The Water resources department has cracked down on two mining firms for polluting the Khandepar river in Goa and reckless deposition of silt. The pollution control board has also been informed about

Dumping of hundreds of tonnes of garbage in the Bhangi choe by the civic body authorities and alleged illegal mining of sand from the choe bed and even from adjoining fields for years together has

Unscientific mining continues in the rich coal belt area of Nangalbibra in South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, despite the tragic event in which seven coal miners died inside a rat hole while digging for

The Karnataka government has allowed quarrying in forest land to increase granite exports to around Rs 1,000 crore in three years, according to a mines and geology department official. According to a

A new report says mining is destroying some of India's most ecologically-sensitive areas, including catchments that provide water to millions of people. It has called for a rethink of development

An all time record of 60 lakh tonnes of coal was mined in Manuguru region of the Singarenin collieries company limited (SCCL), Andhra Pradesh netting a profit of Rs 395 crore in the production year

The amalgamation of Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Ltd with Rajasthan State Minerals Development Corporation Ltd seems to have energised the company. It is planning to set up more lignite based

The UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has called for a halt to mining, which is destroying the tiger habitat in Jamwa Ramgarh, near the Sariska tiger reserve, in Rajasthan. This

Unscientific mining claimed the lives of atleast seven coal mine labourers in the Nangalbibra coalfields in South Garo Hills (Meghalaya). The miners accidentally dug into an abandoned mining hole at