Differences among scientists over the contentious issue of sea sand mining came to the fore at a one-day workshop on the issue here today. While some cautioned the coastal States against

The stone quarries in the Deuduar-Gopeswar hill range in Assam have been closed down for almost one year now with the result that over 500 workers have been thrown out of employment even as the

The miners in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, seem to have themselves drawn the rules of the trade paying no heed to the law of the land. Natural resources have been drastically hit as toothless officials stay

The banks of the Periyar (Kerala) have become the burial ground of valloms (country boats), as these boats, which were seized by the police while being used for mining sand from the river

In its attempts to ensure its survival after it stops mining in 2005 as per the orders of the Supreme Court, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) is continuing to try and get a mining lease for the

Trucks speed in and out of Dera village, stone crushers are loud at work and huge pits are being dug further. The Supreme Court's ban on mining in Delhi and five kilometre beyond is being violated in

the two-day Global Investors Meet (gim) in Kochi on January 18 has sparked the development debate afresh in Kerala. gim was the first ever attempt by the state government to attract investors from

The large-sclale illegal sand-mining in the Pampa is posing threat to the newly-constructed bridge in Ranni and the pump houses of Kerala Water Authority in