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Sharad Pawar to assess environment ministry's report on 'No-go' mining areasThe government has set up a nine-member Group of Ministers headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to assess the environment ministry’s...04 Feb, 2013, 04.00 AM IST- MoEF draft seeks to keep miners away from ‘Inviolate Forest Areas’The ministry's draft lists criteria for identifying forest patches where mining should be banned following the GoM on coal's decision to ju...13 Jun, 2012, 10.54 AM IST
- Forests off limits for all mining?If the environment ministry’s draft proposal for ‘inviolate forest areas’ is accepted, large swathes of healthy forests, including national...13 Jun, 2012, 12.21 AM IST
- New committee to map no-go areas for minersThe Union ministry for environment and forests (MoEF) has constituted a panel that will set new criteria to demarcate no-go areas for minin...06 Apr, 2012, 05.07 AM IST
- Environment and forest ministry to demarcate no-go areas for mining within a monthThe environment and forest secretary will head panel to chalk out fresh criteria for the demarcation process that would decide how liberal ...03 Mar, 2012, 03.19 AM IST
- CEC team visits mining areas in Bellary districtCEC team visited the mining areas in Tumuti to monitor the ongoing survey and demarcation of mining leases in the area as directed by the a...23 Jan, 2012, 05.14 PM IST
- GoM on coal blocks has balancing act at handThe group of ministers set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday will attempt to resolve a year of inconclusive discussions and e...15 Jan, 2011, 01.22 AM IST
- Reddy bros' mining ops illegal: SC panelKarnataka's politically powerful Reddy brothers were on Friday red-flagged by the Supreme Court's environmental panel for indulging in ille...08 Jan, 2011, 04.23 AM IST
- Mining lease to Reddy brothers should be cancelled: SC panelThe SC-appointed Central Empowered Committee recommended cancellation of three mining leases given to the Obulapuram Mining Corporation.08 Jan, 2011, 04.01 AM IST
- Go or no-go is not the questionIt's not about a few coal blocks or lofty pro- or anti-development rhetoric. It's about how and how far the govt goes about linking its ene...07 Jan, 2011, 03.59 AM IST
- Govt mulls demarcating mining areas to avoid another NiyamgiriGovernment is planning to put in place a more transparent mining policy by designating parts of mineral-rich regions as out of bounds for i...30 Aug, 2010, 04.47 AM IST
- CJI's parting verdict gives relief to ReddysSC allowed their firm, OMC, to resume mining operations.11 May, 2010, 04.54 AM IST
- Reddys are illegal miners: SC panelIn a big blow to the Reddy brothers of Bellary, a key Supreme Court panel on environment has found the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), hea...21 Nov, 2009, 02.39 AM IST
- Reddy brothers block survey, flout eco norms for miningThe Supreme Court is set to spell out on Thursday its stand on the mining sharks’ plea for a stay on survey of the controversial mining sit...23 Jul, 2009, 06.22 AM IST
- MOEF to conduct survey of mining regionThe MoEF told the Supreme Court that it will conduct a survey in six weeks to demarcate boundaries of various mining companies in Anantpur ...01 May, 2009, 08.55 PM IST
- SC asks Posco to approach Orissa govt for minesThe Supreme Court on Friday asked South Korean steel major Posco to approach the Orissa government for allotting demarcated mining area for...28 Mar, 2008, 09.10 PM IST
- States yet to rein in polluters near parksIn 2002, the Indian Board of Wildlife (IBWL) decided that a 10-km area around national parks and sanctuaries should be declared eco-sensiti...02 Feb, 2008, 02.00 AM IST
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