Illegal Logging & Mining

19+ hour, 53+ min ago   (549+ words) NEW DELHI: Taking note of a recent incident in which a forest ranger was killed after being allegedly hit by a dumper while he was trying to stop illegal mining in Rajasthan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said there should…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago   (379+ words) SC seeks Raj govt response on forest ranger’s death timesofindia.indiatimes.com Goel said the report had been shared with Rajasthan’s Additional Advocate General (AAG) Shiv Mangal Sharma.According to police, Pratap Singh Chundawat (40) died after being run over…...

17+ hour, 50+ min ago   (910+ words) Yesterday’s subject line: “A Category 5 hurricane has stopped moving off Mexico” The Defense Ministry says troops fired BM-21 rockets at two mining sectors in Imbabura — and the army says the operations will go on. Ecuador army rocket strikes hit two…...

14+ hour, 46+ min ago   (347+ words) Home » Nation and Beyond » National Green Tribunal seeks replies on alleged Aravalli mining The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Haryana government, forest authorities, and pollution control boards to respond to allegations of mining and excavation on protected land…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (463+ words) The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners, Michael Adu Gyamfi, has alleged that some police officers and mining enforcement taskforces extort money from miners during operations against illegal mining. Speaking on the panel discussion of…...

18+ hour, 23+ min ago   (141+ words) Troops of 177 Guards Battalion, deployed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Mararaba Udege, have arrested three suspected illegal miners during an anti-illegal mining operation in Nasarawa State. Zagazola Makama reports that the operation was conducted at about 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at…...

6+ hour, 58+ min ago   (325+ words) The Ashanti Regional Police Command has urged miners to report any police officers who visit mining sites to demand or extort money, stressing that the Ghana Police Service has not been tasked with conducting illegal mining enforcement operations. Head of…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago   (319+ words) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for mandatory preventive detention in cases involving illegal mining after being told that a forest ranger had died when a dumper allegedly hit him in Rajasthan. The incident was raised before a…...

13+ hour, 20+ min ago   (128+ words) Udupi: Police have seized two tippers loaded with red laterite stones and four machines allegedly being used for illegal laterite stone mining on government land at Batiyani in Kalthodu village of Byndoor taluk. The total value of the seized property…...

14+ hour, 3+ min ago   (404+ words) JAIPUR: The Supreme Court has sought a detailed response from the Rajasthan government over the death of Range Forest Officer Pratap Singh Chundawat during an operation against suspected illegal mining in Chhoti Sadri in Pratapgarh district. A bench comprising Justice…...