Electric mobility key to long-term fight against air pollution: UNEP chiefA top UN official stresses electric mobility and mandatory vehicle emissions testing for long-term air pollution solutions. India's plan to...
05 Jun, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
AAP jolted as Swati Maliwal joins BJP, says Arvind Kejriwal doing 'gundagardi'Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. This follows senior leader Raghav Chadha's similar move. Maliwal allege...
25 Apr, 2026, 01.49 PM IST
Jawaharlal Nehru Port allocated India's first offshore mining licenseIndia has issued its first offshore mining block to the Jawaharlal Nehru Ports Authority for construction sand to be used in developing a G...
28 Feb, 2025, 08.25 PM IST
Is India's growing demand for river sand a double-edged sword?India's growing housing boom is increasing demand for river sand, leading to environmental damage and violence by the sand mafia. To mitiga...
28 Oct, 2024, 10.53 PM IST
Use mining byproducts to make sand for construction projects: Coal Ministry reportIndia plans to convert Overburden from mining into M-Sand for construction to reduce reliance on river sand and protect the environment. Pu...
22 Oct, 2024, 06.37 PM IST
Maharashtra to sell sand online on 'no profit no loss' basis under new scheme: Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe PatilAccordingly, it was decided to sell sand online on a "no profit no loss" basis, Vikhe Patil said after the cabinet meeting.
15 Feb, 2024, 12.08 PM IST
Bihar government asks district authorities to set up permanent checkposts to curb illegal sand miningThe move comes after attacks on police personnel and officials of the Mines and Geology Department by the sand mafia were reported from sev...
20 Nov, 2023, 02.32 PM IST
Coal India subsidiary NCL to start M-Sand productionM-Sand is artificial sand produced from crushing hard stones into small sand-sized angular shaped particles, washed and finely graded to be...
10 Jan, 2023, 05.15 PM IST
Punjab government opens first sales centre for sand, gravel in MohaliBains, in another decision, said his department will impose a fine of Rs 2 lakh if anyone found carrying construction material which was ex...
19 Dec, 2022, 07.32 PM IST
Cochin Port to explore use of dredged sand for constructionThe port proposes to use dredged sand for construction purposes after segregating and subjecting it to washing. This will be done on a PPP ...
21 Jan, 2016, 02.24 PM IST
The tragicomedy of being forced to import sandOnce, India’s growth was hobbled by shortage of foods, foreign exchange, or skills. But now we have a bewildering new shortage: a shortage ...
08 Nov, 2015, 10.47 AM IST
Mining on coastal sand dunes poses environmental hazardMining in the dune sand along the coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh has raised many eyebrows.
14 Jun, 2015, 10.14 PM IST
Supreme Court asks NGT to consider Madhya Pradesh govt's request for sand miningThe National Green Tribunal on August 5 passed an order restraining all sand mining activity that did not have the requisite environmental ...
17 Aug, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Illegal sand mining: High stakes, mega bucks fuel illegal ‘dig-load-sell’ sand businessBoom in construction industry has triggered demand for sand, to meet which contractors, with state officials' help, have begun a dig-load-s...
11 Aug, 2013, 06.13 AM IST
Ban on sand mining: Courts should stay away from policyNational Green Tribunal has banned mining river sand to ensure that reckless river sand mining does not wreck the environment and lead to d...
07 Aug, 2013, 08.15 AM IST
Needed, more sand and sand substitutes for growing construction activitiesThe notion that sand mining is a shady activity conducted covertly with political patronage to earn huge illegal rents must change.
06 Aug, 2013, 09.53 AM IST
Sand mafia: What Durga Shakti Nagpal couldn’t do, government can’t eitherWhat is underway in construction boom-spots such as Gr Noida & elsewhere is analogous with nothing less than Karnataka's iron ore scam.
05 Aug, 2013, 08.03 AM IST