A video surfaced showing Maharashtra's Deputy CM Ajit Pawar allegedly scolding an IPS officer for acting against illegal murrum excavation ...

Legislators in Jammu and Kashmir raised alarms over illegal, large-scale mining in the region's rivers and canals, fearing threats to agric...

Locals in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh are digging for gold at Asirgarh Fort after rumors of finding ancient coins. The surge in treasure hunt...

Welcome to Birbhum's world of illegal sand mining, which has spawned rivalry, murder, a culture of adversaries storing guns and illegally m...

A recent study, published in the journal Cell, had placed pangolins as a natural reservoir of coronaviruses similar to SARS-CoV-2, the one ...

NGT also directed that Rs 20 lakh should be recovered from sub-contractors operating on behalf of THDC who were responsible for excavation ...

An environment activist has moved the National Green Tribunal alleging that brick kilns in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district were illegally e...

As the NGT bans rat hole mining in Meghalaya in a first attempt to stop the unregulated mining rampant in the state, opposition to its ruli...

Villagers in Curca are upset over the massive excavation on a steep hill slope in recent weeks, alleging that the authorities have shown ap...

The illegal dolomite mining practice is a major production retardant for more than 50 tea gardens in Dooars areas of foothills in northern ...