Telugu Desam party chief Chandrababu Naidu

A delegation of South Korea's Posco, the world's second largest steel producer, is expected to visit Karnataka next week as a follow-up to its intention to set up a multi-billion dollar integrated steel plant in the mineral-rich State.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) will consider a proposal of the steel ministry to sell 8.38 per cent government stake in state-owned mining giant National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC). The mining giant will achieve the 10 per cent public float criterion the government had specified for listed PSUs.

Four months after a public interest litigation was filed in the Orissa High Court demanding a CBI probe into the multi-crore Orissa mining scam, the investigating agency on Monday submitted to the court that it was ready to probe the scam if the state provided necessary logistical support.

Environment Ministry Suspends Mines Named By SC Panel
Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI

THE environment ministry has ordered the suspension of mining operations at Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), headed by Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy, and at other mines which were recently named by the Supreme Court

WITH the Centre hinting at alleged illegal bauxite mining at Niyamagiri hills by Vedanta, the Orissa government has asked the Kalahandi district administration to verify the truth behind it.

NEW DELHI: Environmentalists here have accused the asbestos industry of having launched a