Debabrata Mohanty

Probing allegations of a multi-crore mining scandal, the Orissa government has ordered suspension of work at 64 iron ore, manganese ore and limestone mines whose operators have failed to provide proof of legal mining activity.

Illegal Miners With Prospective Licences Paid Money To Hawala Operators

MR Madhu Koda never claimed to be a dynamic leader. But as a minister for mines and later as chief minister of Jharkhand, he set new benchmarks in administrative dynamism.

Kochi, Nov. 11 Leaders of POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samithi (PPSS), the people

BHUBANESWAR: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday raided the mines and offices of Sirajuddin and Co in connection with the multi-crore mining scam and are said to have unearthed illegal extraction and transportation of minerals on a massive scale.The Vigilance pressed into service 16 teams, which raided the offices of the company and its sister concerns in Bhubaneswar and Kolkata.

Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai November 11, 2009, 0:56 IST

The project will supply bauxite to Vedanta

JOWAI: The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board has given a green signal to Amrit Cement Industries Limited to set up cement plant at Umlaper in Jaintia Hills district.

Decision to this effect was taken after a public hearing on the issue held here on Monday.

Anantapur, Nov. 6: Controversies relating to the Obulapuram mines have rocked the Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Assemblies several times in the past few years.

Mining business was in crisis till 2000. It was in 2003 that Mr Janardhan Reddy took over the lease of Obulapuram from Mr G. Rammohan Reddy as the latter was unable to pay even the customary cess to the government.

Union Minister for Mines and DoNER, BK Handique today underscored the need for harnessing the untapped mineral resources of the North-east in a sustainable manner with due emphasis on ecological concerns.

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

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