DH News Service, Bellary:

A complaint has been lodged against Obalapuram Mining Company, belonging to Tourism and Infrastructure Development Minister G Janardhan Reddy, alleging encroachment of mining areas belonging to others, assaulting, and issuing threats to life.

T Ganesh of TNR Mines has alleged that the personnel of Obalapuram Company forcibly entered the mining area belonging to him in Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border area and assaulted the workers there.

Hyderabad, July 9: Over 80,000 acres of Wakf properties, including land, are under encroachment at various places in Andhra Pradesh. Ironically, even the State government has allegedly encroached some of them and is fighting cases claiming ownership along with several other private individuals in the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Sahara raised unauthorised constructions, it says High Court pulls up LDA for carrying out late night demolitions Illegal acts of company deprived public of free access along area: plea The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday moved the Supreme Court questioning the interim relief granted by the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, restraining the authorities from demolishing Sahara Shahar, a property belonging to the Sahara India Commercial Corporation in Lucknow.

Inspection of a mega housing project in Grande-Vanelilm in Colva has revealed that a well shown on the survey plan has ceased to exist on the ground, while storm water drain leading to a water pond stands filled up with mud. What's more, the inspection report read out by Panchayat Secretary, Rajendra Naik in the presence of Sarpanch Suzie Fernandes revealed that land filling has taken place, including the filling up of a ghairo (cowdung pond). The inspection was conducted as per last Sunday's gram Sabha meeting following a complaint lodged by Reena Fernandes and Menino Fernandes.

The much-publicised zoological park of international standards at Aarey Milk colony may finally see the light of day. State Forest minister Babanrao Pachpute said that Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has given his approval to the project on June 5, following the state forest department seeking an approval from him.

The All Assam Tribal Sangha (AATS) today said eight lakh bighas of land in the 47 tribal blocks and belts in the State have been under encroachment non-tribals, most of whom are people of suspected nationalities. This is despite the fact that the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress-BPF Government in Asom has as many as four tribal ministers.

Naga Hoho, the apex tribal body of all Naga tribes, has condemned encroachment of land at Rangapahar Zoological Park here. In a release Naga Hoho Vice-President Keviletuo Kiewhuo questioned the Nagaland Government as why the state machineries are unable to nip the buds of the encroachers. The body also urged the government to protect the Zoological Park and bring out policies and strategies towards its development.

Digging in to the old records,AIADMK MLA Viswanathan slammed the DMK, Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister TR Baalu in particular, of impeding power project implementation during the AIADMK tenu

The Madras High Court has directed the State government to take appropriate steps to remove all the encroachments on Pallikaranai marshland under the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act.

The Kerala government filed an affidavit in the high court seeking to extend by three months the court's deadline to evict encroachers in Chengara in South Kerala. Landless people had forcibly