT travelled to Chambal - the home to Indian gharials - to get this special story. ...
09:22 PM, Jan 29, 2007
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