Illegal coal mining case: ED raids multiple locations in Assam and Meghalaya under PMLAEnforcement Directorate searched locations in Assam and Meghalaya. The searches relate to illegal coal mining and coke plants. The investig...
26 Apr, 2025, 07.57 PM IST
What steps taken to remove encroachments along Ganga? Supreme Court asks Centre, BiharThe Supreme Court has directed the Centre and Bihar government to submit status reports detailing actions taken to remove illegal construct...
11 Apr, 2025, 03.04 PM IST
UP CM Yogi Adityanath directs officials to identify new mining blocks in stateUttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed officials to find new blocks for mining in the state to increase mineral prod...
03 Aug, 2023, 04.49 PM IST
Coal India may use drones to check illegal mining and pilferageCoal India (CIL) is planning to use drones to check illegal mining and pilferage. Its exploration arm, Central Mine Planning & Design Insti...
22 Nov, 2019, 11.36 AM IST
Centre mulls banning use of burnt clay bricks in its construction projectsTraditional brick kilns cause air pollution as they use coal in brick-making process. However there are technologies available to produce e...
09 Dec, 2018, 11.49 AM IST
Illegal brick kilns: NGT may impose fine on UP, 3 more states04 Apr, 2018, 10.57 PM IST
Labour migrants in a fix post "demonetisation"Dadan, or migrant labour comes from the local word for debt. According to some 1.5 lakh people from western Odisha travel to work in brick ...
26 Nov, 2016, 12.26 AM IST
NGT notice to Uttarakhand government on brick kilns in HaridwarAn environment activist has moved the National Green Tribunal alleging that brick kilns in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district were illegally e...
06 Dec, 2015, 09.28 AM IST
How brick kilns on India-Bangladesh border act as hubs of illegal migrationWhen PM Modi travels to Bangladesh on June 6 to engage on a host of issues, the BSF would like him to bring up the issue of brick kilns als...
03 Jun, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
NGT asks West Bengal government to demolish illegal structures in SunderbansThe National Green Tribunal has directed the West Bengal government to demolish illegal constructions coming up in the Sunderbans, habitat ...
23 Jan, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
NGT asks West Bengal government to demolish illegal structures in SunderbansThe East Zone bench noted from a report that several illegal brick kilns have come up within the reserve and directed that these have to go...
23 Jan, 2015, 02.31 PM IST
12 arrested, 1700 litre liquor seized in UP raidsPolice destroyed several litres of spurious liquor found yesterday and the material used to produce it, Assistant Commissioner of excise de...
14 Jan, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
Illegal sand mining poses threat to Katlabodi tigersKatlabodi tigress and her three sub-adult cubs seem to be under severe threat from brick kilns on the edge of reserve forest areas in Kalme...
08 Apr, 2014, 04.23 PM IST
Growing real estate business linked to child labour in Tamil NaduThe growing real estate business in Tamil Nadu and the simultaneous emergence of Chennai as an industrial hub have an adverse effect.
01 Jun, 2013, 05.00 PM IST
- No auction of mining site sans proper environmental clearance, HC tells Punjab
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday did not allow the Punjab government auction of a mining site without proper environmental cl...
01 Nov, 2012, 02.33 AM IST
- J&K committee suggests measures to control pollution in valley
The Assurance Committee of J& K legislature suggested stringent measures to check growth of "unlicensed and illegal" industrial units espec...
26 Jun, 2009, 02.53 PM IST
- Tripping due to pollution: Experts
As the sudden fog over Delhi and NCR on Sunday stumped most people, environmentalists and meteorological experts said this was possibly the...
11 Mar, 2008, 12.21 PM IST