The legality or otherwise of bauxite mining at Nakeri-Betul has now come under the scanner of the south Goa district administration following clashes between groups of truckers engaged in the trans

Goa's GSDP (gross state domestic product) would suffer a shortfall to the tune of 8,703 crore in 2012-13 and the estimated shortfall in SORR (state own revenue receipts) would be 1,326 crore in 201

Company recently secured a working permit for one year from MoEF for its mines in Chitradurga district

Sesa Goa, a division of Sesa Sterlite, is moving towards resuming iron ore mining in Karnataka. The company, which had stopped mining following a Supreme Court ban in the state two years ago (later lifted), recently secured a working permit for one year from the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for its mines in Chitradurga district.

The much-awaited third and final report of Justice (retired) MB Shah Commission inquiry report on illegal mining in Goa was submitted to the Union Mines Ministry Tuesday, giving yet another major b

This is the first time when the govt decided to raise the surface rent for mining lease areas since 1984

The state cabinet today approved a proposal to revise annual surface rent applicable for mining lease holders which is expected to generate additional Rs 11 crore revenue.