-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday refuted allegations levelled by IAS Officer AshokKhemka that the beneficiaries of land deals in Faridabad included his "aunt". Hooda also rejected allegations of irregularities in land deals levelled by Khemka in his recent communique to the chief secretary. Hooda said while the woman mentioned by Khemka was an inhabitant of his native village Sanghi, she was no relative...
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Panel finds rampant mining
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A Union government panel has found evidence of rampant illegal mining along the Yamuna in Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh where the suspension of an IAS Officer who had cracked down on the sand mafia has snowballed into a political controversy. A three-member panel set up by the environment ministry said there has been "rampant, unscientific and illegal mining" at several sites along the river in violation...
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-The Hindu Haryana IAS Officer Ashok Khemka submits 100-page report to government Ashok Khemka, the Haryana IAS Officer who cancelled a land deal mutation between Robert Vadra and real estate giant DLF Universal Ltd last October, has told the Haryana government that Mr. Vadra falsified documents and executed a series of sham transactions for 3.53 acres land in Shikohpur village of Gurgaon, thereby pocketing a hefty premium on a commercial colony licence...
More »Sand mining causes Yamuna to shift 500m east, threaten Noida -Vandana Keelor
-The Times of India NOIDA: The sand mafia, against which suspended IAS Officer Durga Nagpal had started a campaign, has been responsible for the Yamuna shifting course about 500 metres east, posing a threat to sectors 150, 151, 153, 135, 167 and 168 of Noida. Irrigation department officials here say they have repeatedly warned the district administration about this and also filed several FIRs with the police, the last one in March...
More »Ministry of environment and forest wants probe report on table by tomorrow -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the action taken by young IAS Officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal against sand mafia, the union ministry of environment and forest, which has constituted a committee to inquire into the allegations of illegal sand mining in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Budh Nagar district, has asked for the panel report by Friday. The three-member committee will also look into "adverse environmental impact" of such activities and...
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