The CBI on Wednesday issued notice to YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, directing him to appear before it for questioning in the illegal iron ore mining case.
The committee constituted by the Supreme Court to assess the environmental impact of rapacious iron ore mining in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur, will submit its findings on Thursday, Director-Gen
Supreme Court-appointed committee points to large-scale deforestation in Tumkur district
It has now come to light that illegal mining has caused irreparable damage to the environment in Chikkanayakanahalli, Tiptur and Gubbi taluks of the district.
The BJP government in the state on Friday accepted a part of the July 27 report of the Karnataka Lokayukta on illegal mining by approving action against 442 government officials identified in the r
The Cabinet on Friday accepted the report of a high-level committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary K Jairaj that has recommended disciplinary action against 447 officials including three IAS
A CBI team inspected the mines of the Associated Mining Company, owned by former minister Janardhana Reddy’s wife Lakshmi Aruna, and those of the Deccan Syndicate Mining in the Ramgad mining area of the taluk on Friday.
The Environment Ministry has decided not to consider any integrated steel plants and sponge iron plants that are dependent on iron ore from districts of Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga in Karnataka
While imposing a ban on mining in Karnataka’s Bellary district in July this year, the Supreme Court had reasoned that the massive environmental damage caused by excessive mining impinges on the con
