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...
NHRC send notices to UP government, DGP over murder of journalist who reported on sand mafiaThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of media reports on the murder, and issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Ch...
Sushil Modi makes fresh allegations against Lalu Prasad Yadav's familySushil Modi claimed that Rabri Devi owned 18 flats in a housing complex, and to avoid Income Tax and other agencies, sold three to a member...
Sushil Kumar Modi fires fresh salvo at Lalu Prasad, family"Sand mafia fund political parties...sand mafia are the main source of RJD's funding...I will soon hold a press conference to make a big ex...
Yogi Adityanath may act against sand mafia soonThe Union minister has been writing to many CMs on the issue and the first set of letters has been despatched — including to Yogi Adityanat...
How Chennai's sand mafia trains bulls to carry out smuggling operationsThese are trained bulls that can transport smuggled sand in the cover of darkness and carry it to the right destination without a cart driv...
Sand mafia rules the roost in Madhya Pradesh: Jyotiraditya Scindia"We can also say that a strong nexus between leaders and mafia is working in the state and in that scenario how it will be able to rein the...
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan orders SIT probe into killing of cop by 'sand mafia'Chouhan reviewed the incident during a high-level meeting at Mantralaya and directed the officials concerned to take stern action in such c...
Morena again: 'Sand mafia' mows down cop who tried to stop a dumperIllegal quarrying of stone and sand has been taking place in large scale in Morena for the past many years despite police action against th...
Himachal tragedy: Sand mafia may be behind sudden release of water, say localsLocals say when released quickly, water gushes with great force, bringing along large quantities of slit that benefits sand miners.
- Illegal sand mining brings gharials on verge of extinction
The mining mafias are extracting sand from the river beds of Chambal and transporting it to the neighbouring districts.
Ruling SAD-BJP failed to eliminate drug meance: Yogendra YadavSenior Aam Aadmi Party leader Yogendra Yadav today accused SAD-BJP govt of failing to protect youth from drugs and allowing sand mafia to f...
Jazeera takes her struggle against sand mafia to DelhiJazeera and her children, who was protesting agianst sand mafia, left for New Delhi by train yesterday to continue her struggle before parl...
Sand mining causes Yamuna to shift 500m east, threaten NoidaThe sand mafia has been responsible for the Yamuna shifting course about 500 metres east, posing a threat to sectors 150, 151, 153, 135, 16...
RLD demands revocation of Durga Shakti Nagpal's suspensionRastriya Lokdal (RLD) leaders today met Uttar Pradesh Governor B L Joshi and demanded immediate revocation of the suspension order of Noida...
Digvijay Singh slams suspension of IAS officerSlamming the suspension of a woman IAS officer, Digvijay Singh charged that the sand mafia is running governments in UP and Madhya Pradesh.
- AP Govt introduces new Sand Mining Policy
The policy, if implemented effectively, will curb the growing activities of the sand mafia in the state and make sand available to all at a...