The Madhya Pradesh Minister for Villager Industries and Animal Husbandry, Mr K P Singh, is allegedly involved in wide spread illegal mining of valuable stones worth hundreds of crores in the forest

The Karnataka High Court today directed the Kudremukh Iron and Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) to submit a comprehensive report giving details about specific area of mining in

The greens of Shimoga are waging a battle against the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) to 'save the Tungabhadra'. Environmentalist groups have been holding demonstrations to highlight the

The Orissa Cabinet has superceded the Chahar committee recommendations for distribution of 436 hectare of chrome ore mining lease among various user industries and reserved the area for exploitation

Many writers from coastal Karnataka have criticised Chief Minister S M Krishna for his recent statement that he will not buckle under pressure from the people who are agitating against continuation

The Goa State Pollution Control Board has during an inspection carried out recently found that five mining companies operating in the catchment area of the nallah have set up their own sites for

Three Ukrainian coal miners injured in an underground methane gas explosion this month have died from their burns, bringing the death toll in the tragedy to 52, the emergencies ministry said on

Hundreds of protesters blocked a major highway in northern Peru this week, alleging local water supplies had been contaminated by toxic mercury from Latin America's largest gold mine Yanacocha, but

The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has in an interim order directed that washing of mining trucks should not be carried out near the banks of the Kushavati river and that washing operation

At least 12 illegal miners were killed after the roof of an abandoned mine collapsed near Lalmatia under Rajmahal project of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), 60 km from Godda, early this morning.