Surprisingly, government departments

The Haryana Government's move to grant mining lease for taking out sand to a person, who is believed to be the front man of a minister, has run into legal hurdles. A lessee of the Mining and Geology

The Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Assurance Committee, L. Santhanam, said though stringent action has been taken by the district officials to check illegal sand mining on the banks

The Antony Government's decision to lease out mineral-rich beaches of the state for large-scale mining has kicked off a controversy with not just environmentalists but even politicians of the ruling

A building of carbon dioxide asphyxiated 19 coal miners in Western China and the mine's manager is being investigated over claims he under-reported deaths to avoid penalties, police officials said in

The District Expert Committee on Sand Mining decided to enforce a 15-day ban on sand mining from Periyar, Kerala, starting from July 1. The committee, chaired by District Collector Gyanesh Kumar,

The Union environment and forest ministry has allowed extraction of sand mineral from coastal zones as a special measure in Andaman and Nicobar

The Uttar Pradesh Government has set up mineral development fund for the uplift and welfare of workers engaged in the development and promotion of minerals in the state. A provision of Rs 5 crore has

The report that the pipeline carrying iron ore slurry from the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) sprang another leak earlier this month in the Kudremukh National Park, posing a serious

Mining activity may have gone slow due to incessant rains since the past few days, but the effects caused by mining activities in the remote Mushcavrem ward in Rivona panchayat and Ponsamoll ward in