Navi Mumbai: Environmentalist Sumaira Abdulali of the NGO Awaaz Foundation has written to the chief minister's office about the rampant illegal sand mining operations taking place in Raigad areas s

Cracking the whip against illegal sand mining, the district police have booked 55 cases in one month and have seized sand worth Rs 1.88 lakh.

KOCHI: The state government on Wednesday submitted before the Kerala High Court that environmental clearance has been stipulated for grant of lease or permit for quarrying and mining as per the new

The Kerala High Court on Thursday quashed Thiruvananthapuram district collector's order banning mining activity at Mookkunnimala.

Step to allow states expedite mineral development

The government has decided to notify 31 major minerals as minor ones, Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said here on Thursday.

Bulk collection of sand and its transportation in violation of rules that restrict it — sand is a minor mineral — continue despite the crackdown by the state government on the “sand mining mafia”.

Mining poses threat to embankment, Pulwama villagers fear another flood

The Fort Kochi sub-collector has issued a stop work notice to a quarry operating in close proximity to houses and an anganwadi in Ayyampuzha village.

The BJP on Tuesday accused the State government of being lackadaisical in dealing with the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats.