BHUBANESWAR/JHARSUGUDA: Meeting after the recent reverses of the party in the urban body polls, the State executive of the Congress resolved to take to the streets demanding Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the multi-crore mining scam.

Anti-mining groups in Goa on Friday alleged that iron ore worth Rs 5 crore has been transported from illegal mines in the last five days from Netraveli wildlife sanctuary and accused a Congress minister and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator of sheltering illegal mining operations in South Goa.

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

BHUBANESWAR: In its bid to plough back revenue generated from mining into development activities in the region, the State Government has created a Special Development Fund mobilising 5 per cent royalty collected from the major minerals.

The Government has pooled Rs 100 cr for the financial year 2010-11 as corpus which will go towards development activities in the mining areas.

Arindam Sinha

Jamshedpur: Orissa

Making the biggest dent yet in the operations of the iron ore mining mafia in Karnataka, the state anti-corruption unit, the Lok Ayukta, has, along with police and forest officials, seized five lakh tonnes of iron ore transported on forged and fake permits from Bellary district to Belikeri port in Karwar.

J. Venkatesan

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Survey of India (SoI) to complete the survey of the remaining two mines in the Obulapuram mines owned by Karnataka Minister G. Janardhan Reddy and his brothers in the Bellary area and submit a report by April 22.

Hyderabad, April 12: The attorney general, Mr G.E.

Hyderabad, April 12: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Survey of India to complete by April 22 its survey of the mining areas in Anantapur district leased out to the Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by the Karnataka minister, Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy.

The Department of Ports has taken measures to check illegal export of iron ore from Karwar and Belekeri ports in Karnataka.

The department has made it clear that stock will not be cleared for export unless valid licences are produced and clearances are obtained from competent authorities.