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A vanished branch of the Nile once ran beside the Great Pyramid and helped build it, a new study revealsAncient pollen grains trapped in desert sediment reveal a lost arm of the Nile, the Khufu branch, flowed near the Giza plateau during pyram...
1,000 detonators, other illegal explosive materials seized near TirupurBased on a tip-off, police raided the granite quarry in Velampalayam and seized 1,750 gelatine sticks besides the detonators, kept without ...
Charge sheet filed against Karunanidhi's grandson in illegal mining caseThe police has filed charge sheet against Durai Dayanithi and 14 others for illegally mining granite worth Rs 257 crore and causing loss to...
Madurai Granite scam: ED attaches Rs 44 crore assetsAn attachment of assets action under PMLA is aimed to deprive the accussed from taking benefits of their suspected ill-gotten wealth
Enforcement Directorate attaches Rs 528 crore assets in Tamil Nadu granite scam case probeThe agency has issued orders for the provisional seizure of the assets, 1,625 immovable properties and fixed deposits, under the provisions...
Probe underway in Rs 16,000 crore granite scam in Tamil Nadu: What modus operandi was adopted?Despite such revealing numbers, no serious action has been taken by the state govt or by TAMIN itself to punish those colluding with privat...
- Madurai offers 'Sahayam' to protect officer
Sahayam’s brief stint as district collector in Madurai in 2012 had made him popular among locals for taking on a granite mafia in the distr...
- Tiger reserve faces threat from quarries
It’s the turn of wildlife enthusiasts to worry about granite quarries. Operations at 12 granite quarries in the vicinity of Kalakkad Mundan...
- Assessment of illegal granite quarrying to be over this month
The assessment regarding worth and quantity of illegally mined granite in this district would be completed by this month, official sources ...
Fresh cases registered against 2 granite quarrying companiesThe cases were registered on complaint of a local official that the two companies indulged in illegal quarrying in irrigation tanks.
Madras High Court Bench provide relief to Alagiri's son in granite scam caseMadras HC has relaxed the bail conditions of M K Alagiri's son M K Durai Dayanidhi, an accused in the multi-crore granite scam.
Granite scam: Firm of Union Minister Alagiri's son raidedThe police team from Madurai searched the premises of Dayanidhi's cinema company here for nearly an hour, sources said without elaborating.
- Illegal granite quarrying scam: Steps on for early conviction of culprits, says Jayalalithaa
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said her government was taking steps for "early conviction of culprits" in the illegal granite...
Illegal granite quarrying scam: MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi surrenders before courtAlagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi surrendered before a court at nearby Melur today, four days after he was granted anticipatory bail by the Hig...
High Court grants anticipatory bail to Durai DayanidhiDayanidhi and nine others are facing charges that firms owned by them had mined sand and granite without permission.
Granite scam: Court issues non-bailable warrant against Durai Dayanidhi, Alagiri's sonPolice had filed a petition before the Judicial Magistrate V Jayakumar at Melur, near here, seeking issue of NBW against Dayanidhi, for who...
Tamil Nadu wakes up to granite plunderAs the sun beats down, the terrain in Keelayur near Madurai reveals a series of such excavations carried out across a once lush green lands...
Jayalalithaa's plan to refer Durai Alagiri’s case to ED may hurt Congress-DMK tiesCong-DMK alliance could get strained, with TN govt planning to refer to ED the granite quarrying case involving Durai Alagiri.
MK Alagiri son's bail plea rejected in illegal granite quarrying caseMadras HC has rejected anticipatory bail plea of MK Alagiri's son, Durai Dayanidhi, in the multi-crore illegal granite quarrying case.
- Two more PILs seek CBI probe into illegal granite quarrying
Two public interest litigations have been filed by the CPI-M and BSP in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a CBI probe into...