Expressing their displeasure through the Twitter hashtag #StopChineseIllegalMining, the protesters stated that Chinese miners have made themselves lords of the Nigerian natural resources which belong to the people and government.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Gali Janardhan Reddy's application seeking relaxation of his bail condition in view of the upcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka.
A fresh inspection at the illegal coal mining site at Nimbu Pahaad area in Jharkhand's Sahebganj, which was already under the Directorate of Enforcement's scanner, revealed various pieces of evidence that points to the fact that further extraction was underway.
Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has issued a Provisional Attachment Order attaching a Residential Plot worth Rs 1.10 Crore of Aslam Pasha, Partner of Rajamahal Silks in connection with the case related to illegal mining and trading of Iron-ore at Hospet, Karnataka.
It was discovered that the officials who were tasked with stopping illegal mining instead grabbed their cut and pretended to be spectators, inflicting a significant loss to the provincial exchequer and the residents of the district.
The CAG report states that the failure of the District Mining Officers of Bageshwar and Chamoli to impose fines on illegal mining stockpiles resulted in a revenue loss of Rs1.24 crore.
A Haryana deputy superintendent of police (DSP) claimed a dumper-truck allegedly tried to run him and SDM Gharunda over when they went to inspect an alleged illegal mining site in the area.
Special PMLA court, Ranchi on Friday framed charges against Pankaj Mishra, MLA representative of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, and Bacchu Yadav in connection with illegal stone mining case worth over Rs 1,000 crore.
According to officials, the ED summons was issued to Yadav after it found during an investigation that Chief Minister Hemant Soren's aide Pankaj Mishra, who is currently under police custody, made several phone and video calls to the Sahibganj DC during July-October last year.
The Municipal Council President of Satna district, Sadhna Patel, has thrashed a policeman with slippers when she was stopped from illegal mining in the district, a police official said on Tuesday.