During a meeting convened on Friday with officers from the Mining and Police Departments, along with Deputy Commissioners of the three districts, Kaushal instructed them to implement robust surveillance measures utilizing CCTV cameras and aerial drones.
The Karnataka government discussed 16 issues including the establishment of the Indira canteen and the slow pace of the investigation into the illegal mining activities during its cabinet meeting held on Thursday.
"Mining has become a big issue in Punjab. There is a video of Arvind Kejriwal in which he is seen saying that we will earn Rs 20,000 crore through mining. But the truth is that sand has become costly. Illegal mining is being done in every district at a great pace. It is being done by AAP lea
Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit has written a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann regarding Tarn Taran 'illegal' mining incident and sought a detailed report following the same.
The leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh State assembly Jairam Thakur on Sunday called upon the government to address the issue of the illegal mining mafia operating in the state.
The Odisha Mining Corporation Limited contributed 44 Vehicles to strengthen police stations in mining areas to expedite patrolling and overcome the problem of illegal mining of minerals across the state, the statement added.
The TDP national spokesman Kommareddy Pattabhiram, on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the sand mafia in the State and also into the illegal mining of the sand besides the audit report and GST returns of the Jaya Prakash Power Ventures.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a Joint Committee to verify the factual position and take appropriate remedial action on allegations of illegal mining by BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in District Gonda, Uttar Pradesh.
Priyank kharge, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and minister in charge of kalburgi district assured action and all possible help from the state government to the family of a deceased police constable who was run down by a tractor belonging to illegal sand mafias on Thursday
2000-batch IAS officer Pooja Singhal was accused along with her husband and others in connection with a money laundering case registered by a federal agency pertaining to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in the Khunti district during 2009-2010 and some other suspicious financial tra
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has carried out search operations at premises belonging to Broadson Commodities Pvt Ltd and Aditya Multicom Private Limited and their directors, chartered accountants and other associates, in an illegal sand mining case.