The Karnataka Government will take stringent action against those who indulge in indiscriminate lifting of sand from river beds in the State, Mines and Geology Minister V Muniyappa told the

The Karnataka government has extended the mining lease for Kudremukh Iron Ore (KIOCL) by three months, as against the demand for 18-year lease extension by the Centre.

The Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) and the Kudremukh Shramashakti Sangatane have urged the government to extend the mining lease in Kudremukh hills for another 20 years in the interest of the workers and

There was overwhelming public support to the bundh call issued by the Tunga Bhadra Ulisi Horata Okkoota in Shimoga district today. The Okkoota had called for a bundh in all the seven districts on

An estimated 118456.66 mt of sand is being exported per day from three districts in Kerala to outside States, according to a report fled on behalf of the Government.

Amidst mounting pressure from environmentalists against the extension of long-germ mining lease to the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in the bio-diversity rich Western Ghat regions in

The Tunga Bhadra Ulisi Horata Okkoota has called for a bundh in Shimoga district on Tuesday to protest against mining activities in Kudremukh hills in Karanataka. The Okkoota has urged the

A uniform policy will soon be introduced all over the State for excavation of sand from river beds. The policy includes provisions for effective sand excavation in order to prevent indiscriminate

About 93 miners are feared dead in an explosion at an illegal coalmine in eastern China. About 106 miners were trapped yesterday in the mine in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, but 13 were rescued by

The Kudremukh Iron Ore Project, a joint venture sewed up during the reign of the Shah of Iran and a test case for environment activism in India, looks headed for a quiet burial. The project is