Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 30, 2010, 0:25 IST

For former employees, there is still a pot of gold at the end of the Kolar rainbow - if only the govt allows them to look for it

For most of the past decade, there has been precious little glitter for employees at the Kolar gold fields.

Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 30, 2010, 0:25 IST

For former employees, there is still a pot of gold at the end of the Kolar rainbow - if only the govt allows them to look for it

For most of the past decade, there has been precious little glitter for employees at the Kolar gold fields.

SHILLONG, Sept 7: Meghalaya has refused to renew a mining lease to the Coal India Limited, leaving the government-run mining enterprise without any work in the State, the coal ministry said today.

CHENNAI: The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found two significant platinum prospects in Tamil Nadu, according to Santha Sheela Nair, Secretary of the Union Ministry of Mines.

The two prospects are in Sittampundi of Namakkal district (covering Karungalpatti, Chettiyampalaiyam and Tasamapalaiym blocks) and Mettupalayam of Coimbatore (Solavanur, Mallanayakkampalaiyam and Karappadi blocks).

The Ministry of Environment and Forest hinted that water flow in the Indian rivers especially Brahmaputra and Ganga rivers were at risk because of shrinkage of glaciers in Tibet.

The Uttarakhand capital is likely to get a specialised institute of glaciology, a first of its kind in the country.

The study group on Himalayan Glaciers, constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has recommended establishment of a nodal institution for glaciology that could act as a repository of the currently available data with different knowledge institutions in the country.

NEW DELHI, April 29

Hyderabad, April 25: The fast depleting reserves of coal in the state have become a matter of worry for the industry. Recent reports indicate that coal reserves in the state will only last for another 20-30 years.

SILCHAR, April 25: Residents along river side areas of Aryapatty and Dhakaipatty are stirred by fresh panic as the erosion by river Barak is slowly but steadily advancing, threatening their houses.

Tightening the noose around illegal miners, specialised inspection squads today began a fresh drive in at least 80 iron ore mines in Karnataka