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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...
Prohibitory orders imposed in 3 black granite quarries of BajabatiProhibitory orders were imposed at three black granite quarries at Bajabati hillock under Dharmasala tehasil limits in Odisha's Jajpur dist...
Rupees 4.75 crore fine slapped on quarry ownerThe Sub-Collector conducted an inquiry and levied a fine of Rs 4,75,55,100 on the quarry owner and ordered him to pay it within a week.
- 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...
PMK slams Tamil Nadu government, alleges "restricting" SagayamThe High Court on September 11 appointed Sagayam as Special Court Commissioner to probe the multi-crore illegal granite quarrying.
- 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.
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...
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.
- About Rs 1,200 crore loss due to illegal granite quarrying in Madurai
Tamil Nadu Government had lost revenue to the tune of Rs 1,200 crore due to illegal granite quarrying held in the district for the last sev...
- 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...
- Firm owned by M K Alagiri's son indulged in illegal quarrying: Tamil Nadu Minister S P Velumani
Velumani, who made a surprise inspection of Olympus Granites, told the firm had indulged in "vast exploitation and plundering" of the grani...