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20 crack squads deployed to check illegal mining in State
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Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Tuesday said 20 squads have been deployed in different districts to crackdown on illegal mining of iron ore and exports from the State.[...More]
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Panel set up to probe mining operations
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The Orissa government here on Wednesday constituted a six-member committee which would go through production details with regards to major minerals such as iron ore, bauxite, manganese and limestone.[...More]
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Tribals happy after government rejects Vedanta Group's plans for mining in Orissa
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Locals of Orissa's Kalahandi district expressed their happiness on Wednesday after the Union Environment Ministry rejected plans of India-focused miner Vedanta Resources Plc to go ahead with bauxite mining[...More]
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Naveen should accept Saxena panel report on mining: CPI (M)
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The Communist Party of India(Marxist) on Thursday demanded that the Naveen Patnaik Government should accept the report of the N.C. Saxena Committee on the proposed mining of the Niyamgiri hills by Vedanta Alumina Limited.[...More]
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Centre seeks time to file counters to mining scam PILs
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While the Union government on several occasions have made its intentions clear saying it was willing to provide all logistic support to CBI if the premier investigating agency of the country is entrusted to probe into the Rs. 1,000 crore[...More]
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Illegal mining in Himachal Pradesh threatening Himalayan ecology
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Private miners in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh are exploiting the area's rich mines in the absence of any regulation by the state government, and this is threatening Himalayan ecology and environment.[...More]
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KRRS backs Opposition on issue of illegal mining
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Extending support to the Opposition, which is holding a protest in the Legislative Assembly, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and the Hasiru Sene have urged Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to agree for a CBI probe into illegal mining.[...More]
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Development? 1L to lose land, jobs for 400
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Politicians, big business houses, tribals and Maoists are all after it for different reasons. For some, it’s the riches that lie buried under the hills in the form of bauxite, for others survival. [...More]
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Trigger-happy Maoists don’t touch state’s mining mafia
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The Orissa mining scam, billed by some as the biggest loot of public property ever, has shocked even those who know little of the nitty-gritty of mining operations.[...More]
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Illegal coal mining, trade rampant in Bermo
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Irrespective of tall claims by local police officials, including Nawadih and Bokaro thermal, the illegal coal extraction and trade racket is spreading unabated almost all over the area.
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Wildlife board rejects uranium mining project
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A uranium mining project in Meghalaya proposed by the Department of Atomic Energy has been rejected by the National Board on Wildlife (NBWL) due to strong opposition from local communities and civil society groups.[...More]
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IUCN opposes uranium mining in Meghalaya forest
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South Asian Primate Network representing the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the latest body to join the protest against the Centre’s permission to the Department of Atomic Energy for uranium drilling in the Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya.[...More]
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CISF may guard explosive depots of coal companies
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In the wake of renewed security threats in several parts of the country and the growing Maoist menace in the eastern states, Coal India Ltd, the world's single largest coal producer and the country's largest user of explosives[...More]
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Opposition to uranium mining gains momentum
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Opposition to uranium mining inside Balpakram National Park in South Garo Hills is gaining momentum with all major NGOs along with student and social groups coming together to protest the move by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to go ahead with its project.[...More]
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Uranium mining in Balpakram Park opposed
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The Tura A’chik (Garo) Senior Citizens Forum has opposed the move to mine uranium by denotifying an area of eight square km in Rongcheng plateau of Balpakram National Park.[...More]
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