Dilip Bisoi

Bhubaneswar: With the Orissa government

With the NCP and some other coalition partners taking strident postures against the Digambar Kamat government on the issue of law and order situation and other problems of governance, state Congress leadership has sent a set of official documents to party president Sonia Gandhi to validate their claims that the government

Battling a political crisis in Goa, the Congress has blamed illegal mining and business interests of MLAs for the instability and repeated attempts to topple the State Government. In a confidential internal report prepared for Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the State unit has sought the Centre

BELLARY: In a broad daylight incident here, a group of miscreants on Monday attacked Tapal Ganesh, son of a mine owner, who has been fighting against alleged illegal mining by the Reddy brothers on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border.

Three mine owners, on whose plea the Supreme Court recently stayed mining operations of a company owned by the Reddy brothers in Andhra Pradesh, were attacked by an eight-member gang here on Monday, police said.

Karnataka Minister and mining magnate G Janardhan Reddy has denied his involvement in the assault on mine owner Tapal Ganesh and his associates in Bellary today and alleged it was a political conspiracy to tarnish his image.

The original petitioner in the Supreme Court against the Reddys

Mumbai Special bodies at district level will monitor illegal sand mining and other violations of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms.

Kumar Manish | TNN

Ahmedabad: They are born free but have fallen victims to human greed and fancies. Hundreds of tiny winged creatures are illegally sold at Sunday Market near Ellis bridge.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Assembly on Thursday witnessed noisy scenes over illegal mining activities in various areas of the State. The House was adjourned for an hour after the agitated Opposition members stepped into the well shouting slogans and demanding setting up an Assembly committee to look into allegations of corruption and illegal mining which was, however, not conceded by the Government.