NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee has said the first renewal period of the Obulapuram Mining Company's mining lease of 25.9 hectares expired on December 13, 2004 and the permission granted by the Andhra Pradesh government to treat the lease valid up to April 25, 2017 was illegal.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court appointed Empowered Committee on the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam today decided to issue notices to counsels for Tamil Nadu and Kerala to present their views before it during next month's meeting.
The dam is operated by the Tamil Nadu government according to a 999-year lease agreement made during erstwhile British colonial rule and Kerala argued that the agreement
Giving a twist to the illegal mining issue, Karnataka minister and mining magnate G Janardhana Reddy today accused the Centre of launching ''vindictive action'' against him, his brother and Jaganmohan Reddy to ''finish them''.
Reddy's charge came at a hurriedly called press conference here after he came under fresh attack from Opposition over a Supreme Court appointed committee indicting compan
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today rejected the opposition demand for action against his ministerial colleagues and mining magnates Reddy brothers who have been accused of engaging in illegal mining by a Supreme Court appointed committee.
"I don't want to react to it. I don't know the details.
