Nov. 16: The senior Telugu Desam leader, Mr M.V. Mysoora Reddy, on Monday asked the Congress and the BJP to clarify their stances on the Obulapuram Mining Company irregularities. While speaking at a protest held in front of the Kadapa collectorate, he warned that the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, would face the same fate as the Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr B.S.

Time to implement the Hoda report

Debabrata Mohanty

Chief Minister

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Rosaiah on Sunday asserted that his government would not succumb to any kind of pressure in protecting the interests of the State in resolving the raging controversy over iron ore mining in the Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) in Anantapur district.

Nov. 15: The Chief Minister, Mr K Rosaiah, on Sunday made it clear that the government would not succumb to pressure while taking action against Obulapuram mining activities.
The Chief Minister gave this assurance to a delegation of six parties led by the Telugu Desam.

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government is actively contemplating deputing a team of senior officials of the Mines and Geology Department to probe allegations of mining lease violations against the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) owned by Karnataka Tourism Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.

The Orissa government on Wednesday intensified crackdown on illegal mining in the state by suspending licences of at least 482 mines traders.

BHUBANESWAR: The state-level task force monitoring illegal mining today decided to enhance enforcement at district-level to check illegal mining and trading.

The existing State-level and district-level enforcement squads are too inadequate to meet the increasing demand for Vigilance in view of the rampant illegal mining, largescale theft, smuggling and transportation of minerals.