-The Times of India A woman tehsildar had a narrow escape from being mowed down by an earth extractor machine in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district on Tuesday when she tried to stop Illegal mining. The incident comes barely a month after an IPS Officer Narendra Kumar was crushed to death by the mining mafia in Morena. Acting on a tip-off on largescale Illegal mining in the district, the tehsildar, Meena Pal, rushed...
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SC: Implement reclamation, rehabilitation plans for mines-J Venkatesan
The Supreme Court on Friday accepted the report of the Central Empowered Committee and directed the implementation of reclamation and rehabilitation plans for all three categories of mines in the districts of Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur in Karnataka. Implementing plans A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan said that the R and R plans should start immediately. The Bench said: “It is made clear...
More »Panel on Illegal mining Justice MB Shah Committee draws poor response in hearing-Meera Mohanty
The Justice MB Shah Committee, appointed by the Central Government to probe Illegal mining of iron ore and manganese across the country met with a poor response in Ranchi, on the first day of the two-day public hearing. Jharkhand, accounts for a fourth of the country's iron ore. The few journalists covering the event outnumbered the public, and the former judge had to beseech the few attendees to come forward to...
More »Spectrum order issues: Prez reference in SC
-The Business Standard The Union government on Thursday approached the Supreme Court with a presidential reference on various issues relating to its recent judgment in the 2G spectrum scam. The apex court, meanwhile, would take up the government's review petition tomorrow. The presidential reference, under Article 143 of the Constitution, and the review petition raise similar issues. The main concern of the government is the perceived interference of the judiciary in the...
More »MP: Congress seeks CBI probe in Illegal mining
-PTI The opposition Congress today demanded a CBI probe into the alleged Illegal mining in the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh. The demand was made by leader of opposition Ajay Singh while releasing a book based on the issues raised by the Congress during the debate on the no-confidence motion tabled in the House in the last winter session. The book, `Madhya Pradesh Ki Janata Ka Avishwas, Darakti Sarkar' was released by Ajay in the...
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