AFTER media reported seven trucks being seized by the Gurgaon Vigilance Department on October 28 for allegedly transporting illegal mining material, the Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner constituted a district task force under the chairmanship of the ADC to check cases of illegal mining.

BHUBANESWAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that the ongoing vigilance probe into the multi-crore mining illegal scam was nothing but an eyewash.

The party demanded that the Naveen Patnaik government hand over the cases relating to the mining scam to the Central Bureau of Investigation for a fair probe and action against the guilty.

Anantapur, Nov 6: The controversial Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), run by Karnataka

KOCHI: Four people were arrested in the city on Thursday by the Special Branch while they were trying to smuggle a deer-horn worth around Rs 1 lakh in the black market, confirming that Kochi has become a transit point for smugglers of exotic species.

Nov. 4: The Anantapur divisional forest officer, Mr Kallol Biswas, on Wednesday reached Aranya Bhavan in Hyderabad to meet the principal chief conservator of forests, Mr. C Shivashankar Reddy, to formulate the course of action to be taken against Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC).

Nov. 3: The Rayadurgam Congress MLA, Mr Ramachandra Reddy, who is also joint managing director of Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC), met the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Tuesday evening and complained against the Anantapur divisional forest officer, Mr Kallol Biswas for acting in a

Aurobinda Das | Rourkela

Rajkot: A limestone theft of Rs 3.2 crore has been detected at Tukda village in Porbandar district. Collectorate officials have filed a complaint at Bagavadar police station against nine suspects.

BHUBANESWAR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Ballav Rath has demanded a CBI probe into the mining scam.

Ramesh Jahagirdar, Bellary, Oct 30, DHNS:

Even as the dissidence by mine lords-turned-ministers is yet to die down, the newly transferred deputy conservator of forests has begun cracking the whip on illegal mining in the district.

The transfer effected by the chief minister in the mining district aggravated the brewing turmoil in the ruling party.

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